“If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer: A beautiful house; and if I were further asked to name the production next in importance and the thing next to be longed for, I should answer: A beautiful book. To enjoy good houses and good books in self-respect and decent comfort, seems to me to be the pleasurable end towards which all societies of human beings ought now to struggle.”

William Morris, quite the Renaissance Man in Victorian times, had a keen eye for home decoration and wrote several volumes of poetry (amongst others).

I cannot claim fame for exquisite taste in home decoration, but I can give you a little impromptu poem of my own:

Home is where the hungry hog is,
thickly pasted natural lore
telling its tusks to grub some more

On its ittybitty mind are
dogged drops of love and laughter,
fodder constantly sought after

by many species round the globe,
though in this here fabrication
but one is saved from starvation


Please visit Francesca over at FuoriBorgo for more love and laughter at the homes of other Corner Viewers.