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Preserving the gloriously kitschy home stylings of bygone eras, one Instagram post at a time
When Sue Liedke commenced home searching in South Philadelphia in 2019, she was drawn to households that appeared frozen in time, portals to a fabulously kitschy earlier. Those getting older rowhouses in the neighborhood with signature South Philly styles, like unique mid-century doorways, sweeping archways, and exquisite wrought-iron stairways. Rowhouses concealing lonely, sunlit rooms properly preserved in the showy stylings of bygone eras, from the 1960s and 1970s, when South Philadelphians, not to be stymied by matters like sq. footage, tackled home decor with a boldness and panache all their have. When carpets ended up shag, mirrors ended up smoked, and filth-floor cellars were being transformed into groovy basement bars.…
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Jodie King, rebel Austin artist, turns Instagram into nice living
Following an all-working day divorce hearing at a Houston courthouse in 2019, artist Jodie King settled on a none-too-favorable settlement with her ex-partner. “Below I was, 50 several years previous and starting around,” King states. “As we have been leaving the proceedings, my legal professional, who is a fantastic, but aged-college attorney, as she was stuffing papers in her briefcase, appeared at me and explained: ‘You superior get a task.'” King felt the sharp slap of indignity. King: “It helped me want to make it.” Appear 2022, King, now 53, has relocated to Austin. Her little ones are grown. She works out of an ethereal, 750-square-foot studio on South Lamar Boulevard. And…
