Through the window, hung with Dutch curtains, a butterfly flew in and landed on the table.
Under a low window hang dresses by designer and artist Julieta Alvarez, beautifully cut confections in teardrop and seashore patterns.
On the ceiling was a hand-painted tribute to Ho Chi Minh and in every window hung a chirruping bird cage.
The racks were full of name-brand clothing, and the walls were lined with celebrity photographs; in the window hung the most impressive custom jackets, waiting for their buyers to come up with the final payment.
Next to the base was a newly constructed five-story apartment complex in pastel colors; from a window hung a red banner inscribed with the phrase "Strengthen Ethnic Unity".
In the window hung a sumptuous red-and-gold silk damask chasuble, the outermost vestment a priest wears to Mass; a hat shaped like a Gothic window, worn by bishops and the Pope, called a mitre; and red silk socks for cardinals.
By combining it with amazing sculptures; think of a giant's chair made from enormous tree trunks perched on a hill or a stained glass window hung between two trees, or an 11 metre tall earthwork based on a Mayan temple.
They are angled towards a mezzanine floor window hung with curtains conspicuously installed not inside but outside.
If you have a lovely view of nature out a window, hang a mirror opposite the view to reflect it.
But inside, along with the original 1960s-era stained-glass windows, hangs a wooden crucifix lighted by pink LEDs and a 20-foot-high Madonna and Child created with spray paint.
