#transitional interiors

[joliegriffin]

Transitional Wine Cellar An illustration of a sizable transitional wine cellar with diamond bins

#austin architecture #texas architecture #transitional interiors #jauregui architecture #transitional architecture #jauregui #transitional design

[evenica]

Austin Closet Walk-in closet - large transitional women's medium tone wood floor walk-in closet idea with raised-panel cabinets and medium tone wood cabinets

#transitional interiors #jauregui #transitional architecture #jauregui design build #closet #transitional design

[bellaxdarling]

New York Family Room Home Bar

Family room - huge traditional open concept dark wood floor family room idea with a bar, brown walls, a standard fireplace, a wood fireplace surround and a wall-mounted tv

#wood framed glass doors #transitional interiors #brass hardware #transitional style home #white crown molding #double entry doors #wall mounted tv

[gomioujo]

Family Room Tampa

A large transitional enclosed family room design with white walls, a stone fireplace, a traditional fireplace, and brown flooring is an example.

#luxury interior design #florida interior designer #award winning interiors #transitional interiors #indoor-outdoor living

[bigpoppadean]

Open Family Room in Omaha

Large transitional open concept family room image with a stone fireplace, a regular fireplace, gray walls, and no television.

#glass front cabinet doors #transitional interiors #fireplace no hearth #living room built-ins ideas #transom windows in living room

[esteponatarot]

Bathroom Kids in Austin A large image of a transitional children's bathroom with raised-panel cabinets, medium-tone wood cabinets, an undermount sink, and granite countertops is shown.

#austin architecture #transitional interiors #jauregui architecture #transitional design #jauregui #transitional architecture

[benbemine]

Living Room Austin

Living room - large transitional formal and open concept medium tone wood floor living room idea with no tv

#transitional interiors #transitional architecture #texas architecture #austin design build #austin architecture

[shinonarts]

Austin Closet

Walk-in closet - large transitional women's medium tone wood floor walk-in closet idea with raised-panel cabinets and medium tone wood cabinets

#transitional interiors #jauregui #transitional architecture #jauregui design build #closet #transitional design

[shareyourvulnerability]

Basement Lookout in Chicago Basement - large transitional look-out medium tone wood floor basement idea with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a tile fireplace

#wall curio cabinet #transitional interiors #curved sofa #contemporary #duralee #sitting area #sheer window treatments

[heyoctaneboy]

Transitional Dining Room New York Kitchen/dining room combo - large transitional dark wood floor kitchen/dining room combo idea with multicolored walls and no fireplace

#green accents #green and white wallpaper #transitional interiors #large green area rug #transitional style

[carinuseanpaganism]

Modern Family Room - Family Room Family room - large modern enclosed medium tone wood floor, brown floor and coffered ceiling family room idea with white walls, a standard fireplace, a stacked stone fireplace and a media wall

#debra ackerbloom interiors #award winning interiors #tampa interior design #tampa interior designer #debra ackerbloom #transitional interiors

[starwarsarthistory]

Austin Patio Inspiration for a huge transitional backyard patio kitchen remodel with a roof extension

#jauregui #jauregui design build #transitional interiors #texas architecture #austin design build #austin architecture

[sorryclarence]

Home Bar Family Room Family room - huge traditional open concept dark wood floor family room idea with a bar, brown walls, a standard fireplace, a wood fireplace surround and a wall-mounted tv

#transitional interiors #large beige area rug #white upholstered sofa #wall of doors #red accent pillows #wall mounted tv #wood paneled walls

[vintagehomecollection]

Sandi Samole, ASID, IDG, S & B Interiors, Inc.

100 Designers' Favorite Rooms, 1994

#vintage #vintage interior #1990s #90s #interior design #home decor #dining room #granite #table #glass #sculpture #candlesticks #transitional #contemporary #style #home #architecture #neon

[captainofthetidesbreath]

Thoughts on parallels between the scene where Phineas beats Sherman and where Imelda tortures weepe?

Jonas Spahr is there, and he's also not having a good day. 😔

So, I initially meant that as a joke about how I'm a huge fan of Jonas and will obnoxiously take any opportunity to talk about him. I do think there are many parallels and resonances between these scenes, and there is much to say about the four characters named and the central action of nearly killing someone for the sake of the Trust, but those angles are more obvious and more likely to be recognized by most. (And I'm willing to talk about some of those as well, if asked again. Or, if there's a specific aspect you'd like to hear about, let me know.)

In terms of my interests, it IS a pretty interesting point to be made: Jonas Spahr is there, watching. It's integral to both scenes that Spahr is a witness; he's even the ONLY witness in the Arca. His role as such is also explicitly recognized by the active character in each scene:

Since this is about the cabaret and Arca scenes specifically, I won't spin off into an entire commentary and analysis of Spahr's role as an observer and witness. For now, we'll have to content ourselves with the short version just for context, but I can go into it at a later time.

The heart of it is: thus far, his role in the narrative is a generally passive one that largely centers on watching and observing. It's the first thing he does as a player in this story. He steps back and watches how Phineas handles the Ginsberg situation, and the narrators remind us four separate times in 1.03: Mica:

Deeds of Valor—and Caenum, apparently—need to be witnessed, after all! Thing is, Spahr does a lot of watching but, until more recently, doesn't really SEE all that often. He is for a long time a passive, immovable, unreadable observer to events as the eyes of the Trust. He is that witness for much of events he's involved in, for better or (more likely) worse.

After Phineas attacks Sherman, Spahr himself is quick to identify this problem with himself in 2.02: Ascendancy, that he is watching and looking but he is, perhaps intentionally, not seeing and noticing:

The incident in the cabaret and the incident in the Arca are directly connected and bound together by Spahr as witness. Phineas attacking Sherman and Imelda torturing Weepe are moments that Spahr is truly seeing, bearing witness to events and comprehending them, their context, and their implications.

In both, he bears witness specifically to the damage that the Trust causes and the ways that it harms people inside and outside of it. Phineas and Imelda believe that Spahr will witness something else—Phineas hopes that Spahr will not be witnessing a failure where Imelda hopes that Spahr will be witnessing one—but what he is seeing instead is the raw brutality that the Trust and its systems and pressures naturally engender at their logical extremes. He immediately recognizes it to be a horror:

Spahr experiences a dread born of comprehension typically reserved for moments of understanding in eldritch horror. Sucks to be the guy whose role is to see things and you end up actually comprehending some of them! And comprehend them in these two scenes he does.

Spahr doesn't do a ton in terms of active action in either scene—the cabaret scene is notably set off by his mere presence, and he ultimately freezes in the Arca scene—but in each, he does ultimately move to attempt to stop what is happening. And, notably, he does so under his own power and motivation.

That said, he fails to prevent a significant amount of the damage. He moves fast enough to prevent Phineas from killing Sherman, but too late to prevent the harm done to Sherman and all the spiraling consequences of this. He is frozen into a paralysis by Imelda's threat, so he fails to follow through and stop her, stop the harm done to Weepe, and again stop the spiraling consequences from this.

Twice, once in each scene, he fails to meaningfully prevent the harm done here. He attempts to stop them when he is standing here in the room with them, but by then it's too late. ("Too little, too late," as Sherman will eventually say.)

Obviously, Spahr is not the sole bearer of responsibility in either incident. Phineas and Imelda have an immense amount to answer for there, and the system of the Trust itself created the conditions that one way or another pushes them and Spahr to do as they do. However, both are incidents that he in some way has allowed. He reflects on having not seen, or even ignored, the signs of what was brewing inside Phineas and what he was being pushed toward; he helps engineer this intervention and stands by while Imelda locks Weepe in the Arca, never asking enough questions.

He has allowed both to happen. When he begins to feel the emotional aftermath of each, in 2.02: Ascendancy and 2.17: Compensation, the narration of his internal monologue even uses that wording:

They're both critical scenes to Spahr's development as someone whose role is largely passive, both within the Trust systems and within the narrative. Just as much as he is to be seen, he is also very much here to see—and to refuse to see. To stand by as a passive witness to horrors and allow them, silent and impassive and watching. He can try to intervene, but he's already facilitated this.

He is coming to understand his part in this, in brutalities such as these, with horror. In the aftermath of the Arca incident, we see him increasingly discontent with his role in the Trust and desperately in search of ways to stop what he can. He is not yet successful, but his vision is very much clarifying. His arc turns around these scenes as paralleled experiences for him in his narrative, as moments that he witnesses, allows, and fails to stop against even his own belated efforts. These two scenes bookend his growing comprehension and self-reflection throughout season two.

Twice now, it's been asked of him: What are you refusing to see, Jonas? What horrors and brutalities are you allowing to happen? Will you always be intervening much too late?

Third time's a charm, perhaps.

#ugh ugh ugh some of the stuff I haven't transitioned or articulated as well as I wanted but I've worked on this for like over a month so #it is what it is #I had to cut out a whole aside about Spahr and interiority and POV bc it was tangenting #and I can go “I can expand on this later elsewhere” only SO many times and I did it twice already #Jonas Spahr #Midst #Midst podcast #Midst things #long post for ts

[toyastales]

Shades of Pink

#soft pink #pink moodboard #pinkcore #pink aesthetic #pink #pink bathroom #wall sconces #scones #bathroom mirrors #bathroom sink #sustainable #mirror #march #spring #marble sink #marble #pink marble #toya's tales #style #toyastales #toyas tales #home decor #interior design #feminine #bathroom decor #bathroom #home design #transitional style #transitional bathroom #contemporary bathroom