Archives for June 2019

06/29/2019

Small Homes Are Trending, Here’s Why

Dissecting millennial traits has become popular sport for marketers, interpreting their love of Ubers and anathema to anything DIY, but this group can be quite practical despite the initiative. Take their preference for smaller homes, which maximizes square footage over superfluous space.

The modifications to this 1950s East Hampton clapboard and how to unearth its inherent character with modern updates will quell the desire to sling a wrecking ball to a period home. Where to spend, when to save and learning to embrace the appeal of a smaller home will all be explored in this series that will be profiled in real time.

Renewing the trend of a smaller home and its worthy traits, which capitalizes on shared time, charm and practicality.

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06/12/2019

How to Determine Quality Items

There’s good retro, like worn out Levi’s and malted milk shakes sipped with the swivel of a soda fountain chair. Then we have bad retro—sideburns and pine tree air fresheners that make you want to vomit in the back seat of a cab. Currently I am packing for a new home, a process that has reunited me with unopened boxes that didn’t make the cut from the last move.

A push-button phone in a statement color is too innovative to toss, making for a worthy accent for a styled vignette.

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06/05/2019

What Makes Art Legitimate? Three Expert Perspectives

When HomeGoods is selling abstract pieces with artist bios beneath the cellophane, art has officially become mainstream. There are works that prompt the I can do that reaction. Questioning whether the pictures have the kind of symbolism you learned in art history or do they just look really good above a sofa. Any shift in the art world is synonymous with controversy. How can you decide what signifies a good piece of work? Three different expert perspectives offer insight.

A grouping of current works show the direction the artist is channeling.

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