Freedman didn’t bid on the Giacomettis, however later found some Giacometti-inspired papier-mache birds in a West Elm catalog. “They have been designed for a nursery, however the shade made them excellent for a extra subtle area,” she recollects. “And I feel they have been like $45.” She had her artwork hanger mount them on silver prongs in a excessive nook of her front room. Fanciful and kooky—and significantly extra inexpensive than Giacometti—they are a reminder that whereas one might set one’s coronary heart on a specific piece of chook decor, there’s no have to get too labored up about it.
So far as the design world is anxious, there are at all times different birds within the sky.
