Tracing Inspiration… how falling victim to a trend became a costly mistake but led to my favorite design. The hand-troweled plaster fluted wall panel portal that leads to my master bathroom is, without doubt, my favorite and most proud design feature in my Brooklyn home. But it did not begin that way. It was rooted in a series of mistakes. The actual space has no distinct use, it is rather a passageway to get from the closet to the bathroom. Without purpose, I wanted to engage a design statement. Here’s the story behind the design…