On Designers and Utility
It’s time to admit that design and room makeover shows royally piss me off. I don’t have any problem at all with changing a room to enliven it with your personal style. I don’t even have a problem with the notion of trying on a new style to see if you like it. No, the part that pisses me off is the way that the designer never takes into account the intended usage of the room. Like Ahab hunting a white whale, they’re hellbent on realizing whatever interior design vision might currently be rattling around their brain with nary a concern for anything in the way.
These obnoxious sucktards inevitably take a TV room and turn it into a socializing museum showpiece—even though the homeowners spend eighty percent of their time watching TV. This leads to people watching TV at an angle so absurd that they end up visiting chiropractors.
Good design—lasting design you will love—accommodates the functionality you depend on in a way that makes you thrilled to occupy that space. Don’t look to some TV interior designer’s dream to realize your own perfectly and artfully designed room. Think about all those things you would do if they weren’t so crazy, if you didn’t have to worry about the kids, if you didn’t stop yourself with excuses. Make the home you want to live in. Create a safe place for all the things you love to do and you might just makeover more than your living room.
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