stuff to think about...

Robert Fripp's Diary:

The question: how closely to honour a period home with authentic period detail?

This is not question that need bother anyone or everyone, but has concerned me pretty well since being a property-owner. This goes to: what is the aim of your home? This may seem a silly question, but a lot is involved in choosing the functions & uses in our living-space. The house is material, a home is a quality.

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My aim in a home? To refresh the spirit. [...] Much of our emotional life is associational, as with our thinking. Pieces of furniture we have inherited from Parents, or which hold particularly fond memories, may not fit within a period scheme; but, as Mr. Romain of Romain’s Emporium of Antiquities, Wonder & Delight says: you can’t buy sentiment. [...]

One observation: works of quality co-exist, juxtapose, mingle & blend, without much difficulty or effort.