Kaethe

This is going to seem weird, because I don't really share the Petersik aesthetic which is modern and a little minimal. Nor am I crafty. The idea of filling my home with perfect vignettes, tablescapes, and curated shelves doesn't appeal to me. We have way more stuff than an family of four requires, and our taste is practically Victorian with all the inherited old furniture. My primary home-decorating interest involves dragging boxes of stuff off to the Friends of the Library book sale and the thrift shop.

Nonetheless, I am charmed. I'm not going to do any of this, you understand. I don't need ideas for how to fill frames with something, anything. We have more framed art than we can figure out where to put it, because most of our walls space is filled with bookcases, natch. Despite how NOT ME this is, I love looking. There is color, and lovely photographs, and perhaps most of all, an endearing commitment to making their home the sort of space they love. I can't help respecting how thoroughly they do them.

Library copy