This particular carpet, though, had no vase on it; only a continuing pattern of intricately joined leaves that gave the design an unusual energy and charm.

这张特殊的地毯上虽然没有花瓶，但相互交织的叶子图案连绵不绝，赋予它与众不同的活力和魅力。

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Skip the bric-a-brac, and only have one or two simple decorations, such as a few flowers in a vase or a Zen garden.

你不需要昂贵的装饰，只用一两件简单的饰品装饰就好，比如一个花瓶。

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Keep only mementos that are truly important (your child's first drawing or a vase that have been passed through generations in your family) and preserve the other ones digitally.

只保留真正重要的东西(像你孩子的第一幅画或者是家族世代相传的花瓶)，而其他的就可以一电子的方式保存。

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There was not as much as I would expect so they could be a pet, however they could also be human as sometimes families split them between themselves so that's why there would only be half in the vase.

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But when it came to paintings he had bought only figurative work, like a pretty oil of a vase of flowers by Milton Avery.

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