Limewashing a brick exterior can yield surprising and beautifully paint-like results. Lime is porous and allows the brick to breathe, unlike paint, so it is long lasting, but it does eventually age.
A contemporary update on an age-old past time. Left: French architecture firm Studio KO accented this spare, Luberon, France pool with a Boffi Bains sling chair. Photo by Dan Glasser. Right: The black-bottomed pool at architect Wallace CunninghamR