In the late 1870s Tiffany began to focus on decorative work, particularly the intermingling of all the arts in a complete, unified interior—a philosophy in keeping with the basic tenets of the Aesthetic Movement. In 1878 he designed his first interior—for his own home in the Bella Apartments at 48 East Twenty-sixth Street, where he lived with his wife and three children. Hardly a surface was left plain: Oriental rugs were scattered across floors; Japanese patterned papers were affixed to walls and ceilings; carved and painted woodwork from India served as architectural embellishment for windows; colored and leaded glass filled window openings; and pictures and objects of various styles and media, including pottery, porcelain, and metalwork from China and Japan, were arranged throughout. Much of the furniture was remarkably simple, a foil for the proliferation of ornament.