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December 21, 2024

Hephaestus and the Hustle

The arc of a creative life is long, and you will be happier, more productive, and more helpful to clients if you feed your creativity.
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November 19, 2024

Buying Vintage Art, Part 2: Once You Get It Home

You have your new (old) piece of art. It’s time to take it apart and see what is under that frame. I’ll walk you through how to do it.
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October 19, 2024

Buying Vintage Art

The biggest hurdle to owning original art is, well, buying it. Do you worry you don’t know what you are doing? Don’t. It’s going to be okay.
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September 6, 2024

Living in the Fixer Case Study: The Breakfast Room

Renovating a house is like one of those plastic number puzzles. Whenever you think you have step one, you’ll have to go back three steps.
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June 10, 2024

What kind of door?

I had a Dutch door installed at the back of my house, off the kitchen, and it has gotten me thinking about doors I have known and loved.
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May 10, 2024

Brick Bond

Solid brick walls aren’t laid like subway tile. Using perpendicular bricks gives stability to the structure, and that pattern is called brick bond.
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March 13, 2024

Knick-Knacking How-To Walk-Through

I got a new lamp the other day, and this opened a whole can of worms: how to rebalance the arrangement on the table where it now sits?
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January 29, 2024

Original Art FTW

Why buy a Monet poster when you can buy a real painting made by a working artist?
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January 19, 2024

Visible Cords, Oh My!

How do we avoid visible lamp cords? One way is simply by putting the cord behind a piece of solid case furniture. But what if we can’t?
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