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SEPTEMBER ISSUE

TINY HOUSE ISSUE COME TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TINY HOME TOUR!

SEE THE BEAUTIFUL DESTINATION OF COSTA RICA

LOVE FOOD? THEN SMORGASBURG IS THE PLACE FOR YOU

FIRST LOOK OF FIDM STUDENTS WINDOW DISPLAYS

MAN CAVES TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

NAIL INSPIRATION FROM TOKYO

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Home Tour 18 Tiny LIVING LARGE IN TINY SPACES. COME TAKE A LOOK ON

WHY TINY HOMES ARE TAKING OVER RV’S AND CAMPERS

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why are they a big deal?

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LIVE THE LIFESTYLE Indigo Magazine is a fresh home lifestyle magazine that gives readers inspiring real-life solutions for all the things that homeowners deal with ever day-from painting to pillows to property values-in an upbeat and engaging way.

The magazine offers the value of insider advice from trusted experts, as well as the enjoyment of taking a look inside real people’s homes. Unique in concept and voice.

Indigo is accessible, friendly, and fun!

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EDITOR IN CHIEF: DESTINY JEWEL GARCIA DESIGN DIRECTOR: ELEFTHERIOS KARDAMAKIS EXECUTIVE EDITOR: BRETT HILL MANAGING EDITOR: MELISSA MARIOLA WURMAN DEPUTY EDITOR: BETSY GOLDBERG HOME EDITOR: JENNIFER BERNO SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR: JESSICA DODELL-FEDER ASSISTANT EDITOR: RAE MCCONVILLE INTERNS: CANDICE GRAHAM, KIRSTIE TURNEY STYLE & MARKET STYLE DIRECTOR: FRANCES BAILEY SENIOR STYLE EDITOR: ANTHONY SANTELLI MARKET EDITOR: KATE DOHERTY MARKET ASSISTANT: ERICA COHEN INTERN: COLLEEN KELLEY ART ART DIRECTOR: DIAN-AZIZA OOKA JUNIOR DESIGNER: TRAVIS BONILLA CONTRIBUTING DESIGNER: TRENT FARMER DIGITAL IMAGING SPECIALISTS: JAIRO CORLETO, STEPHANIE V. GREEN PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO DIRECTOR: ANN DE SAUSSURE DAVIDSON ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR: RACHEL BARKER INTER: LOUISA GARCIA COPY COPY CHIEF: ANNE JENSEN WATERHOUSE CONTRIBUTING RESEARCHERS: SUSAN LINNEY, AMELIA MULARZ, AMANDA GROOMS WEST EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: ELLEN LEVINE PUBLISHER & CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER: DANIEL FUCHS ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: CARRIE CULLEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED MARKETING: KATE ENGLISH MANKOFF GENERAL MANAGER: SALVATORE DEL GIUDICE

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jointly wakes us up and calms us down—reminding us all to probe, examine, think, and feel.

We present to you the inspiring stories of home owners from apartments to tiny homes.

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I hope that you experience many of these transformative moments while reading this month’s issue.

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SMORGASBURG LA

LA’s Finest Food Trucks Smorgasburg LA is open every Sunday on the five acre site of the weekday Alameda Produce Market in Downtown Los Angeles, which is part of a larger, new development called ROW DTLA. Each Sunday, find dozens of exciting food vendors at Smorgasburg LA, plus sophisticated shopping from the realms of design, craft, style, vintage, wellness, and more. Cultural events, pop-ups, and other surprises transform the vast site into a new node in Downtown LA’s burgeoning scene, and a unique destination for the region. A new parking garage for more than 4,000 cars is available at ROW DTLA (785 Bay St., Los Angeles, CA 90021).

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inside

TRAVEL

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE HUNTING

BY SIERRA YOUNG

mericans dominate the second home market, thanks in part to an abundance of direct flights to Costa Rica from many major cities in the United States. There is also strong interest from Canadian and European buyers, agents say.

The majority of foreign buyers prefer the country’s numerous beach communities along the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. “They come here to vacation, fall in love and want to buy,” said Rodolfo Herrera, a real estate lawyer and licensed notary based in San Isidro, San José. Buyers in the province of San José, and particularly in Escazú — which Mr. Herrera likens to a cosmopolitan American city such as Miami — are mostly people who have business in the capital, along with retirees or people close to retiring who are looking to move to a temperate climate.

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Costa Rica’s most beautiful tourist attraction Casa de Flores

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FIFTH FLOOR MASTERPIECES

FIDM VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR TAKES ON THEIR DISPLAY PROJECTS

BY ABBY GREY

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ook in a mirror, stare into your own eyes and hold the gaze.

When you first start staring, make different faces at yourself.

Smile, be gentle. Talk out loud to yourself. It takes a little getting used to. It will take a few minutes to zone in. Amazingly,

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it is not a natural feeling and your mind will initially have some resistance. Once you feel focused, dial into your pupils and audibly ask yourself: “Are you happy?” Relax. Pay attention to how fast your mind is reacting. Your mind is pondering the circumstance of being faced with the fact

that you cannot lie to yourself.

We are always looking at our reflection, but generally we look only to confirm how others will see us. We spend the majority of our time shaping our image of how we wish to be perceived.

Rarely do we take the time to make an attempt to contact our innerself.

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tiny home tour Living Large • I N T I N Y SPAC E S •

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tiny home tour •• tiny home > RV/Camper

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here’s been a bit of a debate going on in tiny living circles about which is better: tiny houses built from scratch, or customized trailers and campers that have been retrofitted for full-time living.

Tiny Houses: 1. They look like a house. For many who choose to go the tiny house path, this kind of structure looks more like what you might think a house might look like, only smaller.

It’s a matter of aesthetics, and for some, this is important.

According to many tiny house

advocates, a tiny home can feel more solid, well-built, spacious and permanent, and that can make all the difference for someone who’s going to downsize to something less than 300 square feet. “We didn’t want to feel like we were on an interminable camping trip,” says Carrie of Clothesline Tiny Homes (see our post of their home here).

2. Tiny homes are more weatherproofed. Tiny homes are generally better insulated and winterproofed than campers, since they are custom-built from the ground up. Owners can choose what

kind of insulation and heating and cooling options suit them and their local climate, whereas RVs are generally not built to be lived in during the winter (though of course, one could tow it somewhere warm).

3. Customization, customization. Tiny homes come in all shapes, sizes, builds and aesthetics. To date, we’ve seen modernist gems, Japanese inspired ones (tea house, a grand 280 squarefooter), gypsy-style caravans, even ones with a bit of Indian flair or gothic charm. The list goes on.

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Last but not least, you are able to own a mortgage free home.

There is nothing wrong with travel trailers, campers, motorhomes and bus conversions.

Travel trailers, RVs and motorhomes are for those who want to be on the go. See the world. Travel the country.

And tiny houses are for those who want to stay in one place, hold a job so mew here, run a b u si n e ss a n d enjoy l iv ing

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the si m ple life.

In conclusion, tiny houses are for living in full-time and only towing when you decide to move. Like once a year or less. Campers, travel trailers, and motorhomes are for those of us who want to travel the country.

For most people who love simplicity, they usually go for living in a tiny house rather than getting a RV or camper.

Being able to customize your whole place from top to bottom really gets most people hooked. Tiny houses

are unique and one of a kind; definitely not something you can get off a lot that has a identical twin right next to it.

Since you can customize your tiny house, homeowners tend to put their own personalities into their house that they will be able to live in.

Rv’s and Campers are great but they are not made for stability and are not for people who want to settle down but in a small space.

Tiny homes are taking off and are definitely making a game changer.

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man caves by abby grey

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alm down, ladies. When a man

“Space is very important for regulating

wants his own space in the

emotions,” says Sam Gosling, a University

house — be it a cave, garage,

of Texas at Austin psychology professor and

bar, media room, billiards

author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About

hall, woodshop or bowling alley — it’s not a

You. Gosling studies how space is a powerful

red flag indicating that he’s rebelling in your

mechanism for evoking our emotions, and

relationship, trying to avoid you or shirking

he’s seen firsthand how having your own

social commitments.

space, decorated by you alone, can positively

affect emotional well-being. “It’s incredibly

In fact, having one’s own personalized

space is actually necessary and important

important to be in one’s own space and

psychologically for everyone.

resonate with who one is,” he says.

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man caves

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nter man caves.

caves are the architectural

Whether we’re

equivalent to hanging out with

building a boat,

your mates.”

playing computer

So you see? We are fragile

games, reading car magazines,

emotional beings. We just need a

listening to loud music, working

kegerator (a refrigerator for a keg

on a motorcycle, or watching

of beer) and power tools to cope.

action movies or five sports games at once, man caves serve

When it comes to designing and

a basic psychological function,

outfitting a man cave, Gosling

even if the guy is aware of it or

says it’s extremely important

not. And it’s especially vital if

that there is no compromise.

the guy’s emotional needs aren’t

(Shall I repeat that, ladies? No

being met in other spaces. (Sorry,

compromise!)

honey, but that fake moss inside a cloche is doing nothing for me.)

That’s because a space that properly satisfies and regulates

“It’s a way of saying, ‘I love my

emotional and psychological

family and flowers, but that’s

needs is much less likely to

not what I need to regulate my

evolve if someone else influences

emotions,’” Gosling says. “Man

the outcome.

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SUGAR COATED HOW TO STAY LOOKING SWEET!

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et your nails do

are still hesitant, work those

shards of glass layered on top

the talking! No

jewels into your style through

of a coat of polish to create a

need to sugar

your nail designs. We have all

mosaic effect. The end result

coat it, unless it’s literally.

witnessed celebrities, friends,

is phenomenal, this trend is

Dipped in glitter, decorated

and even people we pass by

sure to turn heads.

with candy, or even if you’re

in the streets with killer style

shape of bubbles. While most

just mixing up some new

that’s really out there and like

people did not understand the

patterns - your nails are a

nothing we have ever seen

trend, those who were daring

way for you to tell a story. We

before. Perhaps you’ve always

enough to try it knew they had

should use them to express

wanted to make a drastic

nothing to lose. We can all

our inner selves, so why not go

change in your style that’s a

agree that commitment isn’t

crazy? For those who may be

little more avant-garde, but

for everyone, especially when

a bit more timid and afraid to

you don’t know how. Start

you are someone who changes

step outside of their comfort

slow and use your nails as a

their mind as much as they

zone, nails are the way to go.

transition into a style much

do outfits. Luckily unlike a

different than the one you

new hair color, your nails can

Seeking inspiration from the

are used too. 3-D glass nail

change as often as you like!

hottest new nail trends is

trends are a great example

After all, nails can be one of

always a good idea, but why

of how to amp up your style!

your best accessories.

not try something that you

This beautiful nail design

normally never would. If you

creation started in Korea and

Nail design is an art form and

were thinking about getting

can now be seen all over the

you are the artist, so take your

some new body jewelry but

world. These nails incorporate

canvas and create something

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No need to sugar coat it, unless it’s literally.

Dipped in glitter, decorated with candy, or even if you’re just mixing up some new patterns your nails are a way for you to tell a story.

We should use them to express our inner selves, so why not go crazy? For those who may be a bit

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more timid and afraid to step outside of their comfort zone, nails are the way to go.

Seeking inspiration from the hottest new nail trends is always a good idea, but why not try something that you normally never would.

If you were thinking about getting some new

body jewelry but are still hesitant, work those jewels into your style through your nail designs.

“LET YOUR NAILS We have all witnessed celebrities, friends, and even people we pass by in the streets with killer style that’s really out

there and like nothing we have ever seen before.

Perhaps you’ve always wanted to make a drastic

DO THE TALKING!” change in your style that’s a little more avant-garde, but you don’t know how.

Start slow and use your nails as a transition into a

style much different than the one you are used too.

3-D glass nail trends are a great example of how to amp up your style!

This beautiful nail design creation started in Korea and can now be seen all over the world. These nails incorporate shards of glass layered on top of a coat of polish to create a

beautiful mosaic effect.

No need to sugar coat it, unless it’s literally.

Dipped in glitter, decorated with candy, or even if you’re just mixing up some new patterns your nails are a way for you to tell a story.

We should use them to express our inner selves, so why not go crazy.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE! NEXT MONTHS ISSUE WILL BE ON SLEEK AND CHIC FLATS THAT TAKE ARRANING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

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