Michael's parents took us to a Home Show on Sunday. It was quite inspirational, almost enough to interest me in interior design briefly and once again. The Home Show at Huntsville Civic Center conviced me once again that I have expensive taste, though expensive by whose standards? (I'm reminded of a joke I saw; I think it was on 30 Rock.
Overheard during a poker game:
Come on. Daddy needs a new suit.
I'd hate to see the suit you could buy for $250.00.)
What the Home Show also succeeded in doing was to remind me of what sorts of books I should look for when the opportunity for a bookstore excursion presents itself: Architecture, Interior Design, and Art. I'm most interested in anything on Frank Lloyd Wright, possibly Greene & Greene. Mission Style, Prairie Style, the Arts & Crafts Movement, Possibly Arts Deco and Neuveaux.
Frank Lloyd Wright's work is exciting in part because of the way he worked in sympathy with a home's natural landscape, and in part because he was so far ahead of his time. I remember noticing when I was in school that things he designed in the 20s and 30s looked as though they had been designed in the 60s and 70s. That might not sound great to you, but it certainly is to me.
I think I remember reading that the old River Road swimming pool was designed by a student of a student of Frank Lloyd Wright's.
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My friends owned a house in my hometown that was built by one of Wright's students....it was wonderful :) I enjoy almost all styles in one way or another....I bet that was fun to go to a home show :) I too find that I will be in big trouble when/if I build due to my "expensive taste"- you just have to do it yourself! (or ask your husband too :) I find Wright's style to be wonderful but I think there are too many corners...if that makes sense. Mission is sometimes to perfect for me..love prairie and actually attempted it in a few rooms in Illinios, of course I had a house like yours so it was much easier to do....and great yard sales....Art Deco is too modern/stark for me- I don't know what category I like, a little of all I think :)
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