- Must be dimly lit, preferably in an attic or basement. Main floor is too mainstream
- Have at least 3 maps from big cities or foreign countries
- Art from only local artists
- A pinecone garland (or garland from any nature, really, you must display that you are one with the EARTH)
- Ransack your local antique store for vintage goods such as typewriters, old landscape paintings, and clocks.
- Have a stack of suitcases in varying colors.
- Your furniture must be at least 30 years old.
- Have an assortment of books on topics, which no one knows about.
- Have an assortment of aged hardback books…not for reading, just for décor purposes.
- Sewing machine, because you’re obviously making your own clothes.
- Quilts, slightly used with a strange odor that no one can quite identify.
- Dangle Christmas ornaments from the ceiling to be ironic.
- NEVER TOO MANY TAPESTRIES
- Band posters from your favorite underground indie bands.
- Your secret Pinterest crafts that you pass on as your own ideas.
- Your luscious, completely unique wardrobe on display for all to see: especially your oddities and accessories stolen from your grandparents.
- Loose leaf Earl Grey in a Mason jar.
- Incense always burning.
- A garden gnome.
- Rugs. The whole floor is covered in rugs.
- So cozy your uncle Ricky would want to have a sleepover with you.
Follow these instructions and your charmingly obscure pad
will be inviting even to the set designers of Wes Anderson films.
Much love, Arielle & Gabi
