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Below is a sample post I pitched to a design pub. seeking Boston bloggers.

Don’t let rental-home decor disturb your holiday. Here’s five temporary design fixes for that vacation rental.

1. Throws with character make you feel at home, elsewhere.
2. These table settings protect the homeowner’s dining table and make summer BBQ cleanup a breeze.
3. Soothing vacation bedding eases rest and relaxation.
4. This summery voile shower curtain reminds you to lighten up.
5. A touch of local, natural material helps you stay in the moment. Vacationing in Maine? Try aromatic balsam fir. Cape Cod? Beach grass.

Latent Print likes vacation and design. The AMC hut Mizpah Spring, where I stayed Saturday, uses propane-augmented solar power to pump mountain well-water to the tap and run the Clivus fans and CFLs, and the staff composts food scraps. Their fusion of lifestyle and design at 3,800 feet reminds me of my past Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum visit for exhibit Design for the Other 90%. Hey, 10-percenters on holiday benefit from design, too.

Maybe the complementary design communities in this post urge us to consume conscientiously. Maybe they cause a kind of throw-pillow disdain—malcontent with our culture’s apparent decadence. Whichever, we’ll remember that environments are deliberate.

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