CHANGE IT UP
Take a minute and think of the houses you grew up in. Whether or not those spaces still exist, I’ll bet you can picture dozens of details about the rooms: where the armchairs were, where the TV stood, what the floor lamp looked like, even what knickknack or book was on what shelf. In most people’s houses, things tend to find a place and stay there for years—if not decades. Why does this happen? Maybe we like the continuity of a certain arrangement of furniture and objects, or maybe we stop seeing our belongings during the comings and goings of our everyday lives. My house is no different. I tend to leave things where I first put them. A houseplant in that corner. This side table with this lamp and this…
