To put an end to this stalemate, I painted skirting boards and water heat batteries red. I use anything as a basis: an old wardrobe, a hand washer, a fridge, remnants of old chairs, broken telephones, a Soviet-style lamp, a mirror, tiles, a door or a window, a set of knick-knacks from your childhood ... stoppers, buttons, or anything else, forgotten and then found in the ceiling cabinet. Furniture designers asked me to pay 200 bucks for a customized book shelf. I nailed two L-bars to a wall, attached two wooden blocks and painted them red to match the radiator, already painted red. Granma's plates were turned red as well: they became excellent saucers for flower pots.
I always get upset by consumerism: people may change everything without buying anything in a constraction store. Just remember: the oldest thing may still get a reincarnation. My kitchen table is sixty years old, it was my Grandpas present to Granma. This family artefact was in miserable condition before it was repainted bright green and red. Nowadays people are levelling ceilings, straightening floors and walls, put the new wallpaper ... and never use their fantasy. Why should the walls be ideally straight and how does it affect your life? One tin of paint may be the solution to all new stains for years to come. Once my guests have burned the linoleum floor with a cigarette ... I've painted a butterfly with a rubber contour, instead of this ugly spot. My kitchen walls are covered with paper clips with memorial dates and photos of relatives and friends. Only you can decide what should hover before our eyes while you drink tea or wash your dishes. Pizza delivery leaflets and taxi telephones fitted the collage all right ...