Ephemeralness

Here’s the thing – just like everyone else I have a bit of a Martha Stewart aesthetic desire. In theory – my life would look like this.

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(from Design Is Mine)

But in reality, I fear that I wouldn’t actually be able to live like this. That one perfect dress on that bare white wall? Yeah right. Even if I started living in the beautiful dining room with the beautiful yellow side -board it would only be a matter of time before the clutter that follows me around would start to accumulate. I know myself well enough to know it’s an unrealistic desire. I may like minimalist design in theory, but it would never work for me in practice.

Which is why it was heart-warming to open the Design Issue of New York Magazine yesterday and find this couple.

Now these are people living like I live – granted they are doing it in a slightly more upscale pretentious way. But still.

This looks like the the inside of my head.

So the moral of today’s story, apparently there’s a chance for my design aesthetic if I mix it with a side of pretentious hipster. Interesting.