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I suppose I do have some sort of appreciation for minimalist and/or spartan homes. Ones with lots of blank spaces, clean surfaces and carefully selected decoration, if any. But those kinds of interiors are not really the ones I’d want to create for myself. Some people find lots of visual stimulation in their environments overwhelming; what I love about my home is that I can look up from basically any place I’m sitting or standing and rest my eyes on something colourful, something textural, something interesting to comfort and inspire me.

I’ve really been enjoying visiting The Selby, a collection of photographer Todd Selby’s captures of the urban homes of various artist and musician types. Not all of the interiors he photographs are to my personal taste, naturally (especially not the ones characterized by what I call “Dead Animal Aesthetic”), but the ones that are resonate. The photo above is from the home of Christina and Swaim Hutson, and while I don’t have a glorious collection of vintage suitcases like they do, I do have a similar thing going in my place where I stack up second-hand wicker picnic baskets for storage.

These photographs remind me that you should really do whatever the hell you want with your home, no matter how much design mags and books tell you to clear away clutter on the walls and get rid of your knick-knacks.