HeyJaredWhat's Left
Secondhand sourcing & shopping tips and musings on interior design and culture. From vintage shopping expert and "Big Thrift Energy" author Virginia Chamlee.
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The Keywords I Use to Find Affordable Vintage Art Online (opens the original)
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I’ve been sharing my keyword lists here on Substack for a while, but I wanted to drill down on one specific category today: secondhand art.I recently shared my tips for shopping secondhand art in person — where to find a signature, how to determine more about a piece, how to distinguish between a poster and a print, that kind of thing. But what about shopping online? What should you search to even find the good stuff to begin with?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substa
Leftovers v.16 (opens the original)
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TGIF!This has been a loooong week for me. So long, in fact, that I’ll likely write about it at some point. For now, I am exhausted, depleted, and grateful to have an incredible support system.It’s a grab bag this week, so plz enjoy.And thank you for the kind words on Wednesday’s essay. It means the world.xx,VCSubscribe now<div class="image-gallery-em
It’s Been One Year Since I Helped Put My Dad in Prison (opens the original)
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Today is a one-year anniversary of a moment I never thought I’d experience: the day I saw my father for the first time, as he stood in shackles and I stood before him and a judge, imploring the judge to put him away for life. He was on trial for attempted murder, after stabbing an ex-girlfriend nearly to death at her workplace. The stabbing came 40 years after he shot my mom in the head with me (then six weeks old) in the car next to her.Looking back now feels like watching a movie. I remember t
Leftovers v.15 (opens the original)
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How I Do It All (She Said Sarcastically) (opens the original)
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I recently got a reader request to break down my daily schedule and explain “how I do it all,” which, to be honest, sent a chill straight down my spine.If I tell everyone how I do it, they will realize I am not, in fact, doing it all, I thought. They will realize I am actually stretched so thin that I am on the verge of snapping in half.But then, a second thought: Maybe no one is really doing it all. Maybe we are all stretched impossibly thin, and if I explain what my day-to-day is actually like
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