Sgroi's Profile

Okie Dokie. How many of us would happily wear a silky, polyester, screaming pink track suit? Leg warmers? Would we really choose to feather our hair and create wings? Maybe tease it into a beehive?
No, because we would look silly. But not back in the day. I'm certain every one of us has a closet full of today's "trends" (which we swear we really like) just so we won't be the object of scorn and snarky laughter in the street (and people won't think we are mentally deficient).
We LIVE in trends to a greater or lesser degree. Thank God, too, because it keeps life spicy and interesting and it helps the economy keep on chuggin' along.

I painted over my yellow, too, some three years ago. And Back down the yellow brick road I now go....

Now that's the way to add a fun, contemporary and updated vision while preserving the wonderful craftsmanship and history of an historic building.
I bow to you with gratitude.

This is heated, sadly. I do think it's clear, however, that knowledge of media and technique matter--so does the art history taught in those pricey schools, or at least it does to those who value learning about our culture and, perhaps, those of the past so we can improve our own (of course, we'd have to read something). Education bashing is decidedly uncool, folks. And sad.
I'll add that the reason some grads end up pouring coffee at Starbucks is because people expect art--writing, graphic design, et al--for free.
Our money is where our values are. Always.

Thanks, Dunks. I'm going to use that, too.

Everything is a trend--everything. Midcentury modern is a trend, "going green" is a trend (not the act--I hope--but the worn words, much like thinking "out of the box"), hipsters--as authentic as they try to be--are a trend, just like grunge in the last wave. We collectively ooh and ahh over the same design photos, which, if they were published in 1980, would have us collectively horrified.
If we love the handmade, the green, the ecologically friendly, why do we love those Lucite ghost chairs at the same time? Because they are trendy.

When I first looked, I thought they were two very different houses, one in front of the other. Then I looked again and thought it was a lean-to garage.
I'm thrilled with it if the homeowners are. My personal taste with additions is to see a very thoughtful blend between original and new.

Thank you, bookcat.

This is a great answer to cleaning issues: Most of the yuck stays where it's not so easily noticed (and won't turn cabinets stained and dingy--as happens to white over time).

Do NOT be afraid. Fear is the only real barrier.