"I may be aging myself, but I've discovered a lot thanks to my dad over three decades - my favorite band (My Morning Jacket), the perfect margarita recipe, and an appreciation for good art, rugs, and antiques. My dad has a keen eye for design and is perpetually decorating our family house in Kentucky with some newly acquired paintings or vintage chairs (much to my mom's chagrin). As I've furnished my so-called "adult" apartments, he's essentially doubled as my built-in interior consultant, too."
"I did know exactly where I wanted to put a pair of prints we'd picked out together at an antique store in my hometown. My living room has a window cutout above my sofa which opens up into the kitchen - so I'd planned to stack them in a row on the sliver of open wall space to the right of this. I already had a woven side table with a tall CB2 lamp styled on the floor next to my couch, which the matching art would look perfect above."
A father transmitted design knowledge, music and cocktail preferences, and an appreciation for art and antiques over decades. The father frequently updates a family home with new paintings and vintage furniture and serves as an informal interior consultant for adult children. During a visit he brought nails and a hammer to help hang a pair of prints chosen at an antique store. The prints were intended for a narrow wall beside a kitchen cutout above a sofa, positioned above a woven side table with a tall lamp. Before beginning to nail, the father asked that the table lamp be turned on to assess how the artwork would appear under actual lighting.
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