{"id":99828,"date":"2018-10-15T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/just-cant-get-get-enough-why-its-maximalisms-big-moment\/"},"modified":"2018-10-15T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:03:16","slug":"just-cant-get-get-enough-why-its-maximalisms-big-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/just-cant-get-get-enough-why-its-maximalisms-big-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Just can\u2019t get get enough: why it\u2019s maximalism\u2019s big moment"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter decades of bland minimalism, people are decorating their homes to the max. Is it a response to our troubled times \u2013 or individual expressionism?Outside, Tania James\u2019s home looks fairly average, a flat in a Victorian conversion on a north London street lined with trees and speed bumps. Inside, it\u2019s a riot of colour.Neon pink, yellow and orange zap across the walls, while dozens of 60s and 70s tea trays line the stairs, each a different pattern. In the living room are green and pink sofas with leopard-print cushions. A pink plastic light-up pigeon and a toy plastic horse sit on a shelf alongside a big yellow plastic bird she found in a charity shop. \u201cI was like, oh my God, \u00a34 \u2013 that\u2019ll go with the pigeon!\u201d she says. On another shelf sits her brightly coloured glass-bottle collection, which she has been adding to for the past 20 years \u2013 \u201cit\u2019s a one-in, one\u2013out policy now\u201d. There is a fireplace painted highlighter yellow, pink and purple, with a baby-sized blue plastic bear standing to attention in the grate. In the bay window, a jungle of house plants spreads its fronds. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say I\u2019m attached to stuff,\u201d says James. \u201cI\u2019m not materialistic \u2013 but it\u2019s important to me to have how I feel inside, out.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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