n college, I studied art history with a minor in fine art and my wife history. Yet somewhere along the way we both found ourselves working in the field of marketing. In part, our desire to buy a place upstate was rooted in getting back to some of the passions we both enjoyed in our youth.
Living in the city can be transient life. During my sixteen years in the city, I've virtually lived in every neighborhood having moved seven times. Picking up so often has an interesting impact on what you buy over the years. Will it fit when you move in two years? How much should i invest in a piece of furniture, art or stuff because of it?
For the first time ever, we find ourselves with a truly blank canvas, one we can fill over a lifetime. It's an incredible feeling and we're going to do our best to exhibit restraint.
After spending our first nights in the home with nothing but an Aero bed and some drinking glasses, it has become obvious that we need some essentials Luckily, this weekend was the annual Rhinebeck Antique Fair at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds and we felt it important (and by we I mean I) to buy at least one piece. So we bought an old yellow cupboard from the 1930's. The paint is peeling in a way they'd charge us a fortune for in the city to reveal the original coloring, a muted green, perfect for the array of pastel colors hidden throughout the home.
