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Display Name: MrCranky
Personal URL: http://www.sorrow.com
Member Since: 7/3/08

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I hate to sound churlish (although I often do), but what has happened to the Cool part of Small Cool?

Daniel's apartment is perfectly nice, but it looks like almost every other apartment featured on AT. The International Winner looks the same. So does last year's winner.

Have AT readers and voters become individually more conservative, or does the increase in numbers voting create mediocrity?

Surely you guys can appreciate something more than bland, kind of funky, kind of quirky, kind of MSM?

Check out the wonderful small homes here for inspiration:

http://www.marieclairemaison.com/petits-espaces,200241.asp2


Daniel's Amazing Bones Small Cool Contest
5/4/12 11:24 AM

Ewww. Not a single piece I would endure, let alone wish for.

SF has gone downhill.


Designing Women: Wish Lists from San Francisco Bloggers Refinery29
5/4/12 11:14 AM

Judging by those photos, the trick seems to be to make the houses of divorced men look like every other home featured on AT.

Nice pseudo-niche.


Divorced Men Are Better (Home) Lovers
The New York Times
2/10/12 7:49 AM

I can understand Todd Selby being a spokesman for 'undecoration', but AT?

The aesthetic here is usually the polar opposite.


'Undecorate' & Apartment Therapy in the New York Times
Design News 4.5.2011
4/5/11 10:11 PM

Assuming this isn't a joke (and if it is it is funny) I'd start by actually showing said table in all it's glory.

I'm trying to picture what would make a table uniquely autopsy-esque and the best I can come up with is a height adjustable island bench with channels to contain the gore.

In which case it would make a dandy carving station for an industrial kitchen.


Where Can I Sell My Vintage Autopsy Table?
Good Questions
11/23/10 8:51 AM

Given the tumbleweeds that greeted my last diatribe on this subject, I suspect I am a voice in the wilderness.

And I know that the contributors here are enthusiastic amateurs rather than cynical professionals.

And, for all I know, the blog owners are possibly editing said contributors so that they all have the same hyper-enthusiastic voice to encourage a folksy feel.

But it is wrong.

I feel like every House Tour these days is written by a highly enthusiastic Labrador.

Sit!

Describe the house. Not the putative personality of the owner.

Let the house speak for itself.

Shhhh!


Claire’s Studio in the City by the Bay
House Tour
10/12/10 8:20 AM

I'm assuming the screed in this tour was meant to be a facetious take on the excesses of most design writing.

If it was meant to be serious, please stop it.


Ken's Mixed Media Dream House
House Tour
9/16/10 7:44 PM

Oh give me a break. You're critiquing a guy resting his feet?

How about critiquing someone who can't find a simple rug?

Get a used Rya.


Where Can I Find the Rug That I Love?
Good Questions
9/7/10 8:05 AM

Oh give me a break. Look at the photo. Then place your hand over it so that it cuts off the double height windows.

Now take out the centrally framed back yard and the cool black concrete floors.

All that done, do any of you seriously think any of these suggestions would work in any other space but this one?

Or that the bookshelf wallpaper would a) look good in the room above, b) look good in your place or c) can be substituted for $99 birch murals from Target?


Get The Look on a Budget: Abigail Ahern Style
8/13/10 7:00 AM

I have a recent LG. They are generally regarded as the best all in ones.

But it doesn't dry very well.

The design means they can't dry as well as a traditional dryer.

It will dry well enough that you can hang the slightly damp clothes for a while to finish the job, but you will not get crisp, warm, fluffy dry clothes like from a trad dryer.

Paying a lot does not change this


Recommendations for a Good Washer Ventless Dryer Combo?
Good Questions
8/13/10 6:48 AM

Love the house.

Found the architects description hilarious.


The Gallery House: Where the Outside Comes In ArchDaily | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
6/9/10 10:03 PM

Christ you're a conservative lot. Thumbs up.

Great space.


Small Cool 2010: William's Open Space Little Division #13 | Apartment Therapy New York
4/14/10 9:35 PM

The Aarnio Parabel table.

http://www.eero-aarnio.com/36/Objects/Parabel_Dining_Table.htm


Table Suggestions for My New Verner Panton Chairs? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy New York
3/31/10 9:08 PM

Great, the Sarah Palinization of design.


Pam Kueber Explains "Mid-Century Modest" | Apartment Therapy DC
3/3/10 4:29 PM

The original suggestion... white.


Color Suggestions to Coordinate with Reclaimed Wood? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy Boston
3/2/10 9:09 PM

Most of the places you've linked to are not minimalist.

The first is. And the Spanish one.

The others are merely not over-stuffed.


When to Use Minimalism in Design | Apartment Therapy Los Angeles
2/25/10 9:39 PM

Nice research AT.


I-Beam Side Table | Apartment Therapy Chicago
2/25/10 5:08 PM

Who cares?


Remove Iittala Labels? | Apartment Therapy New York
2/22/10 6:45 PM

What is wrong with elitism?

I'd rather be of the elite than the reverse.


10 Fine Artists We'd Like to DIY | Apartment Therapy Boston
2/15/10 8:17 PM

This is pretty grown up. And cool.

http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/022009atlastevehouse/item/40601


Is it Possible to Have a Stylish Loft Bed? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
2/2/10 5:06 PM