Soft white light (Vermeer light, for Christ’s sake!) filters in through lace curtains, and through paper curtains, deflecting off of the soft, blue, Robin’s egg walls. At night, candles and dim incandescents create a quiet glowing. The word “aesthetics” comes originally from the Greek αἰσθητική “aisthetike,” and was first used by the German philosopher Alexander Baumgarten in 1735 to mean “the science of how things are known via the senses,”* though it has since come to be associated with the idea of ‘taste.’ Paul’s house has good taste, but not just because it’s decorated “correctly” or because he has all the right “stuff” in it, but because the body feels good inside of it. It’s a cool, quiet, and beautiful house. Except at night, when it’s warm and perfect for wine drinking. This combination makes for the best sleeps in human history.