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TAoN No. 174: Your weird decor. Plus a new Missing Word, and more.

Rob Walker
Nov 19, 2024
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I was going to save today’s topic for the next Objects Quarterly post, but I can’t seem to stop thinking about it, so here goes.

The Washington Post had piece the other day (gift link) with the headline, “The ugly rule: Why every room needs something weird to make it pop.” That sounded like my kinda thing — I’m a big fan of weird objects! And I’m particu…

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