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P 261. Sanna & Kalevi’s
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there were lots of projects that had been started but not finished. One example
was the living room wall (P 261):
S: in the first morning, I started to tear away the plastic flooring. It has
boards underneath, under this, too. And I tore down some wall. So
we’ll see how it’ll be done but (pause) This is going to be (pause) it
was so horrible that wall, it was like that, this whole wall was full of
these little handprints. I thought I’m tired of looking at it, and tore it
down. (Sanna & Kalevi 04 6-10)
Dwelling work without plan is not necessarily disastrous. Constant exploring
can be a dwelling style, like for example in the Asta’s household. But whereas
Asta was tuning products and painting walls and enjoying every moment, Sanna
and Kalevi were fighting the numerous and displeasing designs left by the
previous owners. Due to the sheer size of the house, they were still far from
the starting point from which it would be possible to start to curate the home.
Daniel Miller has studied Londoners living on rent in a council estate and
found that the tenants put different amounts of effort into personalising the
apartment, up to the point of complete transformation (Miller 1990). Living
on rent, as such, does not paralyse curating. In my sample, though, the three
households living in rented apartments, Liisa, Sakari & Elisa and Mervi, had
not invested in the present apartments, even though they had lived in them
for several years. All also thought that the apartments are temporary and that
someday they will move out and buy their own apartments. Mervi was certain
that then she would invest time in dwelling work: