By Lisa @Privilege

Let us now revisit the cranky, snobby, but good-in-a-pinch High WASP world. We will turn our blue-eyed, sun-crinkled gaze on home decor. This is dangerous territory. We take our houses very seriously, even more so our homes.

Today we are quite crabby about vignettes. The glorious Mise prompted our crise de snob, her post here. I’ll wait for you to return. Apparently Mise was incited by this post, here.

You see, High WASPs don’t do intentional vignettes. We only find ourselves, mysteriously, in possession of some stuff. Sometimes our kids make things. Or objects return in suitcases, from travels. We collect early American folk art, or saucers, or Vietnamese betel leaf holders.

And one day these things appear, also mysteriously, on surfaces. Because one cannot... More...