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oXDemosthenesXo posted:The not-quite-mcmansion looks like someone wanted a mcmansion but hired an actually good architect who talked the buyer out of their worst impulses. For some reason photos of California houses get shrunken into lower resolution in Zillow in particular. They're a bit better on other sites. http://www.idyllwildrealty.com/home/detail-513R244759
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DWR let me borrow the Yuh lamp for a day so I could see how it worked in my space. Oh god it's so beautiful
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Feb 13, 2021 21:12
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Why is there an obnoxious cord dangling down it's back tho
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falz posted:Why is there an obnoxious cord dangling down it's back tho I actually really like that it changes shape based on how you adjust the lamp. Anytime you have something with a ton of flexibility, there will be some visible cordage. The light moves up and down the pole, as well as being angled outward and then rotated horizontally. I don't think there's any way to do that logistically if the cord stays in the pole. The height can go as far down as where the cord goes inside. anglepoise is a good example of that concept, except they keep the entire cord on the outside, not just the part required, and their cords are always black - they don't color match them to the lamp. https://www.anglepoise.com/catalog/product/view/id/766/s/type-75-floor-lamp-slate-grey/category/15/ This is the other light I'm considering - this one the cord isn't visible, but that's because the connection point is static - the light rotates from a fixed point, and doesn't adjust in other ways this one can. https://www.muuto.com/product/Leaf-Floor-Lamp--p2227/p2227/
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Youth Decay Eames Chair Count: 9 (1 miniature, 1 render) HelloIAmYourHeart's Best Friend's House Knockoff Eames Chair Count: 1  Her: Why do you want to take a picture of this chair? Me: It's a meme in an internet thread I post in. She bought it from a retiring house stager lol
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actionjackson posted:I actually really like that it changes shape based on how you adjust the lamp.
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Yeah for something that seems to rely on carefully designed angles the cord just blows the entire thing up.
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I'm happy to be proven wrong if you can show me a lamp that does all those movements with the cord completely hidden inside the tube also for me, I really like it, because the cord's shape actually reflects the positioning of the light. I haven't ever seen the cord itself as a design element before. edit: this is the other lamp I'm considering https://www.muuto.com/product/Leaf-Floor-Lamp--p2227/p2227/ actionjackson fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Feb 14, 2021 |
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Feb 14, 2021 03:26
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I like a little exposed cord personally. As a treat.
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Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "modern rustic" I like some of these, especially the IL one, but this last house looks like an REI lol
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kreeningsons posted:I like a little exposed cord personally. As a treat. I usually don't because that seems to be more of an "industrial" vibe like with those anglepoise lamps, but here I think it fits. I will say that I think the cord looks better when the light is at it's maximum height, where it's mostly parallel to the pole. But if you lower it enough it sticks out quite a bit, which is a bit more awkward imo. I am going to try to find a place with the muuto lamp on display before making my final decision. There is one thing that is really bothering me about this lamp, basically because they had the pole be so thin, the base, albeit heavy, isn't heavy enough to stop the pole from wobbling a bit for a few seconds when you adjust the fixture. This absolutely should not be happening on a lamp that costs this much. I'm wondering if it's one of those form over function things going to far - maybe they didn't want to make an extremely heavy base. the captain flint from FLOS has a marble base, and that's solid as hell (but definitely out of my budget). FLOS does have the tab which is much more reasonably priced, but has several design flaws, unfortunately. 1) 43" tall which is a bit too short for a reading lamp 2) no built-in dimmer 3) on/off on the cord instead of on the fixture (terrible design, especially if you want to hide the cord behind or underneath furniture like many people do). actionjackson fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Feb 14, 2021 |
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actionjackson posted:I'm happy to be proven wrong if you can show me a lamp that does all those movements with the cord completely hidden inside the tube Again, I'm not a design guy, so maybe the exposed cord says something about man's feelings of inadequacy in a post industrial world or something, and is a totally legitimate design choice, but we've put a man on the moon, we can build a lamp without an exposed cord.
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 These people need to be stopped. Not only will it kill you, it'll look ugly as hell the whole time.
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Slugworth posted:Again, I'm not a design guy, so maybe the exposed cord says something about man's feelings of inadequacy in a post industrial world or something, and is a totally legitimate design choice, but we've put a man on the moon, we can build a lamp without an exposed cord. It's a design thing, there's a whole style of lighting that emphasizes it (often called industrial), along with other parts being exposed that wouldn't normally be. Anglepoise type 75 as I mentioned is a great example, as is the Artemide tolomeo It's not typically my thing, but I can appreciate how it's used as a design element in the Yuh lamp that I'm trying out actionjackson fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Feb 14, 2021 |
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Baneling Butts posted:I like some of these, especially the IL one, but this last house looks like an REI lol Are you trying to tell me that you never tried to sneak into one of the tents close to closing to spend the night? 
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Youth Decay posted:
I legitimately love that tile though.
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Slugworth posted:Look, I can't defend it, but I would 100 percent love to live there, provided it's not a climb I have to make frequently. But like, climbing up through a little hole into a small, comfortable room where I can relax by myself sounds.... Wonderful. I can't explain why it seems better than a small comfortable room at the top of a flight of stairs, but it does. yeah it rules
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quote:Aside from the absurdly impractical woodstove, I kinda like that. Seriously, that is the worst woodstove to actually have a fire in that I've ever seen. All those greebles and furbelows will catch dust when you're not using it, and you're not gonna be able to dust that thing properly without an actual cleaning staff, so when you light a fire in it, it's gonna stink like burning hair and scorched bugflesh for a good six hours. Not that your average trendy house owner would be able to keep a fire going for that long, because you can't fit any decent amount of wood in there. I can't even tell how you're supposed to open that through all the rococo. The front panel doesn't seem to have a handle or hinges, and the only thing that looks like a handle is on the top, and I've never heard of a top-loading woodstove (Except for old cookstoves which let you lift the "burner" plates and feed sticks/trash in that way, but they were front-loading primarily). The decorative birdbath on top means there's no place to put a kettle or coffee pot to have some bonus hot water, and if it is top-loading, you can't even fill the birdbath with water for humidification because it would spill. Also those windows are letting 80% of the theoretical heat that stove would generate right out into the woods, the stovepipe is way too big for the firebox, and it's entirely possible all those falooters would heat unevenly, leading to cracks in the metal if you actually used it with regularity. ...So I guess all I like about that picture is the tile mosaic. Baneling Butts posted:I like some of these, especially the IL one, but this last house looks like an REI lol Slugworth posted:Look, I can't defend it, but I would 100 percent love to live there, provided it's not a climb I have to make frequently. But like, climbing up through a little hole into a small, comfortable room where I can relax by myself sounds.... Wonderful. I can't explain why it seems better than a small comfortable room at the top of a flight of stairs, but it does.
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Slugworth posted:Look, I can't defend it, but I would 100 percent love to live there, provided it's not a climb I have to make frequently. But like, climbing up through a little hole into a small, comfortable room where I can relax by myself sounds.... Wonderful. I can't explain why it seems better than a small comfortable room at the top of a flight of stairs, but it does. My joints are bad enough I have a hard time with steep stairs, so I gotta pass personally. I get the appeal but I'd break my neck day 1.
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Slugworth posted:Look, I can't defend it, but I would 100 percent love to live there, provided it's not a climb I have to make frequently. But like, climbing up through a little hole into a small, comfortable room where I can relax by myself sounds.... Wonderful. I can't explain why it seems better than a small comfortable room at the top of a flight of stairs, but it does. It's because your inner child knows Mom won't follow you up there.
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I’ll take a semi secret room that I could easily defend against intruders though
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Someone posted photos of Guillermo del Toro's home on Imgur and it's really quite something. The rest of the gallery is here.
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Model of exorcist kid just sitting on the couch. Nope no thanks
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Took me a bit to realize what was bothering me about the knotty pine one in Lake Placid, but I figured it out: why are the non-knotty pine parts of the wall the same color as the knotty pine?? Either paint a different color or go 100% knotty pine (I secretly love gratuitous knotty pine (when it is darkened a bit with age/staining)). Moose Lodge loving owns and I sort of really want it. It’s the kind of hyper rustic place I’d dream about as a mountain getaway. I’ve seen some places like it out west but those have a different vibe/style. I hope whoever buys it gives it the restoration it deserves and not a lovely tone-deaf “modernization”.
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Advice of the day: those hangers for photo frames and whatnot that are "just push them into the drywall!"? No. They don't just push in. Get nails. You're going to be hammering it in anyway. The nail is gonna do less damage to the wall. I never really hang frames up so apparently this is a memo I missed.
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Do y'all like the Hue background lighting setups? Folks seem to love getting backlighting for their tvs and computers, and even have corner lights. They sync the hue lighting up with the movie, as the color changes during the movie, the background colors change accordingly. Seems distracting more than anything else.
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I have used those to hang the majority of my framed things for the past 12 years and unless I hit a stud, they just push right in and come right out when I'm done, so I don't know what to tell ya.
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tfw the EU version of the Yuh floor lamp is $300 cheaper for some reason, but then shipping is so expensive that it wipes out the savings I definitely noticed that when you have black/white art, you really need something else black to complement it nearby.
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Ornery and Hornery posted:Do y'all like the Hue background lighting setups? I use some lights that plug into a USB slot on my tv and have 3m tape to go around the back around the edges of my tv. It's REALLY good for your eyes and is a cheap solution to getting deeper blacks as it tricks your eyes (cheap as in not needing to buy an OLED screen for the best blacks). I have this: Luminoodle https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07RP1DR7Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The colours changing with the movie is dumb tho.
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Ornery and Hornery posted:Do y'all like the Hue background lighting setups? Yes to installing backlights for the sake of reducing eye fatigue. The hue syncing seems gimmicky and distracting but the more I think about it, maybe it could be less distracting than a static hue? I’ve never used one of those though. I just have a LED bulb that I set to red for horror movies and green for UFO movies.
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Youth Decay posted:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/543-Oliverea-Rd-Shandaken-NY-12410/32871841_zpid/ "Moose Lodge" (1898), high Adirondack style awaiting restoration Is there anything better than really old Adirondack architecture? I think not. (I haven't been to Lake George since 2016 and I miss it so much!  )
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I recognized that wall light because I was looking at some really sizable/flexible swingarm ones recently https://www.dwr.com/lighting-wall-sconce/prouv%C3%A9-potence-lamp/2172.html?lang=en_US There are some REALLY cool modern swingarm wall lamps out there The unmistakable Serge Mouille https://www.dwr.com/lighting-wall-sconce/serge-mouille-two-arm-wall-sconce/7301.html?lang=en_US The also unmistakable, and slightly more affordable, Lampe Gras https://www.dwr.com/lighting-wall-sconce/lampe-gras-model-214-wall-lamp/6480.html?lang=en_US And my personal favorite, the 265 from FLOS https://usa.flos.com/modern-wall-and-ceiling-lamps/mod-265
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I finally decided on a table, it had to be 30-35" for my purposes. It's from Magis, and it's the smaller version of this one, same color, but it's only 32" and has three legs (there is a render in the link). It's only sold on one US site so it's hard to find a good picture of the 32" one, but DWR is going to special order it for me. https://hivemodern.com/pages/product6868/magis-stefano-giovannoni-table-first-round
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