Re: OT - Too Good to be...

Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
In article <1528fc13-a44b-4a95-8d08-33ef0ee75335@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Shel <s90125c@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 29, 2:26 pm, Pogonip <nobo...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Cheryl P. wrote:

Other things... no books or bookshelves. Little or nothing in the way of
memorabilia from their previous lives - and what they keep is selected
and tastefully displayed by strangers.
You've found one of my pet peeves. (I need a kennel license, I have so
many.) HGTV and BBCA and others have these "decorators" who go into
someone's home and clear the "clutter" - which I think are items
collected over their lives which have all kinds of sentimental value --
and thin out the bookcases (if there are any) to make space for "objet
d'art" that they seem to buy at Cost Plus or some such place.

Why get rid of "real" art, and other items of meaning to the owner, and
replace with cheap imported crap bought for the purpose?

The places end up looking like a display in a furniture store. There's
nothing personal about them. They also use far too many candles,
usually lit for the "reveal" -- and I feel that someone should be
standing by with a fire extinguisher.
--
Joanne
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This is one of my pet peeves too. I have books. I have bookcases,
though not as many as I'd like. And if anyone thinks they're
"clutter"...they can think again.
My house is meant to be lived in, not just looked at. I like it
clean, yes...but there are pictures and books, and cats, and treasured
pieces all over the place.
How do you live in a professionally decorated house? I'd be afraid to
move anything....

Now I'm reminded again of that old New Yorker cartoon. Man and
wife walking through an empty apartment with a real estate agent.
Every wall in every room is lined with bookcases. The man says
~"What the hell kind of weird people lived here, anyway?"~

Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx

Oh! I wish I had a copy of that! Maybe I can find it in a book on same. Isn't there a complete collection of cartoons?

--
Jean B.
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