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The French Do Not Fill a Room

A French room is under-furnished by American standards. Fewer objects, more space between them, and every piece able to justify itself. Emptiness is treated as a material.

Pick one room and remove three things this week. Live with the gaps for a fortnight before deciding whether anything needs to come back. Most of it will not.

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