Trompe l’oeil is a fancy French phrase for optical illusion in painting. It is often used to create the illusion of architectural detail. You may have seen a building with a facade and windows and awnings that do not really exist, but are very realistically painted onto a flat wall. That’s the type of trompe l’oeil I’ve employed in our kitchen. We really do have a window. But we didn’t really have a window frame. Until I painted one on.
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How do you pronounce it?
— Bill13 September, 2012 at 7:44 pm
That’s awesome. Perhaps we could complete our basement project using this technique? The other way is taking too long.
— Sara13 September, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Bill – very good question. I just avoid saying it out loud.
— k13 September, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Sara – I think of real beds as more comfortable than the trompe l’oeil kind, but your call.
— k13 September, 2012 at 8:29 pm
That looks great! How’s the room coming?
— Cathy13 September, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Cathy – We’ve stopped work on the porch for the season, but the kitchen is progressing. My dad helped my cut a bunch of wood for shelves last weekend, so those will get assembled and installed slowly.
— K14 September, 2012 at 8:01 am
Hey, that looks awesome. Just looking at the picture I had thought it was a frame! Filing this in the memory under good ideas.
— corrina14 September, 2012 at 9:42 am
Love it.
— Nicola20 September, 2012 at 3:02 pm