Lord knows I love to style a lot of pretty things in the rooms I design. My clients have lots of cool stuff and I find them more cool stuff for their collections. I like to relate their things to their lifestyles and interests, and place these things in a way that they may actually use in these endeavors. I laughed out loud when I clicked on this link Audacious Ink sent me. Catalog Living, a blog that gives the reader “a look into the exciting lives of the people who live in your catalogs”, hilariously expresses the annoyance I have with so many tchotchkes and snapshots of “lifestyles”. We have enough to deal with in this world organizing the things we DO need and love and collect. I love reclaimed and collected objects to style a space, but PLEASE, people! There is no need for a faux vintage life preserver!