I live in a house with large open spaces carved up by some alcoves, columns and protrusions. I'm told on occasions that it looks quite attractive.

but as I, a #blind person, miscalculate while bending down to pick something up and yet again catch my head on another bit of pointless wall, I'm reminded how truly subjective design preferences are.

in reply to James Scholes

@jakobrosin Now that you mention columns, there's a canteen of an arts university near my workplace where I sometimes like grabbing my lunch. Because its the university of fine arts, there's a mandatory clash of a human with the art, in a literal way. The stairs to the entrance are divided into sections, each odd section leads indeed to one of the entrance door, every other ends with a huge stone columnade in, if I'm not mistaken, corynthian style. It's fun to touch if you've never observed ancient Greek architecture, otherwise quite disappointing if you made it the couple of steps up only to realize there's no way in so you have to go back and climb again at another spot.