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how i live
I woke at midnight, last night, to a hard sou’westerly and the floor moving in three directions at once — pitching, rolling, rising-and-falling. Now, six hours later, the wind has moderated. Everything is still. The rest of the world is obscured by grey mist and sporadic showers, as if the sky has fallen across the shore.
I climb up a short ladder to the companionway to check that all is well on deck — it’s the first thing I do every morning — then I return to my bunk to download email and read a couple of news sites on a laptop before my wife wakes and we have a cup of coffee together across the varnished teak table that separates our bunks.
We talk about what we want to do today and waste a minute or two trying to agree a time-table before giving up. For half a decade, we have scraped by with a minimum of routine or planning. We are singularly unadept at making lists or coordinating diaries. We end up doing most things together. Today, we will pick up some paint and shackles at a chandlery and find a local metal fabricator to repair or replicate a damaged stainless steel stanchion. We also have to buy some groceries. But first I want to repair our rubber dinghy.
My wife and I live on a 32-foot sailboat. It is a life-raft of sorts. It is also an island on which we are trying to regain an unsettled but sheltered freedom after several years of being homeless. Most days, we feel like castaways, with no hope of ever being rescued.
It’s hard to explain how we ended up here. Moving aboard was not a ‘lifestyle choice’ but an act of quiet desperation. We had dropped out of a life in which I had somehow ended up running two well-known, medium-sized companies, one of them publicly listed — before those roles, I had been a musician, gambler, seaman, smuggler, photographer, magazine editor, and governmental adviser — and we had taken to wandering slowly across Europe, the UK, and North Africa. After a year holed up on the southern coast of Spain, a few miles east of Gibraltar, riding out the worst of the pandemic, we moved to southern Italy, where we acquired, and set about restoring, a small ruin, part of servants’ quarters attached to a 16th century Spanish castle, in a village not far from Lecce, in Puglia. We had just completed the work, two years later, when the local Questura, the office of the Carabinieri that oversees Italian immigration, rejected our third application for temporary residence and issued a formal instruction to us to leave Italy — and Europe’s Schengen zone.
The boat was not something we thought through in any detail. I had spent a lot of time at sea in my youth and had lived on sailing boats of various sizes on the Channel coasts of England and France, as well as in the Mediterranean. Which is to say, I had an understanding of their discomforts. But the prospect of resuming a life that, before we ended up in southern Italy, involved moving every three months — not just from one temporary accommodation to another but from one country to another, so as not to contravene the terms of our largely visa-less travel — had exhausted us. I made an offer on a cheap, neglected, 45-year-old, fibreglass sloop I had come across online and organised a marine surveyor to look it over for me. He gave it a cautious thumbs up.
I won’t forget my wife’s dolorous expression, a month later, when she saw the boat for the first time. It was in an industrial area of Southampton, on a dreich morning in early spring — bitterly cold, windy, and raining. Around us, the Itchen River’s ebb had revealed swathes of black, foul-smelling mud. Raised far from the sea, on the plains of north-eastern Oklahoma, my wife told me later she had been praying that our journey to this glum backwater was part of some elaborate practical joke.
There is a whole genre of YouTube videos created by those who live on sailboats full-time and voyage all over the world. The most popular, the so-called ‘influencers’, are young(ish) couples or families with capacious, often European-built, plastic catamarans or monohulls. Their videos focus less on the gritty, day-to-day grind of boat maintenance and passage-making and more on sojourns in ancient, stone-built harbours in the Mediterranean, white, sandy beaches and palm-fringed cays in the Caribbean, or improbably blue lagoons and solitary atolls in the South Pacific, where they barbecue fresh fish, paddle-board, kite-surf and practice yoga and aerial silks for the envy of hundreds of thousands of followers. My wife’s and my life aboard together is nothing like any of this.
We are both in our sixties — I am just a year away from seventy — and we have spent more than a decade on the move around the world, at first following eclectic opportunities for employment then, when those opportunities receded, in search of somewhere we might be able to settle with very little money. Four months after moving aboard our boat, we still think of ourselves as vagabond travellers, our boat a shambolic, floating vardo that we haven’t yet managed to turn into a home. We’re not really ‘cruisers’, despite the sense of community we sometimes find among them, but we are seafarers — historically, a marginal existence driven by necessity. A recent, 150-nautical-mile passage westward along the south coast of England was a shakedown during which we learned how to make our aged, shabby vessel more comfortable and easier to handle and to trust her capacity to keep us safe at sea.
She bore the name Endymion when we bought her — after my least favourite poem by John Keats (“A thing of beauty is a joy forever…”) — but we re-named her Wrack. Depending on the source, ‘wrack’ describes seaweeds or seagrasses that wash up along a shore or the scattered traces of a shipwreck, either of which might be metaphors for my wife and me in old age. It is certainly how we feel when we’re not at sea. Life aboard Wrack is spartan — fresh water stored in a dozen polyethylene jerry cans, no hot or cold running water, no refrigeration and when the temperature drops, no heating either — so, from time to time, we concede the cost of berthing in marinas to gain access to on-site laundries, showers, flushing toilets, and wi-fi. Whether we’re berthed or anchored somewhere, we shop for food once a week — mainly vegetables, fruit, bread, pasta, and rice but little dairy and no meat — and eat one meal a day, cooked in the mid-afternoon on a two-burner gas stove.
The days we spend in close proximity to others’ lives ashore remind us how disenfranchised ours have become. We were homeless before we acquired Wrack, but now we are without a legal residence anywhere, even in our ‘home’ countries. We enter and exit borders uneasily as ‘visitors’, our stays limited to 90 or 180 days, depending on where we are. We have no access to banking, insurance, social services or, with a few exceptions, emergency health care. Even the modest Australian pensions we have a right to can only be received if we have been granted residence in countries with which Australia has reciprocal arrangements — and we haven’t. It’s hard even for other live-aboards to understand how deeply we are enmired in this peculiar bureaucratic statelessness. It’s harder for us to deal with it every day.
But life afloat provides consolations. We are ceaselessly attuned to the weather and our boat’s responses to subtle shifts in the sea state, tide and wind even when we are tethered to a dock. We appreciate the shelter — and surprising cosiness — the limited space below decks affords us but the impulse to surrender to the elements and let them propel us elsewhere is insistent. Our best days are offshore, even when the conditions are testing; the world shrinks to just the two of us, our boat and the implacable, mutable sea around us. Whatever problems we face ashore become, at least for the duration of a passage, abstract and insignificant. We sail without a specific destination — ‘towards’ rather than ‘to’, as traditional navigators would have it — and without purpose. Time drifts.
At least half of every day is spent maintaining, repairing, or re-organising the boat, an unavoidable and time-consuming part of our days, especially at sea. When we’re at anchor or berthed in a marina, we do what we can to sustain ourselves. Most afternoons are spent prospecting for drips of income from journalism and crowd-funding — a source inspired by those younger YouTube adventurers — or adding a few hundred words to a manuscript for a non-fiction book commissioned by a Dutch publisher, whose patience has been stretched to breaking point. Because of our visitor visa status, we can’t seek gainful employment ashore, and we have long since lost contact with any of the networks that once provided us with a higher-than-average income as freelancers. Our existence, by any definition, is impoverished and perilously marginal, we have little social life, yet we make the effort to appreciate our circumstances, even if it’s just to sit together in silence and absorb the elemental white noise of wind and sea, to do nothing, to not think.
Our precariousness burdens our four adult children, who have scattered to San Diego, Sydney, Berlin and Rome: “Where are you now?” our youngest asks. “How long will you be there?” We speak to each at least once a week. Not all of them long for fixedness but they do want desperately for us to have a ‘real home’, somewhere we can assemble occasionally as a family. We will be grandparents for the first time, soon. Like our few friends, our children worry that we might become lost — in every sense.
My wife and I are uncomfortably aware of our financial and physical vulnerability but at our ages, we can no longer cling to the faint hope that there’s an end to it. We have committed to an unlikely, reckless voyage. All we can do is maintain a rough dead reckoning of its course and embrace the uncharted and the relentless unexpected.
First published in The Idler, UK, 2023.
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NFTs of the art world. I'll see myself out.
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// I'll be completely honest here, the idea of NFT's is not the problem. It's entirely down to how they are executed and commodified.
Art, that is worth money, is a commodity. It's value is intrinsic because it is A. not easily replicated (age, difficulty of creation, cost of materials) and B. has some name attached to it, and/or C. is limited in number.
Ergo, a painting by someone like Picasso is intrinsically valuable because it is old, limited in number, from a famous name, and cannot be replicated. We know this, because if you make a print of his work, it is not worth the same amount. Therefore, the value is contained in that individual piece.
This is not something that has yet to be replicated digitally. Digital artists have struggles because any work that they produce in the form of a .tiff or a .jpg or a .png can just be saved on anyone's computer. Anyone can just take a screenshot and then upload it somewhere else. The cost of materials is zero, not including electricity or cost to use a program. Unless you're a big name, your art probably doesn't contain any name recognition. There is thus very little intrinsic value to digital art.
At the very least, excluding costs of labor, a work of art is worth what it cost in materials to make it. A painting is worth the cost of the paints, at minimum. This is similar to the idea that a sculpture is worth as a floor, whatever it's worth in material scrap. Make something out of iron or gold? You're looking at minimum whatever it would cost to scrap it and melt it down.
Art, however, having such value, tends to be forged. A lot. That's why there are entire companies and an industry dedicated to validating that a print from a wood block by Salvador Dalí is in fact from the original print line. In other words, the language of digital art, that of 'theft' is not accurate. Theft implies something was taken and can be given back. What you deal with when you save an image is something akin to forgery, or duplication of something and the claim that it is now that thing.
You will immediately notice that there is no such organization or industry around validating digital art. Because the nature of the internet, that of free images, free access to work, free exposure to new things, is counter to the idea of making people actually own things like pictures. In the same way that it's hard for consumers to own digital products when the company decides they don't anymore, it's hard for artists to actually ensure that their work remains theirs. There exists no mechanism to validate it, or protect it. A physical art, bought by a collector, can be placed in their home for no one but them to see. You can't do that with images online, at least not ones that you post for everyone to see. You might be able to buy a physical print, but that too gives it the intrinsic value of a physical object that a digital one lacks.
In other words, absent the idea of an NFT, any image you post online is no different than a drop in an MMO. It exists, theoretically, you can look at it, but anyone can claim that they have one and there's no mechanism to ensure that the one you posted is the original, and if anyone pays you for it, no one can stop you or anyone else from monetizing it. That's why there's an entire industry around gold farmers and people who are paid to grind.
NFTs, as they actually exist currently, are little more than jpgs attached to penny stocks; they're gambling tokens. This is because there is no actual way to ensure the kind of signed authority of say, a real painting without a centralized authority that people respect enough to say 'yes, this is real and worth this.' You are not seeing people appraising jpegs because they're worth whatever someone will pay for them.
Digital art hasn't even gotten to the point where trading cards are, where there are validating and grading services to prove authenticity. Currently, anyone can claim they are any artist, and there's no way to prove that they're not lying without a great deal of effort.
That, obviously, cannot continue if digital artists are to ever end up in a place that physical artists inhabit. You will never see a digital artist become a great artist in the same way that a painter from the 1950s might have, because their work will never be able to have any intrinsic value so long as it is digital, without the authentication required.
In other words, the thing that allows digital artists to spring up more easily ( access to audiences, lack of material cost, ease of spreading their work ) actually makes their work less valuable in terms of intrinsic cost because anyone can see it and copy it for themselves. To post it online is to make infinite copies of it. And if you made infinite copies of a famous work, it wouldn't be worth anything either.
Eventually, something akin to NFTs will have to exist, in some form, if digital artists are to become as valueable in terms of intrinsic value as meatspace artists.
But what we have now isn't it. What we have now is a casino where people charge artists to gamble with their art.
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Academy (Manhattan), 2022.
I’ve never patronized a business so much in six month’s time. That business was Academy Records / LP’s. I had the urge to buy one single record that was on my mind (Boulders’ Rock And Roll Will Never Die) and pulled the trigger on that plus much more. I found more city-centric records and tapes on its’ other Discogs handle and in the turn of the year made two online purchases with them. For the final day of this past Winter, I took an impromptu visit to Academy’s Brooklyn (Greenpoint) location and bought more of that magic in person. Why? City stores have that specific charm that none of the other local stores on the island have. By that, I mean types of artists and sounds easily found there and nowhere else. Last year’s visit to Williamsburg’s Rough Trade made the best example of it and explains why I spent almost $420.00 there.
I read that they had another location on the lower East side of Manhattan (L.E.S.) which I’ve been meaning to go. After my check-up on Lexington Av., I could not miss the opportunity. I’ve already visited six island stores with four to go, so consider Manhattan’s Academy a ‘bonus round’ - one of two to be exact.
It wasn’t far from Lexington Av. taking the crowded ‘6’ line downtown to East 12th Street. It was a leisurely trek under the canopies, scaffolds and tree, walking past the everyday city life and numerous groups of people standing around waiting for the ride to take them to their next event. Across the street from Academy was the playground hopping with urban youth of all colors shooting hoops and getting loud with one another. Another few feet across the street and here I finally am. What I noticed on the front door before entering was a sign that said “masks required”. Luckily, I saved mine from the clinic.
I walk in and Academy’s Manhattan space isn’t as ratty and dingy as its Brooklyn spot. No crusty carpeting but a concrete floor partially painted blue and walls only in slight decay. There’s shelves and white boxes of stock all along the right side up until the cassette racks. More shelves opposite the entrance and over the small island of wooden crates. Walk past the counter on the left and opposite that was a listening station of two of three working turntables. More shelves and white boxes on each side in the back section of the store before reaching their office. Good news: $1.00 and $3.00 hip-hop / rap, rock, soul, synthpop and new-wave records were all for the taking.
I pick a spot, any spot to start digging. That was their small used-industrial section. Right off the bat I find Test Dept.’s “Machine Run (Compulsion)” e.p., a true metal-on-metal attack and one of my all-time favorite industrial works. I was happy to pay $12.00 for that one. Ω+ followers know that I always make my way to the used-jazz section and they didn’t disappoint there. That copy of Hank Crawford’s Tico Rico, the one with his ‘I-could-care-less’ face on it, was a win. Hubert Laws’ Then There Was Light Pt. 1 on CTI featuring Bob James, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, and brother Ronnie Laws was another must-have because of them. And I got my first Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes record Dancing In The Sun. No Onsaya Joy, but that song which still stayed in my head all these years was enough for me to pull the handle on him.
Though Academy wasn’t Riverhead’s Sunday Records, they had a small but great used-synth-pop / new wave section with many shelves of soul sitting next to them. That lead me to their hip-hop / rap bins and $1.00 records, where was never a shortage of obtainable low-cost 12” singles. I found plenty of golden-era scores from Kool Moe Dee, 3rd Bass’ Prime Minister Pete Nice & Daddy Rich, and Spoonie Gee’s Godfather Of Rap ($5.00). A few flips later and I find Original Concept’s Straight From The Basement Of Cooley High for only $1.00. Featuring Yo! MTV Raps’ T-Money and Dr. Dre, it was an essential piece of Long Island history I had to take. I was floored in finding Antexx’ “Understand Me Vanessa (Vanessa Yo)”, a single I remember hearing once on WBLS during my Brentwood era and which absolutely no one talks about. But for $5.00 for four different versions of the same song, did I really need it? Nah. Give Academy more points for having some real old-school artifacts such as some Z-3 MC’s and T.A.P. records.
I still had a thirst for used 7” records so I had to sift through their four-by-four formation right next to the counter; where marked boxes of punk, rock, soul, reggae, oldies, and even French lyricists were fair game. I took some singles from my Atari childhood (read, Eighties hits) and bought some gambles in punk and d-beat. Get this: the Vagra 2016 demo LP that I bought blindly from Academy’s Discogs mail-order? They had their Refuse 7” e.p. in-store. How funny life fucks with you like that. And without even looking for it: Shizuo’s “Sweat” b/w “Stop It”. It’s one of the very few DHR releases I don’t have since I already had those songs. Well, for old time’s sake…
Then I strayed off the beaten path to find another marked box of punk rock and d-beat 45’s under the bins where I scored some self-titled platters in Soaker (because Wharf Cat), the super-CMYK saturated Strutter, and Glam. That one was my first-ever find from the La Vida Es Un Mus label and I am all the happy for it.
I sifted through more LPs both new and used in all categories. That’s where I scored even more major wins. The Men’s Devil Music, one of the few not released on the Sacred Bones label, was mine. Speaking of fantastic New York City labels, there was Institute’s Readjusting The Locks on clear / bourbon swirl vinyl. Why not? And I had to take the biggest hit for one of my favorite artists: an unwrapped copy of Boy Harsher’s Country Girl (Uncut) for $18.00. I won’t complain.
Academy had plenty of used LPs in other categories. They had a section devoted exclusively to the Numero Group. A little to the right was more classic rock LP’s and even further were their Detroit techno, electronic and jungle / drum-and-bass sections. I had a laugh when I found a copy of Give Up’s self-titled e.p. on the Ambush label; the second Shizuo-based release I came across. I do have it in my library since I bought it from The Port Jefferson Music Den during DHR’s heyday.
CD’s? They barely carried any. They had only two columns of it tucked away deep in a corner before their tape section, and that they didn’t disappoint. Though they carried the usual universal duds, they did have some exciting finds in punk and golden-era hip-hop. It was the first time in ages that I bought a cassingle. That was Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz’ “Deja Vu”. In fact, they did have a few dusty cases of them where they were five for a dollar. For $7.00, Who’s The Man (motion picture soundtrack) was a must-grab.
But the real good stuff was kept behind the counter in a glass case. The girl dressed in black denims noticed I was eye-ing them. Of course I was. There were a few that caught my eye. One which was Ata Kak’s Obaa Sima; a personal Summer jam and the very album that kicked off the Awesome Tapes From Africa label. I asked her to get me the price on that, Subhumans UK’s 29:29 Vision, and Health’s Disco4::Part I.
“That’s fifteen, fifteen, and that’s thirty.”
I really wanted Ata Kak so I took it, but passed up on the Subhumans UK tape. And as much as I like Heath, I sure as fuck on a rainbow-winged pegasus on a golden horn won’t pay $30.00 for a blue cassette. To be fair, Academy had a case: Discogs’ sellers priced it at $35.00. Put that back.
She added up my purchase. It was a great $177.00 and two-and-a-half memorable hours spent in the city. I walked out the door and looked across the street to see an empty playground. All the yelling and camaraderie was over for the day. I turned the corner to catch the next ‘L’ and ‘C/E’ line to Penn Station. No rush, no fuss, no danger. I had just enough time to catch the Central Islip train for what would be another hour-and-five-minute ride east home. Do remind me never to board a peak train ever again. For four dollars more, you can play musical chairs competing for cramped seats and be packed like a twist-can of Iberia sardines with almost no leg room.
Kool Moe Dee: “Death Blow” 12”
Prime Minister Pete Nice & Daddy Rich: “Kick The Bobo” 12”
Professor Griff & The Last Asiatic Disciples: “Pawns In The Game” 12”
Kool Moe Dee: “They Want Money” 12”
Queen Latifah: “Ladies First” 12”
Public Enemy: “Give It Up” 12”
Kool Moe Dee: “Wild Wild West” 12”
Heavy D. & The Boys ft. various artists: “Don’t Curse” 12”
Spoonie Gee: Godfather Of Rap LP
Original Concept: Straight From The Basement Of Cooley High LP
The Men: Devil Music LP
Stepdad SS: Mad About It LP
Vaaska: Ruido Hasta La Muerte LP
Institute: Re-Adjusting The Locks LP
Test Dept.: Compulsion (Machine Run) LP
Boy Harsher: Country Girl (Uncut) LP
Hubert Laws: Then There Was Light LP
Hank Crawford: Tico Rico LP
Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes: Dancing In The Sun LP
Glam: self-titled 7”
Perdition: self-titled 7”
Soaker: self-titled 7”
Strutter: self-titled 7”
Hombrinus Dudes: self-titled 7”
Deformed Conscience: self-titled 7”
25 Rifles: History Of Flags 7”
Funeral Shock: Paint Thinner 7”
Vagra: Refuse 7”
River City Tanlines: “The Devil Made me Do It” b/w “Nothing Means Nothing Anymore” 7”
Shizuo: “Sweat” b/w “Stop It” 7”
Code-13 b/w DS-13 split 7”
Billy Ocean: “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” 7”
Stacey Q: “Two Of Hearts” 7”
Miami Sound Machine: “Bad Boy” 7”
Cameo: “Word Up” 7”
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz: “Deja Vu” CS
Who’s The Man: motion picture soundtrack CS
Ata Kak: Obaa Sima CS
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VOC or Volatile Natural Compounds are organic and natural solvents that quickly evaporate into the surroundings. They are seen to cause immediate and long term well being problems. Most of these are actions in the best path to making the healthier environment for everybody. However, one involving the greatest advancements is the recycling where possible of motor essential oil. It is approximated that 180 million gallons of applied motor oil happen to be disposed of throughout an unsafe manner each year. Surface water that is contaminated by only one quart involving oil affects way up to 250, 000 gallons of water. Oil that is definitely poorly disposed of not only ends up in our drinking water, but also in our own lakes, rivers, beach locations, forests, playgrounds, plus eventually, it harms fish and animals. The improper fingertips of motor petrol, antifreeze, lead-acid batteries, and other components related with routine vehicle upkeep certainly are a significant contributor to polluting of the environment, while repairs performed at small outlets or in the home are the number one reason behind small quantity unsafe waste. So everybody that is skilled at changing their own own oil is definitely making it even worse. The likelihood of them having a contract together with a company to adopt their oil and clean it is definitely most likely not very most likely. This is a so what. So, what's going on now is that there are really companies that consider used motor olive oil and clean it being reused. Whenever automotive products is used, this does not breakdown or burn way up inside the engine. Typically the oil gets infected with particles and even chemicals that reduce its lubrication value. A procedure called re-refining cleans the impurities and used additives from the used oil. The cleaned olive oil can be called base stock. It is usually then blended together with virgin base inventory and new ingredients to make a new finished oil product or service that performs simply as well since brand new essential oil. These firms are now coming back again over 140 million gallons of utilized automotive products to typically the market place since clean, new automotive products. To sum all this up, oil can now be described as the renewable resource because opposed to their original non-renewable reputation. Along with keeping https://www.jbtrucksnstuff.com/ -renewable assets, the product quality has not been sacrificed in this re-refined oil. First, creating this innovative oil uses upward to 85% fewer energy to create as compared to conventional oil. In addition to, there is simply no way to be able to tell the performance-wise in an automobile. It does go over the highest North American standards for electric motor oil performance. That improves fuel overall economy. It has advanced water protection for the increased vehicle lifestyle. It has increased oxidation and sludge resistance. It produces decreased vehicle exhausts. It reduces garden greenhouse gas emissions by simply more than 80% plus heavy metals exhausts by 99. 5%. All this good gets into from just preserving old motor oil plus not dumping it improperly. It's a very good trade off. Again, this is simply not something that is regulated. Oil does not have got to be stored for re-refining, merely disposed of correctly. However, the rewards are so great, not really just in your car, but to the planet. The best stage that you could take since a consumer is usually to make certain you use an automobile repair shop that is environmentally responsible. This green initiative is purely voluntary, which means you know they actually want to make a variation. It is entirely appropriate to inquire questions of the company you are likely to take your business in order to. Ask them concerning their strategies of waste disposal. Ask all of them of the cleaning methods. Question them what sort of oil each uses and if typically the recycle it. If they are hesitating too long, then it's not something they are excited about. Customers are the ones that can make a big difference. If we desire that auto maintenance shops be operate with certain specifications, they will almost all be forced to join in the eco-friendly approach. They won't have to be pushed by government polices. If they are not obtaining the business that they used to, these people are going to be able to have to compete in the higher specifications of the natural auto repair retailers. It's great of which so many will be becoming more eco-friendly, that they caution and want to make a big difference. However they help to make up this type of small percent from the total industry. Other organizations may need slightly push and that will originates from the electrical power of the consumer. You must demand typically the best get and for the environment. Only good can easily come from these types of changes. Eco-friendly shops are available. Search for them out in addition to support our environment. Clean changes are good adjustments.
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Benefits of Purchasing a Newly Constructed Home
Buying a home is one of the most significant investments a person can make in their lifetime. While there are many options available in the real estate market, newly constructed homes offer several advantages that may appeal to buyers.
1. Customization Options
One of the most enticing aspects of purchasing a newly constructed home is the ability to customize various features to suit your preferences and lifestyle. From choosing the flooring material and paint colors to selecting fixtures and appliances, buyers have the opportunity to personalize their home from the ground up. This level of customization ensures that the finished product aligns perfectly with the buyer's vision, eliminating the need for costly renovations or updates down the line.
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2. Peace of Mind
Another significant advantage of buying a newly constructed home is the peace of mind that comes with knowing everything is brand new and up to current building codes. Unlike older homes, which may have hidden issues or require extensive repairs, newly constructed properties are built using modern materials and construction techniques. This reduces the likelihood of encountering unexpected problems and allows buyers to move in with confidence, knowing that their home is safe, sturdy, and built to last.
3. Energy Efficiency
Today's newly constructed homes are designed with energy efficiency in mind. Builders incorporate features such as high-efficiency HVAC systems, insulated windows, and energy-saving appliances to minimize energy consumption and reduce utility bills. By investing in a newly constructed home, buyers can enjoy the benefits of lower energy costs and a more environmentally friendly living space.
Challenges and Considerations
While there are many advantages to purchasing a newly constructed home, there are also some challenges and considerations that buyers should be aware of.
1. Construction Timeframe
One of the primary drawbacks of buying a newly constructed home is the time it takes for the property to be built. Unlike purchasing an existing home, which can typically be completed within a matter of weeks or months, the construction of a new home can take significantly longer. Buyers may need to be patient and prepared to wait several months or even a year for their home to be completed.
2. Higher Price Tags
Newly constructed homes often come with higher price tags compared to older properties. While this is partly due to the customization options and modern amenities available in new construction, buyers should carefully consider their budget and financial goals before committing to a purchase. It's essential to factor in not only the upfront cost of the home but also any additional expenses such as closing costs, taxes, and homeowners' association fees.
3. Choosing a Builder
When purchasing a newly constructed home, it's crucial to choose a reputable builder with a track record of quality construction and customer satisfaction. Buyers should research different builders in their area, read reviews, and ask for recommendations from friends, family, and real estate professionals. It's also a good idea to visit model homes and tour completed projects to get a sense of the builder's workmanship and attention to detail.
Research and Due Diligence
Before purchasing a newly constructed home, it's essential for buyers to conduct thorough research and due diligence to ensure they're making an informed decision.
1. Reputable Builders
When researching builders, buyers should look for companies with a solid reputation and years of experience in the industry. Reading online reviews and testimonials can provide valuable insight into the builder's track record and customer satisfaction levels. Additionally, buyers should inquire about the builder's credentials, licenses, and certifications to ensure they meet industry standards and adhere to local building codes.
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2. Reviewing Contracts
Before signing any contracts or agreements, it's crucial for buyers to review the terms and conditions carefully. This includes understanding the warranty coverage, payment schedule, and any provisions related to changes or upgrades during the construction process. Buyers may want to consult with a real estate attorney or agent to ensure they fully understand their rights and obligations before proceeding with the purchase.
Conclusion
In conclusion, purchasing a newly constructed home offers many benefits, including customization options, peace of mind, and energy efficiency. However, buyers should also be aware of the challenges and considerations involved, such as construction timeframes, higher price tags, and the importance of choosing a reputable builder. By conducting thorough research and due diligence, buyers can make an informed decision and enjoy the rewards of their beautiful new home for years to come.
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The Best Property Management Companies in Naples
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Introduction:
Naples Vibe Realty is a prominent example of superior property management in the dynamic real estate market of Naples, Florida. In a city renowned for its luxurious neighbourhoods, sun-kissed beaches, and robust real estate market, property owners looking for the best returns on their investments and peace of mind must choose the correct property management business. Naples Vibe Realty stands apart from the competition among property management firms by providing a special combination of knowledge, attentive service, and a thorough comprehension of the dynamics of the local real estate market.
Why Naples Vibe Realty is different from others?
Local Insight and Expertise:
Naples Vibe Realty takes great satisfaction in its extensive understanding of the Naples real estate market. The group is made up of local specialists who are aware of market trends, property valuations, and neighbourhood quirks. Because of their local knowledge, they can customize their property management plans to the unique requirements of Naples property owners, guaranteeing top efficiency and contented tenants.
Comprehensive Property Management Services:
Naples Vibe Realty, one of the best property management companies in Naples, provides property owners with an extensive range of services like buying or selling properties, renovations services, rental services, flooring and painting. The team manages every facet of property management with professionalism and efficiency, from financial reporting and maintenance coordination to tenant screening and property marketing. Owners of real estate may unwind knowing that their investment is in good hands and will receive individualized attention and care.
The Tenant-Centric Method:
The foundation of Naples Vibe Realty’s success is its dedication to giving tenants and property owners an exceptional experience. The group is aware of the significance of contented renters since they ultimately result in extended lease periods and lower turnover. Naples Vibe Realty uses a tenant-centric strategy to make sure that rentals are kept in good condition, problems are resolved quickly, and tenants have a pleasant place to live.
Cutting-Edge Technology Integration:
Naples Vibe Realty uses cutting-edge technology to improve efficiency and streamline procedures to stay ahead of the competition in the property management industry. The company uses technology innovations to give tenants and property owners a smooth and convenient experience, from digital property inspections to online rent payments etc.
Open and Transparent Communication:
Naples Vibe Realty’s success is largely attributed to open and transparent communication. Owners of real estate receive regular information on the condition of their assets, financial reports, and any necessary maintenance. This dedication to openness fosters confidence and guarantees that owners of real estate are always aware of the state of their investments.
Tailored Marketing tactics:
Naples Vibe Realty creates customized marketing tactics to highlight the special qualities of each home under its care since it understands that every property is unique. Maximizing exposure and drawing in the right tenants through effective marketing helps property owners minimize vacancy times and maximize rental income.
Customer Testimonials Are Effective:
Positive reviews from pleased customers support Naples Vibe Realty’s standing as one of the best property management companies in Naples. The team’s professionalism, meticulous attention to detail, and seamless experience are frequently praised by property owners. These endorsements attest to Naples Vibe Realty’s dedication to going above and beyond for customers while producing outstanding outcomes.
Conclusion:
Naples Vibe Realty distinguishes itself in the crowded field of property management companies in Naples by combining a winning blend of in-depth services, local knowledge, and a commitment to client happiness. When property owners work with Naples Vibe Realty, they can confidently navigate the Naples real estate market because they know their investment is in the hands of a dependable and trustworthy property management partner. Naples Vibe Realty is a top option for discerning property owners in Naples because it is prepared to take your property management experience to new heights, regardless of whether you own an opulent mansion or a condo by the beach.
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Top Tips And Advice About Everything Furniture
Have you ever been puzzled about how you go about selecting a new piece of furniture for your home. Where do you find the best deals on good quality furniture? The suggestions in this article will help you out so you can shop with confidence on your next furniture buying expedition. When you see something you like, wait to buy it for at least 24 hours. If it's not the last item in stock, you have the time. You need to go home and see if the piece you're considering would work in your space, and whether you really want to spend the money. Waiting will help. Think about where you are going to place a piece of furniture that you are shopping for. If it is going near a heating unit or a vent of some kind, then wood furniture is not a good choice. Dry heat means wood is likely to dry out and shrink over time, which leaves cracks. If you have to, compensate with a humidifier in drier months. You want a moisture level of about 40 percent. Depending on what kinds of pets you have, consider leather furniture. Often, fur, pet hair and dander just all goes down to the floor. There, you can easily sweep or vacuum it up. Furniture cleaning is then a breeze, as you often just have to gently wipe down your furniture. Start your search on the internet. You may end up going to a brick and mortar store for your final purchase, but starting online is good for a few reasons. First, you can get an idea of what the price range will be, and you can also find specific pieces you ultimately buy. When purchasing bedroom furniture for your children, look into wrought iron bunk beds. This type of bed will withstand the demands that children place on them. Additionally, if your child marks on the bedroom furniture, you can simply spray paint it and make it look brand new for only a few dollars. Never go cheap on your bed. You may think your sofa is the piece of furniture that gets the most time, but for most people it's the bed. Pay the extra price to get one that's totally comfortable for you. home office selling 's well worth it, and it can really affect how you feel on a daily basis. When buying furniture, always try to haggle with the salesperson. While haggling is not generally accepted in most retail industries, the furniture industry is an exception. There is usually a pretty steep markup associated with the furniture price and you can grab a great bargain if you try to haggle. Check out classifieds like Craigslist when you are shopping for furniture. On any given day, you can find tons of postings on furniture for sale. Sellers on Craigslist are open to negotiating prices, so you can usually get something at a great price. Just make sure that you have cash on hand when you want to purchase. When you are buying a sofa, you need to make sure that you inspect the materials and especially the frame. If the couch you want has a hardwood frame, then you need to ask whether it has been kiln-dried or not. If it has, then it will last much longer without warping, especially when it comes to changes in humidity. Before buying a piece of furniture, try removing the drawers. Touch the inside of the drawers to see if it feels rough. Low quality furniture usually feels very rough. The better pieces of furniture also have dust panels between drawers. Do not hesitate to ask for a lower price if you do not see dust panels or finds that the wood inside the drawers is rough. If you are purchasing a used piece of furniture, see if you can negotiate with the seller. Many times the seller needs to sell their furniture to have their new furniture delivered. By offering a fair price, you may be able to save money over purchasing a new set of furniture. Armed with just a little knowledge, you can feel a lot more confident when you go furniture shopping. It is easier to feel like you know what you are doing when you have been warned about what to look out for and how to find bargains. Your next furniture shopping excursion should be a lot less stressful and a lot more enjoyable.
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EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF UNIQUE DESIGNS WITH ANGIE HOMES ACCESSORIES
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by Chitra Chauhan June 02, 2023
To complement the interior design of a home, home accessories are a crucial component. They allow you to express your preferences, interests, and even personality. You are able to express your personality through them and add it to your home. They assist you in developing a narrative that you would want to present to visitors, family members, or other interested parties. By allowing you to coordinate your home design aspects, accessories improve your environment. When decorating, you must make sure that the items you buy are both aesthetically pleasing and useful.
Your house is what you make of it. Given that you spend so much time there each day, shouldn’t it be a welcoming and enticing place to be? Your house should be a lovely place to live, a sanctuary where you can feel at ease and at home, enjoying the little things in life. Because of this, you should give your house and its interior great care, and by furnishing it whatever you choose, you may make it a charming place for yourself. Put stylish home decor in your house, no matter how big or tiny, to increase its attraction to visitors! Decorate your home from floor to ceiling and from wall to wall with the best furniture and accessories available from Angie Homes. Angie Homes features the widest selection of home design items that have been meticulously chosen to suit every taste in furnishings, decor, and space styling. Find products to fit whatever interior design style you have chosen for your home, from traditional, modern, and contemporary to Scandinavian and industrial.
 Always keep in mind the accessories’ form, shape, and location while choosing which ones to use. Due to the aesthetic attraction that these components will produce. Surprise yourself by giving your room a little wow factor.  Adding an unexpected accessory that has a positive effect on the area can be done with a beautiful mirror, lighting, or clock. Make sure the items you choose for your home match your furniture, your walls, and your personality. You must choose which of the different tints, tones, and shades that each accessory has in order to visually mix in with the place you wish to decorate. We provide a wide variety of products for every room in your house, whether it is your living room, bedroom or bathroom. Check out the selection and treat yourself to some online home decor shopping for your place.
TIME TO REVAMP YOUR HOME WITH STUNNING LAVISH HOME ACCESSORIES
 At Angie Homes, there are a tonne of different Décor options available for you to select from. You can choose things that will go well with your house whether you are setting up your kitchen, bedroom, living room, kids’ room or bathroom. Here are some decorating suggestions you might want to consider for the accessories to buy online
Garden Decor: You can have a little garden if your home has a balcony or an open area. It can be embellished with enticing garden accents like statues, pots, artificial flowers, and outdoor lights.
Kitchen decor
Browse an opulent selection of household items to decorate your kitchen. Products like dinner tables, utensil holders, kitchen baskets, regular glasses, pitchers and decanters, mason jars, cutlery, table linen, and more are available for purchase. To give your kitchen a stylish appearance, decorate it with soft lighting and straightforward wall paintings.
Bedroom Decor: Decorating your bedroom may be a difficult chore since, if done incorrectly, it might interfere with your ability to sleep and get dressed. The selection of bedding and bedroom furniture at Angie Homes is extensive. You can select from a variety of bed types, including upholstered, couch beds, bunk beds, novelty beds, and others. Even cribs can be found for the child’s room. Mattresses, duvets, comforters, duvet coverings, pillows, and other items of bedding are available. Lighting is crucial, thus bedside lamps should be positioned correctly. To add a posh touch, you can even put wall sconces or hanging lights. To exactly fit your theme, select from a variety of pouffes, study tables, and bedside tables.
You can add plush decor to your living area, such as lounge chairs, end tables, console tables, coffee tables, cabinets, shelving, show pieces, planters, wall art, and picture frames. You can proceed after adding a chandelier, hanging lantern, or other suitable illumination. Using Angie Homes’ Collection, decorate your entire house. You can choose from a wide range of things for home decor that we offer. Shop on Angie Homes for all the various decor accents you will need to spruce up your house:
Decorative Wall Options
A room’s decor would be lacking without properly finished walls. Walls take up a big portion of any area, thus one should not ignore them when doing home interiors because leaving them barren and vacant makes the space look lifeless, impersonal, and dreary. On the other hand, embellished walls can give it a lot livelier and happier appearance. Whether your walls are in the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom or living room, wallpaper is a reasonably easy and inexpensive way to brighten them. Due to its ease of installation and removal without leaving a trace, wallpaper can be utilised to bring personality to short-term dwellings like dorms and rentals. It can swiftly hide defects and cover uneven walls with no prior preparation. Because it is durable and long-lasting, wallpaper is incredibly economical. Wallpaper can outlive paint if it is installed correctly. Angie Homes are available online in a range of designs and colour schemes.
 In addition to the furniture, dishes, and silverware, there are many additional items that help to make a house a home. Feeling like you are in your own nest with everything around you being entirely yours adds to the cosiness. Planters, fairy lights, lampshades, a wind chime, a chandelier, a gigantic wall clock, an aquarium, and a large piece of wall art all add to the overall appeal of the home. It transforms the energy of the area and infuses it with joy, happiness, and vigour. Angie Homes is one place to assist you find the desired artwork online if you want to shop for the best pieces for your house, office, restaurant, or as a present. To fit your taste and preferences, you may choose from a stunning variety of thought-provoking art in various sizes and dimensions.
Wallpapers are a fantastic way to add flair to your house while also protecting the walls. It is available in a wide variety of designs, surface finishes, and styles. You can hang wallpaper on your walls using a variety of methods, such as paste the paper, paste the wall, and peel and stick. Wallpaper is straightforward to remove and replace, especially peel-and-stick wallpaper. Wallpaper comes in a wide variety and can be cleaned.You may decorate walls in various ways, such as by adding picture frames, paintings, art prints, murals, wall accents, and even chic wall clocks. Walls are like big canvases that you can use in a variety of ways. With wall decor from Angie Homes, where you may choose from a variety of items, you can create amazing walls. Include Chic Accents in Your Home Your home may seem very lovely and inviting with the addition of stylish accessories. At Angie Homes, there are so many different accent selections available that you will actually be overwhelmed with alternatives! Remember that your home should be a reflection of you, your preferences, likes, and personality when choosing these decorative touches. As such, choose pieces that suit your style. Discover all the alternatives for fashionable accents in your home’s interior décor at Angie Homes; we are confident that you will discover a wide selection to suit your taste.
Taking into account that the mirror also adds a lot of light. The advantage of the mirror is that it can be made in any shape, including round, square, huge or little, rectangular, or oval, and there are many different finishes available. Any shape of mirror is available for purchase from Angie Homes online. By using mirror meditation, you could learn a lot of new things. One of a mirror’s most important decorative aspects is without a doubt the reflection it reflects. Venetian mirrors are the ultimate in style and elegance. For your home, you may purchase a dressing table mirror, a gold leaf mirror, and other sorts from Angie Homes.
 In addition, we provide a large variety of home garden house décor, including pots, planters, real and fake greenery, and distinctive decorative items.
Pick among popular clock shapes for your home. An large collection of watches spanning antiquity, the Middle Ages, and current times. One of the most intriguing common objects you might acquire is a clock because it can serve both functional and ornamental purposes. To tell the time simply, choose a bedroom wall clock that you can easily recognise and appreciate from a certain angle. Additionally, it should complement the visual integrity of your surroundings. Choose watches that you can read with your eyes instead. To add elegance to your home, you might select a metal wall clock, an antique wall clock, or a custom clock. You may purchase antique wall clocks at Angie Homes or buy antique clocks online.
Make Your House Calm with some aesthetic accessories
Clean, fragrant home gives off a welcoming aura. Some of the traditional methods our predecessors employed to create lasting fragrances include burning incense sticks, dhuup batti, and lobaan. On the other side, it produces smoke and causes allergies in people. Online room spray is your greatest bet in this circumstance to banish bad odours from the house. You have a variety of choices for room spray for your house. Air diffusers, which are readily available online and available in a variety of patterns, are in style. You can order from the upscale variety of perfumes and room fresheners we have available online at Angie Homes.
Add some spiritual items to your home to create the ideal aura of optimism if you are looking for peace and quiet. Find every conceivable necessity right here, from Mandirs and Pooja necessities to religious idols, paintings and prints, and frames. Online purchases from Angie Homes
 One of the items that, when lighted, not only looks lovely but also creates a calming atmosphere with its light and aroma is a candle. Online candles are available in a variety of designs and hues. Candles add a unique decorative element. In addition to being just decorative, burning candles can also offer many other benefits. A few candles may help to create a remarkably tranquil and quiet atmosphere. Order from Angie Homes if you wish to get expensive candles. Once the candles are lit, the mood in the room will be just stunning. Decorative candles can help you emphasise the style and colour of a room. Order from Angie Homes if you want to buy trendy candles online.
Live large in your luxurious house, where the décor exudes your wealth and style. There are countless items and styles that you can use to design your home. All you need is an eye to choose items that go well with your décor. Personal belongings, souvenirs artwork, antiques, paintings, and other decorative or handmade items can add interest to your décor. The list goes on and on. However, try to add a splash of colour to your interiors with some colourful accessories, or you can choose furnishings like pillows and carpets that liven up your home. Try to incorporate your distinctive individuality into the interiors through accessories because everyone loves uniqueness. Decorate your home to your heart’s content with an extensive and wide selection of home accessories online, exclusively at Angie Homes online, from living room décor to bedroom, dining and bathroom interiors. Every item at Angie Homes is quality checked by our professional stylists and team to guarantee its usability. Take advantage of the finest pricing and substantial discounts on all of your purchases this holiday season. We have the best accessories to buy online that you will surely fall in love with. Also they are apt for gifting purpose too.
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How to Generate More Income from Value-Add Real Estate?
Value-add real estate is one of the most popular and profitable strategies for real estate investors. It involves buying properties that have existing income but also have room for improvement or repositioning.
By making strategic enhancements to the properties, investors can increase their income and value over time.
But how do you generate more income from value add real estate? In this article, we will share some proven strategies and examples to help you create additional income streams from your value add properties.
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Whether you are new to this strategy or already have some experience, you will find some valuable tips and insights to boost your income with value add real estate investors.
What is the value add real estate?
Value-add real estate is any property that has existing income but also has the potential for improvement or repositioning. The improvement can be physical, operational, or financial. The repositioning can be changing the use, the tenant mix, or the market positioning of the property.
The goals of value add real estate is to increase the net operating income (NOI) and the capitalization rate (cap rate) of the property. NOI is the income generated by the property after deducting all operating expenses.
The cap rate is the ratio of NOI to the property value. By increasing NOI and cap rates, investors can increase the cash flow and the value of their properties.
Value-add real estate can be found in any property type, such as multifamily, office, retail, industrial, or hospitality. Some common characteristics of value add properties are:
●       They are in good locations but not prime locations.
●       They are in fair to good condition but not excellent condition.
●       They have moderate to high vacancy or below-market rents.
●       They have operational inefficiencies or deferred maintenance.
●       They have underutilized space or amenities.
What are some strategies to generate more income from value add real estate?
There are many ways to generate more income from value add real estate. Here are some of the most common and effective strategies:
●   Improve the physical condition of the property. This can include cosmetic upgrades, such as painting, landscaping, lighting, flooring, fixtures, appliances, etc. It can also include major renovations, such as replacing roofs, windows, HVAC systems, plumbing, electrical wiring, etc. By improving the physical condition of the property, investors can attract more tenants, increase rents, reduce vacancies, lower maintenance costs, and enhance the curb appeal and marketability of the property.
●   Improve the operational efficiency of the property. This can include optimizing the management and marketing of the property, such as hiring a professional property manager, implementing a tenant screening process, collecting rents online, advertising on multiple platforms, offering incentives and referrals, etc. It can also include reducing operating expenses, such as negotiating with vendors and service providers, installing energy-efficient appliances and systems, implementing water conservation measures, etc. By improving the operational efficiency of the property, investors can increase revenues, decrease expenses, and improve cash flow. 
●   Improve the financial performance of the property. This can include refinancing the existing debt or obtaining additional financing for the property. By refinancing the existing debt, investors can lower their interest rate, extend their loan term, or cash out some equity. By obtaining additional financing, investors can leverage their equity to fund improvements or acquire more properties. By improving the financial performance of the property, investors can increase their return on investment (ROI) and their net worth.
●   Reposition the property in the market. This can include changing the use or the tenant mix of the property. For example, investors can convert an office building into a residential building or a retail center into a mixed-use center. They can also target a different segment of tenants who are willing to pay more for the improved space or amenities. For example, investors can upgrade a class B apartment building to a class a apartment building or a class C office building to a class B office building. By repositioning the property in the market, investors can increase their market share and their competitive advantage.
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Conclusion
Value-add real estate is a great way to generate more income from your real estate investments. By applying some of these strategies and examples to your properties, you can increase your income and value over time.
However, value adds real estate is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It requires careful planning and execution. You need to do your due diligence before buying a property. You need to create a realistic budget and timeline for your project.
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Why its important to have an Integrated Marketing Plan for your business.
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Why its important to have an Integrated Marketing Plan for your business.
An integrated marketing plan is the foundation of a great business plan. It allows for deeper understanding of your company surroundings, it prospect customers, and it industry current market trends. Companies are better able to grasp its businesss position in the market, and enter the market by pinpointing the areas of potential growth.
What kind of art do you like?
There are many opportunities to browse art within your community at local exhibitions, art fairs and galleries. Even small towns usually have a not-for-profit gallery space, or cafes and restaurant that exhibit local artists. In larger cities, galleries often get together for monthly or periodic “gallery nights” where all the galleries hold open house receptions on the same evening. Its a great way to see a lot of art in a short time.
Today the internet provides the largest variety and depth of fine art available worldwide. You can visit museum websites and see master works from ages past, check out online galleries for group shows, and visit hundreds of individual artists websites. One advantage of using the internet is that you can search for the specific kind of art you are interested in, whether its photography, impressionism, bronze sculpture, or abstract painting. And when you find one art site, youll usually find links to many, many more.
Should the art fit the room or the room fit the art?
If you feel strongly about a particular work of art, you should buy the art you love and then find a place to put it. But you may find that when you get the art home and place it on a wall or pedestal, it doesnt work with its surroundings. By not “working,” I mean the art looks out of place in the room. Placing art in the wrong surroundings takes away from its beauty and impact.
What should you do if you bring a painting home and it clashes with its environment? First, hang the painting in various places in your home, trying it out on different walls. It may look great in a place you hadnt planned on hanging it. If you cant find a place where the art looks its best, you may need to make some changes in the room, such as moving furniture or taking down patterned wallpaper and repainting in a neutral color. The changes will be worth making in order to enjoy the art you love.
Sometimes the right lighting is the key to showing art at its best. You may find that placing a picture light above a painting or directing track lighting on it is all the art needs to exhibit its brilliance. If you place a work of art in direct sunlight, however, be sure it wont be affected by the ultraviolet light. Pigments such as watercolor, pencil and pastel are especially prone to fading. Be sure to frame delicate art under UV protected glass or acrylic.
How to pick art to fit the room.
Size and color are the two major criteria for selecting art to fit its surroundings. For any particular space, art that is too large will overwhelm, and art that is too small will be lost and look out of proportion. The bolder the art, the more room it needs to breathe.
As a rule, paintings should be hung so that the center of the painting is at eye level. Sculpture may sit on the floor, a table, or pedestal, depending on the design. Rules should be considered guidelines only, however, so feel free to experiment.
When selecting a painting to match color, select one or two of the boldest colors in your room and look for art that has those colors in it. Youre not looking for an exact match here. Picking up one or two of the same colors will send a message that the painting belongs in this environment.
Another possibility for dealing with color is to choose art with muted colors, black-and-white art, or art that is framed in a way that mutes its color impact in the room. A wide light-colored mat and neutral frame create a protected environment for the art within.
Style is another consideration when selecting art to fit a room. If your house is filled with antiques, for example, youll want to use antique-style frames on the paintings you hang there. If you have contemporary furniture in large rooms with high ceilings, youll want to hang large contemporary paintings.
How to create an art-friendly room.
Think about it. When you walk into a gallery or museum, what do they all have in common? White walls and lots of light. If a wall is wall-papered or painted a color other than white, it limits the choices for hanging art that will look good on it. If a room is dark, the art will not show to its best advantage.
If you want to make art the center of attraction, play down the other elements of the room like window coverings, carpeting, wall coverings, and even furniture. A room crowded with other colors, textures and objects will take the spotlight away from the art. Follow the principle that less is more. Keep it spare and let the art star. Then relax and enjoy it.
Selecting and displaying art is an art in itself. Experiment to learn what pleases you and what doesnt. Youll be well-rewarded for the time you invest by finding more satisfaction both in the art and in your home.
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