In a recent Houzz story, we expressed the joy of taking risks with color in the home. Creative souls with an aversion to all that is bland and beige drank in the saturated images with enthusiasm, and some even began to wonder what other risks they might take beyond color. Here are 16 rooms that depict a full range of design risks, from mild to wild.
1. Artistic tile.
There is no shortage of unusual tile on the market to create a one-of-a-kind backsplash, but there are artists among us who can scarcely imagine choosing something off a shelf when they could just as easily create a sculpture of found tiles and broken dishes themselves.