Living rooms: discuss, post pictures, etc
 

hello bitches,

i'm moving to a slightly bigger house, which means we won't have to put an office and our "meeting room" where the living room should be. this means i get to have a proper living room.

i'm ditching some old furniture (not really, just "downgrading" to lesser functions) and thinking about what to do with the place. so i was wondering what people here think of living rooms and their function and aesthetic.

no, i'm not asking you to "tell me" what to do. i'm just looking for inspiration, ideas, pictures, shit of that sort. because some of you are, you know, high on the good taste scale, or at least kooky.

so, post your favorite living rooms?

for example,

I HATE THIS TYPE OF SHIT




what's its function? what does it convey? i'd take a shit on that little glass table & urinate on the carpet. just to express my contempt.

also:



ewww. waiting room on steroids.

and on a related note:



who the fuck lives here? where is all their STUFF? who left the book open in such an uncomfortable place?

house-visit invite: denied.

LOL! fucking classic.

The only questionable thing in that photo is the sectional sofa.

i guess i need a record player in sight.

i posted that as an example of something i'd more or less like but looks like the neutron bomb was dropped.

das klon, i've been looking at this sofa-

- it can be snapped open for people to sleep on it.



another one




and this setup:



comes only in black or white. bitch not included.

I have rearranged a little (can't remember if I posted these, so sue me):

That red sofa on top in your last post is pretty great. I've see those before.

that's what im talking about. i can see STUFF. people live there.

anyway, i was counting on your good input. thanks.

i promise if i ever crash a party in your house (im not counting on being invited) i will NOT piss or shit AT ALL.

it would help to see photos of the new space, which may not be possible... but for what it's worth, i prefer bold minimalist spaces. they only work if they remain relatively unclutted, but they're super versatile.

rem koolhaas designed this house for a handicapped person in bordeaux, so versatility and accessibilty were a priority. the house is organized vertically around a modified frieght elevator that allows the wheelchair bound user to essentially move from room to room (and access the shelves of a 3 story vertical bookshelf) by moving his little patch of floor up and down through the house.




...i'm looking for more photos that show the furniture (since i figure you're not putting a frieght elevator in yr new house...)

hot damn.

i might post pictures next week.

or wait i might have something a friend took.

m1rr0r:
That house is like whoa.
Thanks for that.

!@#$%!:
It' not technically crashing if you're invited, you know.

I also highly recommend stuff made by Danish people, especially lamps.

Polder Sofa from Vitra
by Hella Jongerius, 2005

http://www.vitra.com/

oh those are cool as fuck

what i like about the way koolhaas' maison a bordeaux (that is appicable to houses not containing frieght lifts) is that a well laid out and furnished minimal space (and this is as much a lifestyle choice as an interior design thing) can be converted from office




....to lounge with relative ease.





....of course having a bad ass skylight above a three story elevator shaft/bookshelf hung with famous artwork doesn't hurt. but the principle holds true in the simplest and plainest of spaces.

holy fuck, those start at $8K and go up to 12...

http://www.zmodern.com/product.asp?id=58

errrrr, let's revisit my "cool for proles" choices...?

i know what your saying about having stuff and the thing is most architectural photographers are being paid by their magazine employers to document newly completed homes, so they intentionally stage the shot with as little evidence of human occupation as necessary... just like even extremely gorgeous women will often look ridiulous if they wear a piece of couture exactly the way a runway model would with the crazy makeup and goofy hair styles...

anyway since i personally would be happy living in spaces that most people would not consider "home-like" and since i'm also a huge book nut... my ideal living room would look something like this:

duly noted. sorry, man. your RFP was lacking in budgetary constraints....:D

ha ha ha yeah that would be mine too but i like lying down to read. im a lazy bastard.

post more real pictures of your own homes! jesus.

Newport Sofa from Lammhults

http://www.lammhults.se/?id=2787

...modular is always good... i didn't see prices, which could mean it's also out of yr price range...

mang i saw a movie of that $12K sofa and I WANT IT.

that's all i'd need really. that & a big rug. and those books all over. see:

http://www.vitra.com/products/design...r_640x480.html

in typical advertising fashion they sneak a book "the sex of things" into the foreground. oh, but how subtle!

--

anyway. so out of my league for now.

this store is more within my reach. and that's already pushing it.

"If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

did you even read the RFP?

i wish my local goodwill carried good shit. i might scour craigslist for the next 6 months

???

the chick is hot, the funiture im not sure.

besides i loooooooooove red. RED. RED.

i kid....

for girlgun:

my old apartment in atlanta - the living room

dining room



my office (cool desktop on the computer, huh?)



her office, which was in our bedroom



the other half of our bedroom

(my) philosophy of the living room:

social. not a bedroom. but also lounging: must have music, books, tables to put your drink/smoke. not a tv-- not a tv room (tv kills conversation). maybe a projector (hidden) for big things, movies.


the problem i have witht hat is that it creates unrealistic expectations. my living room is full of records, cds, books, dvds, magazines, kleenex boxes, ashtray, incense burners, coffee cups-- the crap of life. i can't imagine a living room where i can't sit down and have a drink and put it somewhere, or a living room without big speakers and a stereo. oh yes big speakers-- that bose bullshit-- aghhhh.....

another function of the living room: a place for guests to crash-- comfortably, but for one night only...

but anyway. many people have living rooms for public display, not for living, and that's annoying.

ps- re: yr photos

see? how we actually live is TOTALLY different from those mags. inhabited spaces are always busy.

i'll post the pictures tomorrow.

gtg now, good night.

this reminds me so much of home when I was a little kid, my parents had a whole orange 70s thing happening which I think they chose from before my big sister was born and kept it like that for ages. I'm sure it must have been very funky at the time and has come back into fashion since then but I have an aversion to anything 70s cause of having to wake up to bright orange and red in every imageinable synthetic material every morning..arghh!

So yeah if I hadn't been scared off by that I might have been into futuristic furniture more in terms of actually living with it, but on a day to day basis I like my living room to be kinda rustic and natural. I'll have a look to see if I can find some photos of my living room, one thing I'd like to add to it is to have more bookcases, I like to have heaps of books around and more art up too when I can afford to frame more things.

true, but keep in mind that, if it's frilly and draped over the back of a chair, or has anything to do with candles or teapots, or it's puffy or has stripes or is even vaguely "traditional" looking... my ex-wife put it there. in my apartment now i have tile floor and no sofa... partly because my living room has to doublle as a working studio space.

the view behind me right now - my living room/studio

bitchin

image capture is not working, i'll draw a diagram in a moment

if it comes with the chick and the books, i'm putting it on my credit card tonight. i'll pay it off after i get a job...


anyway - in the price range your looking at:




KARLSTAD Sofa and chaise lounge from IKEA




KARLSTAD 2 chaise lounges and loveseat from IKEA




KRAMFORS Left loveseat unit from IKEA +




KRAMFORS Right-hand chaise from IKEA

Mr Clone's home is very classy.
I'd like to know if those two white chairs are original fibreglass DSX Herman Miller Eames chairs.
Just curious.

That looks very Gilbert & Georgeish.

you are quite right, it is in fact Gilbert & George.