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From the living area, the bedroom is accessed through a sliding barn-style door.
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Adam Williams
march 01, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026
The sterile slats seemed to suck the energy out of all our spaces, but nowhere more than in the living room, where an enormous window dressed in cracking plastic anchored the main wall.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
As for the living, two roaches strolled on top of an in-use oven and on the side of an oven door in a back prep area.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Largely recorded on Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s travels of India—with a cast of the country’s musicians—the album unites the voices of the living and dead, with posthumous recordings from the Gorillaz archive of some of their late collaborators.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
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Adam Williams
march 01, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026
The sterile slats seemed to suck the energy out of all our spaces, but nowhere more than in the living room, where an enormous window dressed in cracking plastic anchored the main wall.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
As for the living, two roaches strolled on top of an in-use oven and on the side of an oven door in a back prep area.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Largely recorded on Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s travels of India—with a cast of the country’s musicians—the album unites the voices of the living and dead, with posthumous recordings from the Gorillaz archive of some of their late collaborators.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
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“The living.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20living. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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