Odd One Out
“It was on the second floor of a converted red-brick mansion in South Yarra, two streets from the Botanic Gardens. He’d moved in eight months before, after years of flat-shares with other theater people around Melbourne. The apartment was like a stage set itself, with high ceilings, bay windows, polished wooden floorboards and ornate ceiling roses.
“If anyone wanted to do This Is Your Life on me, it’s all here,” he’d said as he showed Sylvie around. The sofa was from an Oscar Wilde play he’d... worked on. The chandelier from a modern Shakespeare. Paintings from an opera set. A mirror from a music video. The walls in the entrance hall were covered in framed photos of his friends and family. There was a futon in one bedroom, an elaborate carved sleigh-type bed in the other, rich red rugs on the floor of both. The whole effect was a cross between a flea market, an antiques store and backstage at a theater. She loved it.
She hadn’t moved down immediately after the wedding.MoreLess
“If anyone wanted to do This Is Your Life on me, it’s all here,” he’d said as he showed Sylvie around. The sofa was from an Oscar Wilde play he’d... worked on. The chandelier from a modern Shakespeare. Paintings from an opera set. A mirror from a music video. The walls in the entrance hall were covered in framed photos of his friends and family. There was a futon in one bedroom, an elaborate carved sleigh-type bed in the other, rich red rugs on the floor of both. The whole effect was a cross between a flea market, an antiques store and backstage at a theater. She loved it.
She hadn’t moved down immediately after the wedding.MoreLess
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