If money were no object, how would you decorate your place?

[BuelahWitch]

(Inspired by Hell Hath No Fury's Mid-century thread)

I have fallen in love with the Art Deco period...









Don't know if this couch is repro Deco, but I want it anyway...

[underpants]

1. Orange shag carpet

Yeah BABY!

[BuelahWitch]

3. I lived in a mobile home with orange shag in the '80s

It's a bitch to vacuum! :rofl:

[barb162]

4. Shags were impossible to clean. n/t

[BuelahWitch]

5. That's for sure!

[Inchworm]

2. Right now? With a pack of matches...

Burn it to the foundation then I'd run off and start over. I'll change my name to Joe too.

:banghead:

:hi:

[flvegan]

6. With living nude female art.

[Deep13]

11. bingo! n/t

[geardaddy]

14. ..

Living with nude female models.

[Rhythm]

7. I'd have to have a separate place to decorate... Oktoberain would veto my ideas!

I'd want one whole room that looked like a reproduction of the Giger Bar in Switzerland



Closeup of the "barstools"

[BuelahWitch]

8. Looks perfect for a media type room...

:hi:

[DS1]

23. oh nice!

I need to start traveling more.

[JoePhilly]

9. A half court Baskteball court.

I can't go full court anymore.

[BarenakedLady]

10. With erotic furniture

Why the hell not?

The kids would learn a thing or two anyway.

[Ano Genitus]

12. There was, I believe, an erotic vagina couch posted here some weeks ago.

That might be a good start!

[BarenakedLady]

13. I remember.

I was partial to the penis pillows myself. :P

[DS1]

21. you forgot the magic chair

[BarenakedLady]

22. Oh I didn't forget it

But I was more attracted to the penis pillows for some odd reason.

:P

[DS1]

24. I missed those

but then, I've already got one

[BarenakedLady]

25. I miss those too.

:cry:

Sure rub it in.


Errr....


:hide:

[seemunkee]

15. A mix of Art Deco by Ruhlman and Arts and Crafts movement

Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann did amazing veneer work. His desks and chiffoniers are extraordinary difficult pieces of cabinetry.
If you like Deco check out his work. One of my favorite pieces is on this page #DK109
http://www.ruhlmann.info/rh_desks.php

I built a table based on a British design and have a couple of Stickley pieces would love some Greene and Greene replicas

[BuelahWitch]

16. Is that the table you built in the picture?

It's gorgeous! :loveya: And thanks for the link! I'll do some daydreaming on that site.

[seemunkee]

18. I wish.

I don't have a picture of it but it is similar to this except in Cherry


You might also like the furniture by Bugatti.

[Westegg]

17. I'm with you: Deco all the way...

...and I've done a pretty good job with that over the last 20 years, looking for bargains and not hoping for the high-end, museum-quality stuff (just saw a Ruhlmann cabinet that sold for about $150,000). Fact is, you can find good-quality original Deco furniture for less than what new stuff costs. I've got versions of all your photos (minus the couch at the end, which isn't Deco), and I paid less than $2000 for the lot of it. Have to do the leg-work, however. Luckily, I enjoy the leg-work!

Oh, by the way, "classicfilmfan": You have great taste.

[BuelahWitch]

19. Thanks for the compliment, Westegg!

Where did you find the best "bargains" for your stuff? And thanks for the verification on the couch. I still like it though, and my Baby kitteh would probably like to nap on it! :hi:

[BlueJazz]

20. This is nice but not to "Warm"

[Chovexani]

26. Indo-Moroccan with a touch of goth.

I'm an odd duck.

[Burma Jones]

27. With the severed heads of my adversaries

Or perhaps some nice Landscapes

[trackfan]

28. Oh, just like Donald Trump, with all that gold and white!!!!!

Not really.

[Rob H.]

29. Arts & Crafts all the way

I love the lines, but even repro stuff can be ungodly expensive.

[hippywife]

30. I love Art Deco and especially love

Art Nouveau but I've gotten away from the contemporary look and am going with warm and comfortable now.

[Gormy Cuss]

31. Arts and Crafts Movement.

Plenty of Mission oak and William Morris textiles.


And a Craftsman house: