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Mary & Russel Wright's "Guide to Easier Living"

2005_1_13_wright.jpgPared down. Russel Wright had a terrific retrospective at the Cooper-Hewitt last year, where people got to see a designer/thinker who "was Martha before Martha was Martha." We knew him as the designer, but missed this book he published with his wife, Mary: Guide to Easier Living. Here is a reader tipoff:

I just got Mary and Russel Wrights "Guide to Easier Living" today and have only skimmed through it but it seems chock-full of timely solutions (with diagrams) for organizing and maintaining efficient and serene living spaces."

We also found this....

 
 

...the mainstream 21st Century over-stuffed attitudes of living in contrived luxury, look bloated and phoney compared to the Wrights' explanations of pared-down but comfortably designed home decorating and economics; i.e., think modern, lightweight, artistic, and easy to maintain... (OrganizedHome.com)

Sounds right on. (Thanks, Sandy!) MGR

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They featured excerpts from this book at the WONDERFUL Cooper-Hewitt show (Manhattan's most under-rated museuem, btw...), and it was both hilariously quaint, and brilliantly timely. Go figure.

posted by patrick on 2005-01-13 12:28:46

I agree -- the Cooper-Hewitt is lovely. Maybe for the next apartmenttherapy outing we should all go there?

posted by mary on 2005-01-13 13:37:18

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