Beauty!
I fell in love with suzani, which I think is the Persian word for embroidery, on a trip to New York last spring. The Uzbeki people are best known for their tradition of suzani, and I like to go on ebay and lust after some of the works.
But for my 42nd birthday, I thought I would bid on a piece, and here it is:
I will hang it on my bedroom wall as a kind of headboard and it will look so beautiful on my butter-yellow walls. I’m changing my bedroom from kind of French provincial colors (blue toile curtains, yellow roses, lots of angel images and baby/family photos on the wall) to ethnic eclectic. No more angels, no more baby/family photos on the walls, images from my travels, vivid colors (except the bedding, which shall always remain cream and white, with buttery yellow accents), and hopefully, this suzani to bring even more texture and sense of rich beauty to the space. I’m telling you because like any good UU I’m pre-emptively guilty about conditions in Uzbekistan — please don’t tell me that women are embroidering these under sweat shop conditions! This one is antique, I think.
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I think it’s beautiful. Go for it!
I’ve always thought that ethnic/eccentric/colorful is so much more interesting than angels and pastels, so I applaud your change!
That’s very lovely, I like it a lot. I love your decorating ideas, you’re very creative! [Thanks! That’s the photo from ebay… it will look totally different in my bedroom, of course…]
I agree wholly on the bright colors and no-more-angels moves, but no more baby and family photos? That’s a little extreme–and a little sad. I don’t see that kind of thing as out of place with the ethnic eclectic–good family photos are vibrant and enlivening, IMHO. Maybe you could jazz them up with some funky frames?
[I hear ya, but they felt infantilizing to me as I hit 42 years old, even in funky frames. It felt time to move on. There are other emotional reasons for this, but I assure you I have images of supportive, beloved friends all over the house, and most particularly in my parlor, which also features some wonderful ancestral photos. Sometimes creative people can mythologize and make an idol of family, and I’ve learned that that’s a mistake. That’s all I will say about that! But thanks for paying such close attention 😉 ]
Happy Birthday, PB! Love your “To PB from PB” gift!
I really like creative ideas for the headboard area of beds. What a fabulous use for such a beautiful piece of textile art!