Guy with an eye is three!

Guy Koolhof -

The weekly micro-decorating newsletter * Issue 4 of 13, SS24 *
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Three years ago today, guy with an eye quietly began with the article Four design lessons from An American in Paris. A few days later, the first newsletter issue went out to a very small member list. It's been quite a journey since, and I'm so glad you're travelling along with me.

We're a growing community now, an eclectic bunch of design lovers keen to look at the details around us with fresh eyes. Little by little, we're making our homes sync up with the inspired spaces of our imagination. We're pioneers of a new way of enjoying our surroundings, an approach we call micro-decorating.

Now that we're leaving the Terrible Twos behind, it's time to keep maturing and reaping the benefits of being three. But first, why don't we take a quick look back. Here are some of my favourite articles, all in the how-to category, one from each year of our history:

How to shoplift ideas, October 25, 2023
Here we looked at bringing the genius of store window displays home with us. It led to a follow-up article, and possibly more to come.

How to humanize a room, March 22, 2023
In this piece, we looked at how subtle references to the human body can make our interiors more inviting.

How to shop for mid-century design, June 23, 2021
Here we watched a short clip from a Jacques Tati film and mined its lessons for how to behave in vintage stores, recovering our pre-pandemic rituals.

You might have your own favourites, but if not, why not go exploring and find some? Guy with an eye articles fall into five categories:

As always, the newsletter's future is shaped by your input, so let me know what you'd like to read about next.

A gift for you

Our newsletter has its first-ever print companion, a postcard with our motto and a QR code to share the good news of our expanding community:

I'd like to send you the postcard as a thank-you for being a member, along with a personal handwritten message to you on the back. To get yours in the mail – it might be a collector's item one day! – simply reply to this email with your mailing address, along with a line or two about what you'd like to read more about in future issues. But be quick, the offer expires on June 30.

I appreciate your company and look forward to what we'll discover together next!

Thank you for reading.