CliveChristy's Profile

I am an Australian/Canadian who has spent my entire adult life in Asia. I have just purchased an Italian walnut shoe storage for outside my apartment but I would never and have never dealt with shoes inside. I lived in Japan for a decade and I couldn't have coped with people wearing shoes indoors. In fact Japanese won't even visit a house/home where people don't take off their shoes. My current apartment in Taiwan has bamboo shoes, which cannot cope with shoes. I see people with shoes on and I feel a little nauseous. I would never and could never, no matter where I lived, permit anyone to wear their shoes indoors. It is just plain dirty.

Lovely, really lovely. From the outside I thought meh! but the inside looks like Upper East Side meets Palm Beach, with a touch of whimsy. Really outstanding.

Umm....sorry, but this does nothing for me...it's so busy my eyeballs don't know where to rest.

Stunning, tasteful and elegant.

That is not clutter, the is encroachment! I am all for fun and whimsy, but that looks like the contents of a junk store exploded. My key is, would I want people to see this, and if so, how do I want them to view it?

My theory is house guests are like garbage, after three days they need to be put on the curb.

What a fantastic job, something to be proud of.

Ummm guys, as I was scrolling through the images, I couldn't help but be reminded of "Love Hotels" in Japan or "Motels" in Taiwan, as they are euphemistically called. Many of them also have "fantasy" themed rooms, and the general public knows exactly what they entail. Only time will tell how long it survives in the oversaturated hotel market of Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Well firstly, I live in 500 square feet, so I know the joys and suffering of small spaces. I loved it really. It is a clever and ingenious use of space. I think limited space is like an orchestra, when it is done well you have something special and it says something about you. This is the Vienna Philharmonic. But boys, teddy bears? Really? Without a hint of irony? A place with everything perfectly calibrated and united and then teddy bears on the bed? Okay well, it's the equivalent of a broken string on a viola. Brava!

I like it, and think of all the cities and towns that can use them instead of strips of ugly concrete used for pavements.