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BY BERNIE ERICKSON
he spring Art, Design & Architecture issue of Inspired Home magazine is one of my favorites. I enjoy talking about travel, entertaining and food; but I earn my living in residential real estate because I love beautiful homes as well as applaud and respect the people who invest so much time and energy in creating an inspired home for themselves and their loved ones. That said, I also have to be careful about wisecracks regarding home design and décor so as to not incite another backlash like the 2016 “what’s-the-deal-with-words-on-the-wall?” incident. For this issue, I’m going to stick with the 1970s and the home my buddy purchased that was built in that era. I was born in the ’60s, grew up in the ’70s and turned 21 in the ’80s. So did my friend Coatimundi. I grew up in north central Minnesota,
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the son of very sensible, no-nonsense parents of Scandinavian descent. My actual given name is Robert Bernard Erickson, Jr. My friend Coatimundi was either conceived or born on the northwest Pacific beach of Costa Rica. His parents were ‘60s hippies who were totally entranced by the very friendly native beach raccoon-like animals called Coatimundi. His actual given name is Coatimundi Sky Johnson. I ended up being called “Bernie” by my family at about 3 weeks of age, and he, for obvious reasons, ended up being called “Cody” in kindergarten — and, begrudgingly, by his family by about age 17. Anyway, Cody called me up and invited me over to see the 1970s home he had just purchased. It seems a favorite aunt and uncle had built the home in 1973, and realized it was time for them to move
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