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I completely adopted, but I pick up stuff everywhere.”
The rocks on display are mainly from the Adirondacks
— she and her family go every summer.
There are many other tributes to the Adirondacks
in the apartment, mainly pieces of
art, but the most impressive pieces are framed
chunks of birch tree bark hanging in the living
room. Usher and her sister created them
together, attaching the bark to foamcore with
glue and wire and repurposing old frames to
complete the work.
The seven frames in total flank a beautiful
blue cherry blossom print, serving as the
focal point of the living room. The wall they
hang on is completely black, but it used to
be a wall-to-wall mirror.
“When I was downstairs, there was a dark
wood panel wall which I loved because I
felt like everything kind of popped off it,”
said Usher. “I didn't want to spend a ton of
money, so I Googled around to see how I
could replace that and I found these panels
— it’s literally just foam, and I put them up
with command strips!”
The rest of the room complements the art
with blues and greens as the primary colors.
Pops of brighter hues are seen in smaller
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