matt in kc's Profile

I agree that it's disturbing that Amazon tracks these sorts of things. And, my goodness, these are some extremely average quotes.

Do it. We had to replace p&l with drywall in our bungalow and never regretted it. As others have noted, be prepared for a hellacious mess when you demo. And that your trim boards will be too short if you don't shim the drywall out about 1/2" from the studs. (1/2" drywall vs. 1" p & l composition)

I love how the spirit of it slowly turned from "everyday design for the masses" to $700 fiberglass chairs.

seems slightly cold to me, but it's undeniably beautiful and well pulled together.

Disturbing and nerdy. Jackpot!

LOL, I am blown away by the number of people who say they would bang their shins on this!

This entry is a little confusing. I'm not sure if they made the chair, made the fabric, found the chair and reupholstered it, or actually printed the fabric themselves... or some combination of that. So I'm not sure how to judge this. And while I love the colors in the fabric, it kind of looks like it's for children's furniture. Almost every other fabric I've seen with footballs and/or baseballs has been intended for kids.

WIN

The craftsmanship is very nice, the design is clean, but it's kind of boring - especially for the price. And I feel like I've seen planters like this at West Elm for the last 10 years.

The premise is silly. If it's true that "There Are No Rules", as they trumpet in the intro, then there is no good/bad style, so why have a show?

The Novogratzs seem to think it's really, really important that we think they are cool parents (or the world's oldest hipsters). So much of the show is devoted to showing staged interactions with their kids - We throw our kids in pools! We go go-karting as a family! Let's all go shopping for musical instruments together! - that it made me wonder if they actually cared about the design of the classroom apart from how it could reflect on them as parents. In that respect the closing scene of the Music Classroom episode - their kids and a cousin get to play the new instruments while the students (the client!) sit and listen attentively - spoke volumes.

So... the design. As other poster have written, it was not good. Certainly there was more stuff in the room, and the stuff was colorful, but nothing the Novogratzs did lifted the drabness of the classroom. Not even that insipid neon "Dream" sign. For me, the list of musicians they stenciled around the room was the biggest "tell" that they hadn't put much thought into this. Instead of being fun and colorful, they were all done in Arial and painted royal blue. It looked like the Approved List of Cool Musicians, rather than something meant to inspire. To top it off, Bob talked about how he had included some Latin and hip-hop artists out of "respect" of what the kids listen to. We get it, you're late for the Yo La Tengo show.

But no one has mentioned the bafflingly dull bedrooms Cortney did at the home of one of the school's students. White walls and a blue stripe for the boys, white walls and a pink and a red stripe for the girls. That's it, kids, that's your design. Now be grateful!