This is freelance writer
Mary Beth Klatt, filling in for
Steve Delahoyde, as he gets ready for his nuptials. We found
pictures of this tiled house in Santa Monica, California by way of the
Craftzine blog. You'll see the entire residence is covered with broken crockery. That's a whole lot of broken dishes or
picassiette, a type of mosaic that incorporates shards of broken dishes, cups, and tiles. It was a nickname too, given to
Raymond Isadore, who famously created La Maison Picassiette in Chartres, France. Now as much as we favor recycling and reuse, we're not sure how this type of exterior decoration would stand up in cold-weather climates in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois. But in Arizona, California, and Florida, have at it.