Today I went to the home of former clients with the realtor who introduced us. Six months ago I did some interior design work, tile design and staged a house for her for sale. It went great, sold for over a million and shes starting a renovation on another house now. As I was there today, seeing the new project for the first time, amid the piles of books and knickknacks and typical domestic detritus, I saw a painting that belonged to me. I knew immediately it was mine, its one of a kind -- a redwood tree in a vintage arts & crafts frame and was a Valentines gift from my ex husband. I pointed to it and said, Thats mine. Everyone just stared at me. So I picked it up and without looking showed them the back which bears this inscription: Allison, Take to the woods with me. Love, Chad 2/14/91 They all started explaining at once that it had been left at the other job site and they didnt realize it was mine, etc. but in the confusion the lady said shed told the realtor that my name was on the back. He seemed genuinely surprised by that and was mortified. I put it under my arm and continued our walk through without making any scene, but... what the hell? Admittedly, it appears I must have somehow forgotten it at the project when I removed the staging. So thats on me. However. Everyone involved had my email and phone number. We had worked together for months on the last project. Yet, at no point did anyone say theyd had any intention to return it to me. Who does that?
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 06:17:15 +0000
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