BACK TO THE FUTURE : Irina Werning. I love old photos.
I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today… Two years ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future.. Now its time for KOREA, TAIWAN AND TOKYO. Apartment Therapy Los Angeles. The first time I stepped foot in our current place, it was love at first sight.
A 1940s duplex in a great part of town, I was blinded by its personality, charm, old wood floors, big front porch and cute, old-fashioned casement windows. Unfortunately, I seemed to overlook a lot of things.Don’t get me wrong, I love where I live, and my roommate’s a doll. But as careful of a person I am, I let my love of the “cuteness” of this new place keep me from seeing a lot of its downsides, like the lack of central A/C and the window unit from 1972, or that none of the cute windows actually worked (and the landlord wasn’t keen on fixing them).
I ignored warning signs that this might not be the ideal place to live in exchange for total aesthetic love. Truthfully, things aren’t that bad and I'd probably still choose to live here even if I hadn’t fallen head over heels, but I still could have been more discerning.
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