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New Year Goals: Simplify with 2019’s 4 Best Finds

Dec 26, 2019

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jdemontravel

in Design, Likes, Our Home

There’s a lot of chatter about goals this time of year that come with a flurry of hashtags. Here’s one that takes minimal effort with a big payoff: Simplify. And we’re not just talking about pairing down the living room in muted colors. The decade has provided on-demand inspiration through the growth of social media.…
The Charms of Disconnecting: Creating a Simple Country Home Retreat

Aug 30, 2019

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jdemontravel

in Design, Our Home

While influencers continue to squeeze the hype out of hygee, here’s another back-to-basics Norwegian discipline to follow with catchy phonetics: Hytte, simple country homes that urbanites escape to from the rigmarole of city life. They are basic structures, with minimal electricity and furnishings, which is deliberate. The no-frills appeal dissuades you from a material mentality–enticements are found…