Our Homes Don't Need Formal Spaces
Added 2018-07-12 17:23:29 +0000 UTCMy latest piece for Curbed about the sneaky irony of formal entertainment spaces.
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I've started to think about your writing as the Anti-Fixer-Upper (in the Magnolia sense). I just bought my first home with my husband, and it's a perfect 1000sf craftsman bungalow (built in 1919! cool!) but it's hard to keep that nagging "you need MORE SPACE, you need to RENOVATE" voice away. Like... we barely ever even go in the second bedroom, why would we need all these other rooms. It's plenty of space for two people! Your articles are a great reality check and are so well written & fun to read! Incidentally our house does have a "formal" dining room, but it's also... the only room with a table in it (no eat-in kitchen) so it is more of an extension off the kitchen than its own separate room, though it does have the lovely architectural details of the era (box ceilings, wainscoting, window seat).
haley
2018-07-30 16:38:02 +0000 UTC
