Jollyowner's Profile

Everything is smart, beautiful, highly functional--except the Jonathan Adler dishware. It does not hold up--you'll need to replace it before the year is out. (I have the same set.)

--Oh, and if you use the desk as an extension to the dining table and the side "tables" (log and white jar) for extra seating, you could serve 10 at dinner.

Not this house nor nearly any space on this site looks "lived in;" Most look composed for glossy magazines, not messy human habitation. That said, this home is truly gorgeous in its composition, although like many other spaces on this site, the emphasis seems to be excessively consumerist-- tasteful, yes; acquisitive, absolutely. So many spaces here are like exercises in a very precious and aesthetic conspicuous consumption, but disciplined (perhaps like the humans who would have to use it without making any marks beyond the blackboard or who soil so few clothes, they can be stored in a tiny laundry sack).

I suppose the point I'm getting to is this: why pretend that there is an ecological sensibility at work when what is going on is about buying things and arranging them? This doesn't seem like a home for people but a place for things--really nice things, though, placed well. It's not an environment. It's a cabinet.

I love tours that provide alternatives to the austere minimalism of most apartment therapy homes.

All those dead things! What terrible feng shui! (Though the optical moon gadget looks quite wonderful....)