Back in the 60’s, the people who hung out at Andy Warhol’s studio (the Factory) decorated it from floor to ceiling in tinfoil, then spray painted everything silver that couldn’t be foiled or covered with broken pieces of mirror. Since I read about the Factory as a teenager, I’ve been intrigued by the possibility of decorating with aluminum foil. Since my wife isn’t about to let me turn our living room into a set from Barbarella, I’ll have to be content with the efforts of a very resourceful Russian gentleman.
From what I could distill from different accounts and translations on the web, this fellow’s wife may or may not have kicked him out of the house, leading him to set up his dream house in the garage. I used Babelfish and Google Translate to get a few more details from the original Russian web page. It seems the creator of the foil garage values the sanctuary-like aspects of his space. There’s also something in the article about vampires, leading me to suspect that maybe Dracula has fillings, so he won’t be biting his way through the aluminum foil anytime soon.
I’m not positive that the material being used is actually aluminum foil. It’s been speculated that he used mylar or a paper-backed aluminum product commonly found in the insulation biz. Whatever the material, the end result is a perfect collision of low-tech, low-cost and high craft. The beauty of his button tufted walls brings a tear to my eye.
If you’d like to try your hand at making your own vampire-proof sanctuary, a good place to start might be this DIY button tufted headboard tutorial from Apartment Therapy. Other than your foil, stuffing and some buttons, your supplies and tools should be fairly minimal. Can anybody out there with a good grasp of Russian shed more light on this project? Just click the link below for the original article.
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