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Design Dilemma: Timeless vs. Trendy
Timelessness, not trendiness, makes for sustainable design that need not change from year to year. But does timelessness mean tradition? Can you be timeless but cool and funky at the same time? And what is timelessness, anyway? To our mind, timelessness is design that allows an owner’s personality to shine through unobscured by momentary trends. It does not […]
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Design Dilemma: Managing Family Photographs
Have you ever noticed that those fabulously chic and modern interiors in shelter magazines never seem to include the framed family photos that most of us collect as treasured personal mementos? How come? Here’s one guess: while photos of family and friends may mean an awful lot to us, they’re also not exactly “design-friendly.” That […]
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Design Dilemma: Putting Your House on a Diet
Feeling kind of bloated? We are. It seems our waistlines aren’t the only thing to expand during the cold months. After a long cold winter, we can’t help but survey everything that has collected around us as we cocooned on those snowy or bitter cold days, and feel the urge to purge. The goal: a […]