Keeping up appearances
perspective, a conversation I had
Style
with my partner involving some
Kate Bartels perfectly fine couches went
something like this:
T he constant pressure to He suggested bringing his keep up with the Joneses cream leather couches over to infiltrates every aspect my place, which would save us a of our lives. couple of thousand dollars on a Whether it’s about wearing new one. the right kind of clothes or I was extremely hesitant, not eating the latest superfoods, because they aren’t comfy, not there’s always something to be because they aren’t in good done better. condition, but because quite
Now the pressure has turned frankly, they look like crap. to our homes. Do you have your I’d rather fork out money on a European cushions and throw new couch that is visually rugs? Is your home painted in appealing than sit on a perfectly the colour of the year? Are your good couch that doesn’t fit in sheets bamboo and your with my aesthetic. pillowcases silk? I know it’s ridiculous. I know It’s all a bit much. that the money saved on a couch My home is the most private could be put towards more area of my life, the place I important things. I exhale and escape from know that the the outside world, chocolate we but I still feel the will eat while pressure to make watching a it aesthetically movie will pleasing. still taste as
This means I good and a trawl interiors chat with websites daily, Mum will hunting for the still be as next big thing to meaningful spruce up my on the ugly space. couch, but I
I’ll admit that don’t care. my job does have Does the colour scheme of couch Having a a lot to do with it, cushions make a difference? stylish home is but no matter no longer what I do, I just can’t shake the exclusive to the upper echelons home improvement niggling. of society. Department stores
Sure, I could ignore the like Kmart are constantly constant advertisements for a updating home decor ranges to new glassware set or the best bar reflect trends, while home trolleys, but like all the other renovation shows flood external pressures in our lives, it primetime television. gets to you. It’s all around us, and it’s an
I’m not looking to become absurd standard. Despite the next big home decor knowing that the colour scheme Instagrammer, but I still strive of my couch cushions don’t make for the recognition that I know a damn difference to how I enjoy what’s hot when it comes to my home, I can’t help but care … homewares. even just a little bit.
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