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Lehtonen calls this kind of shopping “recreational shopping” and, even
though Lehtonen emphasises the importance of the social aspect, I think
something very similar takes place when one is alone enjoying a pleasing home.
In my discussion on gallery practices, it was pointed out that all of the
households in my sample can be seen as having some sort of gallery practices
going on, but that the households differed in what kind of galleries they were
aiming to create and maintain. For some, the goal was more like that of the
film Citizen Kane, a one-time masterpiece, while others were involved with
creating James Bond-type galleries, the kinds of galleries that come one after
another in a more or less cyclical pattern. But then there were those households
whose curating style resembled most closely “waiting for Godot”, the
famous play by Samuel Beckett. The next chapter is about them and waiting.