Comments on: Art, it’s about time you walk all over it

By: Twistie

Twistie — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:24:09 +0000

Guh! Want!

And Raincoaster, I may fight you for that last one. It’s glorious.

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:06:24 +0000

I should never read this blog, because I want everything. Especially that last rug; just the thing to warm the wizened cockles of this old goth’s heart.

By: buttercup

buttercup — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:41:55 +0000

Wow! I agree they’d be hard-to-care-for housewares, but in a museum, what beauty! The Occidentale feels like an illustration constellation map.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:12:23 +0000

Amen and Jalapeno, Ms. Jo!!!! I have no idea on bucks because I never found a link to the prices, but I would love to have the lips rug, pair it with the broken heart bar stool and revel in my contemporary townhouse! If anyone wants to know what’s upcoming in home decor, look at clothing! The faces have been on european lagenlook for a couple of years. Progression of trends…1. Clothing 2. Home pillows, linens, drapes 3. Furnishings, carpets, sofa/chair 4. Automobiles… Rinse/repeat….

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:24:34 +0000

Listen: I grew up with a huge (18′ x 12′ foot) antique Persian carpet in the living room. I crawled on it when I was a baby, sat on it barefoot when I was a teenager, and had many, many dogs and cats all over the thing when I still lived with my parents.

Now I have a smaller, slightly newer Persian on my floor. The cat occasionally sharpens her claws on it and the dog naps on it. I vacuum shoe-dirt off of it once a week or so.

You can’t let these things own you. Part of the loveliness of old things is how they wear, how the edges of the rug stay nice while the middle part gets a little hinky.

If you love it, and you can drop the bucks on it, do so. You can stand in the middle of the damn thing barefoot and sigh with contentment. My folks’ Persian rug was the most valuable thing in the house when I was growing up (heck, it was worth more than the house, probably) and still is, in their new place–and most of that value comes from the memories attached to it.