Greetings! This post is from Arthur's wife. One of my favorite topics is home decorating, so while Arthur covers practical topics like how to remodel a kitchen inexpensively, I'll write the "flights of fancy" about projects I would looooove to have done at home. (One of the best things about being married to a carpenter is that the projects I ask for actually get done!)
One of my hobbies is trying to guess what will be popular... before it is popular. Recently I spotted an article by Gerald Celente` at the Trends Research Institute talking about new trends for 2010 and beyond. Celente's main focus seems to be on the economy, but as an aside he mentioned that in the future, a "New Elegance" will start to crop up in fashion.
Usually when I think of "elegance" I picture something retro.... and frankly, retro is looking kind of tired lately. It's not so much the "retro" items themselves, but the jaded way that they are presented.
I'm hoping that the elegance of the future really will be "new." I would love to see more pieces with clean, clear lines like Arthur's latest dining table (shown above). I would love to see elegance without irony; elegance that arises from an innovative spirit; elegance that arises out of hope in times of difficulty.
What do you think the New Elegance should look like?
(Photo credit: Rob Amberg)
One of my hobbies is trying to guess what will be popular... before it is popular. Recently I spotted an article by Gerald Celente` at the Trends Research Institute talking about new trends for 2010 and beyond. Celente's main focus seems to be on the economy, but as an aside he mentioned that in the future, a "New Elegance" will start to crop up in fashion.
Usually when I think of "elegance" I picture something retro.... and frankly, retro is looking kind of tired lately. It's not so much the "retro" items themselves, but the jaded way that they are presented.
I'm hoping that the elegance of the future really will be "new." I would love to see more pieces with clean, clear lines like Arthur's latest dining table (shown above). I would love to see elegance without irony; elegance that arises from an innovative spirit; elegance that arises out of hope in times of difficulty.
What do you think the New Elegance should look like?
(Photo credit: Rob Amberg)
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