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you got me. ya dirty bastids!

Other than the kitchen (different issue), I would have done a bit more to warm it up. As it is, it looks like it would feel like living in a lobby.

when is this gimmicky trend gonna be over already?

Just FYI, a vintage version of this would not cost less, it would cost considerably more. Like in the range of $10,000 - $20,000. Even rusty!

hdtex, What one chooses to live with is entirely a matter of personal choice. Paint everything magenta and gold if that's what makes you happy, but that doesn't mean it's good design.

This look takes the emphasis off materials, form, and craftsmanship and places it squarely on a grab-bag juxtaposition of cheap, over-ornamentation. It's really against everything good design stand...

Hey Doug -- the return of hunter green?

WONderful...EXCEPT for the eighties-ified rattan chair with the Florida chintz... It looks like it's right off the set of the Golden Girls...! It's soooo out of place in your sleek-yet-warm classic...

For those of us of a certain age, the whole Ralph Lauren Edwardian fantasy still resonates very strongly as been there, done that.

The coffee table is the Isokon Loop, available in the U.S. from Daniel Donelly (http://www.danieldonnelly.com/). I have it, it's awesome.

Wright is notoriously and spectacularly overpriced. Its supporters will tell you that (a) their curating is impeccable (I would agree, for the most part), and (b) the people who buy there are those...

These are smashing! Oops, poor choice of words!

Sorry, but I think the gray would be awful. Pretty much the worst choice. If you love the impact of the back-splash, I would take the intensity of that element out to the rest of the room--in other...

Don't be hatin' on the separate stall and tub. I always disliked taking a shower in the tub (I'm sorry, but the whole step-over thing always felt like a work-around for lack of a superior applicati...

Despite all the apparent variety, it's actually all very matchy-matchy. Yuk.

Love the chair that has the blanket thrown over it - anyone know what it is?

I've always hated the idea of a toothpastey glass living by the sink, so I've always gone straight for the stream out of the faucet--just like from the garden hose, no hands needed. When I moved in...

from Brush Rinse by Amron Experimental on July 17, 2007 01:50PM

I think Schnabel is "taking the piss out," as the British say, and privately laughing at everyone who praises this piffle.

looks like a camp project.

from Flip-Flop Bins at Viva Terra on June 17, 2007 07:36AM