‘I think it is weird and borderline creepy’: 24-year-old woman chews out her boyfriend for not hanging up her homemade art project despite it being inappropriate for guests

Art is incredibly personal. You usually want to hang things in your house that you not only find aesthetically pleasing, but that mean something to you. You might have picked up a painting on a trip you took or bought something from a local artist. Heck, maybe you even made something yourself, and want to …
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Daughter-in-law threatens to evict her mother-in-law after she and her other son painted their navy living room white, does thousands of dollars in damage: ‘They wanted to brighten the place up for my mom’

If you’re staying in somebody else’s home as a long-term guest, there are some things that you shouldn’t do. You shouldn’t ask them to provide all your expensive toiletries for six months, refuse to help with chores, or paint their walls without permission. It’s one thing to paint your walls white when they used to …
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29 Medieval Memes for Hobbits in The Shire and Knights in Shining Armor

It’s easy to look back at the medieval period with gratitude that you’re not living in it. Who wants to spend their days doing menial farm work while munching on stone soup to survive? Why would you want to live in a time where one disease killed ⅓ of the entire population of Europe? Medieval …
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23 Breathtaking Photos That Look Like Paintings From the Baroque Era

Whether something constitutes a work of art or not is heavily dependent on perspective. As a not-so-wise man once said, there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see. Also, human creativity has been around for so long that it is inevitable that almost all creations reference something from an earlier period of …
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Woman Takes Action Against Friend Who Painted Her House Pink During Her Holiday, Creating a Stirring Confrontation

Your chosen family, not the one you are born into, is your group of friends. When selecting your social circle, a few things to think about include shared objectives, compatibility, and overall enjoyment of each other’s company. The story below is an account of a vindictive friend. For the purposes of this discussion, Amy and …
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Disney family sells hideous Disney-themed house for $237K, complete with tacky spray-painted walls featuring Aladdin and friends: ‘Ideal someone who enjoys painting and decorating’

There’s a great debate happening in the interior design world. Half of prospective homebuyers seem to want the same millennial gray schlock that plagues luxury apartment buildings everywhere. A counter-movement has sprung up in response to this pallid aesthetic. Many young people would rather live in an old, colorful house filled with relics of mid-century …
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‘Your friend is nuts’: Woman takes 6 years to complete painting commission, tries to charge $500 more than she originally quoted

Mixing business and friendship is not always a good idea. Because once you get money involved, it’s difficult to keep boundaries straight. Even splitting the bill among good friends usually sparks more than a little dose of anxiety. When I was working in retail, I didn’t even really like when my friends came to visit …
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An Art Gallery Full of Meme Masterpieces for the Self-Conscious Artist In Need of Support

This is your sign to stop messing with that art piece you have been working on for months, it’s done. 

25+ Bewilderingly Bad Artists Who Should Put Their Paintbrushes Down

Art, as everyone is always saying, is subjective. Everyone has vastly different tastes and values. You could walk into a museum with your best buddy and walk away with entirely different opinions about which piece you liked best. Some folks despise abstract art and can find no meaning in an array of shapes and colors. …
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Aunt paints unrequited, tacky, and huge portrait of her nephew’s marriage proposal dinner, asks that he pays $1900 for it: ‘Her original asking price was $2.5K’

Nobody wants to be guilted into buying something expensive, ugly, and huge. It can be kind of awkward to walk around art fairs without intending to buy anything for this reason: you might see some cool paintings, but some of them are $5K and are so ugly they shouldn’t be hung anywhere. Luckily, most artists …
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