I started this essay staunchly against the “office lobby” vacation home (as if I am in the position to be furnishing a vacation home), but the I.M. Pei guesthouse convinced me.
What better way to contrast comfort and relaxation of daily life than discomfort and asceticism? Coming home with a feeling of gratitude for the return to the comfortable routine??
Really liked this. I didn't know I wanted to read this article, but Substack Reads did a good pitch, and now I have strong opinions about the aesthetic for my hypothetical vacation home, so that my hypothetical vacations are more enjoyable.
We’re so privileged and rarified that we don’t *need* comfort.
If we find ourselves in a weak moment, the “comfort cottage” out back is for that. But officially we call it “the annex”.
We’re hardly ever here, anyway. Maybe a couple times per summer. We just bought the property to drive up the local tax rate and ensure the riff-raff in the area can never afford to have a vacation home anywhere near us.
Hahahaha as a vacation rental owner myself I’m laughing because you are so spot on. And it’s all about having less to dust and less for guests to stain.
The new HOLIDAY HOME aesthetic is "OFFICE LOBBY"
I started this essay staunchly against the “office lobby” vacation home (as if I am in the position to be furnishing a vacation home), but the I.M. Pei guesthouse convinced me.
What better way to contrast comfort and relaxation of daily life than discomfort and asceticism? Coming home with a feeling of gratitude for the return to the comfortable routine??
Really liked this. I didn't know I wanted to read this article, but Substack Reads did a good pitch, and now I have strong opinions about the aesthetic for my hypothetical vacation home, so that my hypothetical vacations are more enjoyable.
We’re so privileged and rarified that we don’t *need* comfort.
If we find ourselves in a weak moment, the “comfort cottage” out back is for that. But officially we call it “the annex”.
We’re hardly ever here, anyway. Maybe a couple times per summer. We just bought the property to drive up the local tax rate and ensure the riff-raff in the area can never afford to have a vacation home anywhere near us.
These interiors are supremely “god-awful”.
This is gold. 🤣
Hahahaha as a vacation rental owner myself I’m laughing because you are so spot on. And it’s all about having less to dust and less for guests to stain.
This reads like it was written by an AI bot installed on a Comador 64. What the hell.
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