I am not one for practical jokes, but as a designer I do love a good visual trick or two. That’s what I am seeing lately -trompe l’oeil (French for “deceive the eye”) looks from fashion to decor that marries whimsy and humor with style and design.
I’m seeing trompe l’oeil looks in :
Walls
Piet Hein Eek’s wallpaper makes scrap wood gorgeous!
![antique-shutters-wallpaper](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/antique-shutters-wallpaper-300x161.jpg)
Koziel’s antique shutter wallpaper doubles your fun.This paper gives you pause- is there or isn’t there a window there?
![P1030247 - Copy](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/P1030247-Copy.jpg)
What can a say?- Christain LaCroix for Designers Guild. LOVE.LOVE. LOVE
![berard](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/berard.jpg)
Need architectural detail? Berard has it.
Doors
![castel-corridor-trompe-l-oeil](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/castel-corridor-trompe-l-oeil.jpg)
![louis-xv-old-french-door-door-trompe-l-oeil](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/louis-xv-old-french-door-door-trompe-l-oeil.jpg)
Shelving
![Deborah_Bowness_book_wallpaper_D'Espresso,_NY](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Deborah_Bowness_book_wallpaper_DEspresso_NY.jpg)
Deborah Bowness is a Genius with fool the eye looks
![book shelf shade](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/book-shelf-shade1-225x300.jpg)
Everyone loves books Right?
Textiles
Windows
![6_hele-kamer1](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/6_hele-kamer1-300x200.jpg)
![6_vooraanzicht1](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/6_vooraanzicht1-300x200.jpg)
I ♥ Bauke Knottnerus’ trompe l’oeil curtains, they can be on a window in a doorway fooling the eye into believing there’s more space thanks to the perspective.
![P1010587](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/P1010587-238x300.jpg)
Koziel’s Decorative film provides the view and the ornate ironwork.
Fashion
![trompe](http://www.design-confidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/trompe.jpg)
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