I came across the exquisite photographs of Robert Polidori today. I’ve happened upon one or two of his images before –– most notably the Havana home of painter, Amelia Peláez –– but today was my first dive into his extensive body of beautiful architectural spaces. If you have a moment, have a look at his extraordinary range, from a beaten up old slave shack, to the restoration works at Versailles, to the weathered walls of Hotel Petra in Beirut. As we move into our new home –– a true labour of love –– Polidori’s wisdom resonated with me a great deal. “Besides the obvious sheltering from the extremes of the elements, people make rooms to live in as if they are animated by an unconscious desire to return to a prenatal life, or even before that, to a soul life. This is what they exteriorize in rooms, their internal soul life, or less magically put, their personal values, if you will.”