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Our guest today has the gift of thrift –Virginia Chamlee is author of the book BIG THRIFT ENERGY, a comprehensive guide that offers tips for thrifting that you never knew you needed, like how to shop for the good stuff, how to upcycle and style vintage treasures in your home, and even advice for flipping your most-coveted items to turn a profit.
Virginia is one of the featured guests at next week’s Charlotte Home and Remodeling Show at the Park Expo. Today, she’s talking secondhand trends, specifically how to thrift shop for art – and how to display it using the Wrong Art Theory.
You’ve heard of the wrong shoe theory, right? It’s this idea coined by stylist Allison Bornstein, that you should pick a shoe that feels dissimilar to the rest of your look. So, sneakers with a dress or stilettos with cargos.
This is actually great advice for interiors, as well. Let’s call it the Wrong Art Theory. Choosing an unexpected piece of art feels much more sophisticated than going the expected route.
This might mean choosing a piece that’s subject matter really contrasts with the space — like a really modern piece of art in a more traditional space.
Or it might mean playing with scale, like going with an oversized photograph that nearly takes up the entire wall or conversely, a very diminutive piece that takes up very little space at all.
Follow Virginia on Instagram @vchamlee and find more about the Charlotte Home and Remodeling Show online at charlottehomeandremodelingshow.com.
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