Christmas Tradition
I love how Christmas trees express Christmas traditions. The lead image is of a tree in a 115-year-old historic home. The image of the second Christmas tree is in one of my favorite modern homes, designed by Wernerfield Architects. It is in Northern Hills and is the same size and distance from downtown as the first home but is only 15 years old. The third home is in the Loire Valley and several hundred years old, owned by friends I first met on a sidewalk in Northern Hills. What links these home is the art. The first image is in a room with the art of Tremont artist (artist that lived or spent time on Tremont Street) David McManaway, David Bates and John Alexander, and a piece by artist Thierry Diers acquired at a Parisian art gallery. The second image shows a painting by Tremont artist Bill Komodore. The third image of a tree is in a room with a painting also by artist Thierry Diers.
Another thought that crosses by mind when I am making this Christmas post is that even at a glance, one thinks of all of these homes as single-family homes, whether they are on a standard city lot or on a vast amount of hectares. The current crazed movement of reducing the number of single-family homes with apartments is more than just about the detriments of density. The density movement takes away individual expression homeowners convey in their homes and replaces it with generic functionality. I love good homes of all ages, styles and sizes. I enjoy homes even more they express the personality of the owner. Hoping you will continue to celebrate your aesthetic, Christmas tradition and have much holiday joy. Merry Christmas. #ChristmasTradition @ThierryDiers #TremontArtist #Christmas #ChristmasTree #MungerPlace #ModernHome #HistoricHome #LoireValley #NorthernHills #singlefamilyhomes #MerryChristmas