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Iron Spike@ironspike.bsky.social |
"But Spike, human labor is much more expensive than it used to be." Yeah, no, that modern mansion is $32 million. Anyone who could buy that abomination could hire a sculptor to carve some Art Nouveau crown molding. We've just been programmed to no longer consider artisan finishing as luxury.
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Chris
@mrzarquon.com
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The irony is the real luxury isn't the crown molding or a minimalist design, it's affording the staff to keep it clean. The conditioning of luxury to be associated with commodity goods is to convince people to be happy with consumption. Don't eat the rich, you can have the same dishwasher as them.
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Ugly Margarita
@ncalcote.bsky.social
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I’m starting to plan a retirement home, and trying to convince my wife to sacrifice some square footage for a custom timber frame.
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JustBCause
@justbcause.bsky.social
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Your comment critiques stylistic differences. The house in La Jolla isn’t an abomination to everyone, but it seems to offend you. Be truthful and ask yourself why, it will inevitably lead to certain biases engrained in you as a person, which is fine, BTW, because that’s why we have opinions. 😉
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Erkhyan Rafosa
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I also have a feeling that too many “nice house” owners now consider bespoke furnishings to hurt their property’s resale value. My mother watches both French and US house renovation TV shows, and to paraphrase her: the former feel like they’re working on homes, while the latter work on investments.
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Morgan Fahey
@morganfahey.bsky.social
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... actually, real question on that last part. COULD they? Are there actually even still sculptors who can do that?
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