For five-and-a-half years, Charles Repp has owned this house in a 112-year-old house constructing in a historic neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, referred to as the Fan District. “My unit’s on the primary ground, with two bedrooms (one which I’ve transformed to an workplace) and one bathtub, laid out principally like a four-square court docket. The entire thing’s solely 810 sq. toes — so not large — however the 11-foot ceilings and big double home windows give it a sort of Previous World grandness. I’d describe my adorning fashion as ‘trendy minimalist,’ aside from all of the books: I’m undoubtedly not a minimalist (nor a lot of a modernist) relating to these,” he writes.
“I establish as a professor/tutorial, which is what I do for a residing. (I’m a thinker, particularly.) And, sure, I’d say a whole lot of options of my aesthetic mirror that. One is my desire for summary over figurative artwork. (It’s important to like abstractions to love philosophy.) My favourite, and most conspicuously displayed, piece of artwork is an summary print by Richard Anuszkiewicz, which hangs over the fireside,” Repp writes.
Describe your property’s fashion in 5 phrases or fewer: Bauhaus, Danish Fashionable, Minimalist
What’s your favourite room and why? Favourite to be in? It adjustments, however proper now the lounge, due to the fuel hearth. I’d by no means had a fuel hearth earlier than this place, so I had no concept how nice they have been till my first winter right here. Really easy to activate and off, and so cozy when it’s chilly.
What’s the very last thing to procure in your house? The very last thing I purchased was a classic lamp for the chest by the entrance door.
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