I've always loved watching HGTV and home tour series, making home decor Pinterest boards, and scrolling through Apartment Therapy. As I grew up, my room/home became my sanctuary in a chaotic world and the one place I could be in control. A home should at it's core be a place of comfort and functionality. Having the ability to decorate a particular way and make your home not look "cheap" is a privilege. Reading your article and thinking of the unhoused crisis, it seems that having a home at all is a privilege when it should be a right afford to all people.
Such a great piece! You explore all the questions and reactions I’ve had to watching these same videos. There’s a sense of inadequacy and comparison that emerges from being exposed to wealth in this way, especially when the acknowledgement of that wealth is invisible. Wealth is the elephant in the (well-decorated) room.
Stayed up reading this! I love watching AD and Paige Wassel and tend to roll my eyes at the staged vignettes and couch buying and reselling advice. I have the same big questions - how are they paying for this place and is anyone helping them? You eloquently wrote what we're all (mostly) thinking!
I've always loved watching HGTV and home tour series, making home decor Pinterest boards, and scrolling through Apartment Therapy. As I grew up, my room/home became my sanctuary in a chaotic world and the one place I could be in control. A home should at it's core be a place of comfort and functionality. Having the ability to decorate a particular way and make your home not look "cheap" is a privilege. Reading your article and thinking of the unhoused crisis, it seems that having a home at all is a privilege when it should be a right afford to all people.
Such a great piece! You explore all the questions and reactions I’ve had to watching these same videos. There’s a sense of inadequacy and comparison that emerges from being exposed to wealth in this way, especially when the acknowledgement of that wealth is invisible. Wealth is the elephant in the (well-decorated) room.
Stayed up reading this! I love watching AD and Paige Wassel and tend to roll my eyes at the staged vignettes and couch buying and reselling advice. I have the same big questions - how are they paying for this place and is anyone helping them? You eloquently wrote what we're all (mostly) thinking!