Dwell On This: Not Everything Needs to Match

Dwell On This: Not Everything Needs to Match

Antique rug, meet postmodern chair.
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Several years ago, my wife and I hosted a dinner party for an eclectic group of friends: Some we’d known a lifetime, and others only a few months. We liked everyone individually and hoped that an evening together would be a memorable one, and it was—two of the guests introduced that night went on to get married. That’s the beauty of mixing and matching.

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