Apartment foo-nishing

[TheFoo]



But we are still talk about homes, right? It is one thing if it looks cool in a picture or to look as as in a sculpture, but if you can't relax the way you want in it then all it is is a cool installation piece.

What is relaxing to you may not be to someone else.

Also, not that this applies to you specifically, but a lot you guys seem to forget how many of SH's posted interiors have solitary pieces of furniture placed in wide open spaces, with no obvious, conventional function whatsoever.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

What religion worships a fallen Cross? Satanists who don't want to tell their parents?

For some reason i hear Losing My Religion in my head everytime I look at this picture

 

[SkinnyGoomba]



It's more white now. Most dark things have be redone or recovered in white.

Do you still have the patterned rug under the dining table? My wife and I have been on the search for rugs and it has been fruitless, wondering what you have if you don't mind telling.

 

[LabelKing]

There should be a mirrored surface somewhere for champagne and other things.

 

[TheFoo]

Again, for remotes?

Open to suggestions: must conceal the remotes and be tabletop friendly.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

I liked labelking's suggestion, but I think it works best for someone who collects antique luxury items.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

Those look like baby wipe dispensers

 

[gomestar]



Those look like baby wipe dispensers

this is a good idea

 

[gomestar]

this one has a cover

 

[TheFoo]

They are ceramic containers by the Bouroullec brothers for Alessi.

 

[gomestar]



They are ceramic containers by the Bouroullec brothers for Alessi.

is it you and the Bouroullecs like me and Morrison?

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I don't care what they are and who made them. They look like baby wipe dispensers, or some kind of travel kit to put your toothbrush, diaphragm, and other toiletries in.

 

[Bounder]



That said, I don't like televisions in public areas. I think they signal a lot of what is wrong with our world today. The idea of having a television morph into a mirror is even worse since it is an exhibition of shame, of knowing it shouldn't be there but not being able to help oneself.

+1000. I have been on a jeremiad for the last couple of years about the sportsbarification of restaurants. Increasingly, even decent restaurants are plastering their walls with flat screen TVs. I find the idea that people might go out to eat together and then spend their time staring at some random sporting event on a giant screen both offensive and stupid.

Having said that, a friend of mine came up with the most clever home solution I have run across. In essence, he turned his TV into a window. He even framed it. In addition to standard TV fare, it is set up to display the internet. This is both practical and aesthetically interesting. He might pull up the weather report or he might have it display a webcam feed or a particular work of art.

The webcam thing is probably the most interesting. Having a window in your living room that looks out on Istanbul or Times Square or a mountain lake is deeply compelling, even fascinating. In a way it is the opposite of TV.

Is there a reason why everyone seems to keep their remotes in wicker?

Not really, some people keep them in fryer baskets instead.

 

[TheFoo]



is it you and the Bouroullecs like me and Morrison?

They are pretty awesome. I am not religious about it like you are, but I appreciate the very delicate touch they imbue everything with. I generally like things to appear as light and airy as possible. Also, there is very little if any irony in anything they do. I like earnest design.

 

[gomestar]

we have this on our kitchen table. Might use it for remotes though.