Apartment foo-nishing

[Find Finn]



We just don't. Never have.

 

[TheFoo]



Needs a smack of colour. Like a Rothko.

That doesn't sound right. The different shades of white and cream only work if your eyes aren't distracted by a big expanse of saturated color. All the nuance gets overwhelmed.

 

[apropos]



The aerium balls (not terrariums) are in different sizes, so I don't think lining them up is an option.

The floors are a medium brown with a very slight olive cast.

Ah, oh well. I thought there were 4 smaller and 3 larger aeriums.

A really funky thing to do would be to line them up in descending size in a spiral, but that's probably too funky for your decor. A less funky alternative would be to line then up in vertical rows (yes, I know) but with one row in descending size, the other in ascending size.

 

[apropos]



That doesn't sound right. The different shades of white and cream only work if your eyes aren't distracted by a big expanse of saturated color. All the nuance gets overwhelmed.

Makes sense, but his idea works if you follow the premise that the room is like a plate and the painting is the dish - which I suppose you don't.

Either way getting a Rothko print is inauthentic to the nth degree. Just look out the window - so much of the world is Rothko.

 

[TheFoo]

Here are the chips. Reasonable to ask for replacement?

 

[dopey]

Would have been reasonable to ask, but also no big deal to take it as is.
Not reasonable to pair it with that rug.

 

[sugarbutch]



Here are the chips. Reasonable to ask for replacement?

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Will they bother you? If so, you should seek a replacement. If you can live with them, live with them.

 

[Numbernine]

Maybe the marble experts know the answer but I gotta wonder why they don't break (chamfer) that bottom edge . Is it really that much more work?

 

[Gus]



Will they bother you? If so, you should seek a replacement. If you can live with them, live with them.

A chip in glass or marble would bug me if new. I would return it and move on to something else if they can't supply one chip-free.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Thats pretty bad looking for a new piece. I would have it replaced and if they were not accommodating I would return it.

I dont agree that the bottom edge should be chamfered and the reason is that the side is cut back on angle. I might have rounded over the edge, but they may have already done that.

 

[CBrown85]



Makes sense, but his idea works if you follow the premise that the room is like a plate and the painting is the dish - which I suppose you don't.

Either way getting a Rothko print is inauthentic to the nth degree. Just look out the window - so much of the world is Rothko.

Inauthentic. Lol.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

I don't think adding a Rothko or similar is going to make the room.

 

[TheFoo]

I hear a lot of people saying the room is too "white." However, their aesthetic goals are probably fundamentally different from ours. We don't see whiteness as a problem. The intent is to emphasize texture and form, while also making a small space more airy. I don't dislike more colorful rooms--I just don't think rooms have to be colorful.

Anyways, if you need to see significantly more color, nothing could possibly save our living room. A big colorful painting will drain attention away from everything else. We don't want to build our room around a centerpiece.

 

[CBrown85]

At least you and your wife are on the exact same page. Though, I'm glad I could unite the forum against my (poorly-educated) suggestion.

 

[Manton]

What about a fake Rothko?