ur archive is evergreen—by which I mean that rooms depicted in OHJ don’t date themselves quite like those in most shelter magazines. Others chronicle trends (if you’ve picked up a 1950s magazine in a secondhand shop and giggled at the décor, you know what I mean). Most of the houses in OHJ feel timeless: because they are old to begin with and because their interiors are designed to complement the house. Less is torn out to be replaced by the new. Tradition and character play a bigger role. Also significant is that many of the houses we feature belong to OHJ readers, self-educated and creative, who act as their own decorators. Their houses are unique and far more personal
