Baroque Subdued

Where do you find your design influences and inspirations? In the most unusual places, I say. At first I was all pro cold steel, stone, concrete, and extreme minimalism, but at some point I shockingly found myself enjoying some classic elements, and, god forbid, gold. And I know what exactly I have to blame for this.

Match 3 games. Matchington Mansion in particular where solving each puzzle lets you decorate yet another room. I vowed to never install it again, so I will save you from screenshots, but believe me, they barely ever offer anything minimalistic to choose from and skipping a rug is not an option.

Yes, since I've played these games, I started getting rugs much more often than before. This is not a joke. This game changed me in the ways I never could imagine.

To make matters even worse there was a person in my life, a significant other, and I jokingly made a promise to decorate my next apartment the way they would enjoy it. Well, they said they liked Versailles... Are there enough Match 3 games in the world to make me ever like that?

So today I will be testing my limits to see how deep can I take Baroque in without gag reflex. And I've figured out some rules of playing it safe with posh classic interior designs.

1.Walls can be as ornate as ever if they are painted the same color, no gold trims, please.

2.No tassels or drapery on the curtains.

3.Furniture and décor should still be on minimalistic side, retro or mid century is as far as I can go.

4.Gold and marble are fine but less ornaments, please.

I guess it won't be true Versailles but then I really don't mind making something like these pictures. At least as long as I am not the one to cut and glue all those trims (which I most likely will be, but, still, the things we do for love).