Forget cushions and rugs: the secret to a characterful interior is hidden where no one ever looks. Focus on this neglected architectural detail which, once enhanced, brings an instant decorative touch to your home.
We spend hours choosing the perfect paint for our living room, the bedside table that goes best in a bedroom, but despite all our efforts, a feeling of unfinished business sometimes persists. As if, despite the slick decoration, the soul of the room refused to fully express itself. The reason is often invisible at first glance: we all have a decorative blind spot.
In the world of interior design, we often talk about the rule of invisible details. These are the areas that the eye flies over without ever stopping there, because we consider them purely functional. We repaint the walls, we change the handles, we treat the ceiling as a fifth partition, but we forget this transition zone even though we use it every day. It is a passage space, a link between two rooms which remains, in 99% of cases, a surgical white, desperately flat.
Cait’s approach, a DIY ace, is based on an almost surgical exploitation of domestic space. Far from ephemeral decorative concepts, she has established a renovation protocol where the very structure of the building is taken advantage of. This rigor now transforms every neglected corner into a space for creativity, proving that obsession with detail can redefine the balance of an entire home.
It’s time to lift the veil on this little miracle of staging. This place is the edge or edge of the doors. Yes, that thin vertical strip of a few centimeters that you only see when the door is ajar.
Applying a contrasting color, patterned wallpaper or, like Cait, disco ball-style self-adhesive strips to this edge will radically change the perspective. It’s the ultimate pop touch: a visual surprise that only appears from a certain angle, bringing immediate architectural depth and crazy character to the room, without saturating the space with color.
The advantage? This is a project that requires barely an hour of your time and only a few euros. A detail that proves that you have thought about your decor down to the smallest nook and cranny. Once you start with the living room door, you won’t be able to stop.
