That's not what I'm advocating. I simply wish to say that beauty is important, even necessary, to everyday living. It's actually useful. It isn't a luxury, and it doesn't need to be expensive. The address is where the house is situated, not necessarily where the home , going on inside the house, is taking place.
Home can be almost anywhere in virtual space or time.
That fact alone can be used as a point of embarkation to create a magical setting in which family life not only occurs, but finds re-creation. This is pivotal in dealing with the want of windows in all the places in which so much of life occurs. Not long ago we embarked on an interior design project with a client wanting to remodel the family home. The blank look lasted only briefly as we explained that the inside of the house could, in a sense, be located anywhere in the world. The idea not only took root, it took over.