apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

We follow this principle in our bedroom...less stuff, more calm. Once, our friend's precocious 3-year old was visiting, looked around the bedroom and said, "You need more decorations in here." I laughed - are we are conditioned so young to believe that we need more "stuff" to fill the emptiness around us (and maybe, within ourselves?).

Hello-oh, a painting? It's just an empty room.

This reminds me of when I rented my first apt after leaving a microscopic room I rented. As soon as I got my keys, I went to my apartmet and lay on the floor, reveling in what seemed like a palatial 510 sf.

Emptiness can be so beautiful. It's something about all that untaped potential. There's a quote out there that says, few things are more inspiring than potential.

I used to walk by places like this and not help but think about their potential as a party space.

This empty space feeling is why we all love to walk through large train stations or old post office buildings all the time. Roman buildings all seem to have this feeling --- even their homes had large rooms of empty space. At least the really rich ones had it! Empty space is just as important in a home as filled space.

More Ed Ruscha than Edward Hopper.

More Judd than Rucha.

Rouche

I mean, Ruscha.

Just me in here.

Echo echo echo