Althouse: "I'm having kind of a pastel, and surreal, and gold, dreamy, beaded moment."

December 18, 2019

"I'm having kind of a pastel, and surreal, and gold, dreamy, beaded moment."

35 comments:

Tomcc said...: I have no opinion on the decor, but what is that garment hanging behind and between them? A regimental overcoat?; 12/18/19, 1:53 PM
john said...: Our house furnishing were, and are, based on the existence of kids and dogs. Probably always will be too, even though the kids have moved out. We lack the artistic sensibility, and money, to redo everything post-children.

I'll bet that apartment and all of the furnishings are a business tax deduction.; 12/18/19, 2:03 PM
Ann Althouse said...: "I have no opinion on the decor, but what is that garment hanging behind and between them? A regimental overcoat?"

I don't know but it is a painting of the thing, not the thing.; 12/18/19, 2:11 PM
Richard Dolan said...: What's old is new. A Victorian aesthetic executed by someone on an acid trip.; 12/18/19, 2:12 PM
rehajm said...: Way gay but a fun house indeed. I like it. They seem like fun people. I didn't realize Jonathan Adler was that young- been around forever it seemed..; 12/18/19, 2:29 PM
Sebastian said...: If you're gonna do gay decorator decor, you might as well do it this way. Not my thing, but the man has a certain je-ne-sais-quoi about his aesthetic choices.; 12/18/19, 2:36 PM
Tomcc said...: "it's a painting of the thing"...Ahh, merci!
On second look, it could be a tapestry. Very eclectic.; 12/18/19, 2:43 PM
Earnest Prole said...: Way gay but a fun house indeed.

Wait, you mean to tell me these two interior-decorator fellows are not straight?; 12/18/19, 3:11 PM
traditionalguy said...: Spent a lot of money showing off artsyness. But I don't see any children and grandchildren. I guess you get what you value the most.; 12/18/19, 3:25 PM
Tommy Duncan said...: Fabulous!; 12/18/19, 3:27 PM
Birches said...: Oh wow. Sorry. I don't like it at all. It's how I would have decorated as a teenager if I had unlimited funds. It's way too busy. If they were poor, most of that stuff would just look like clutter.; 12/18/19, 3:37 PM
JMW Turner said...: Like virtually every other commentator, not my look, however, I appreciate their playfulness in their approach to life and the glossy, funhouse decor. Perhaps reflective of their relationship with each other.; 12/18/19, 3:38 PM
Ice Nine said...: The occupants are pretty hard to take but the apartment is great. I really like it.; 12/18/19, 3:41 PM
eddie willers said...: Have to give this one two snaps up and a circle.; 12/18/19, 3:56 PM
Anonymous said...: I lost interest as soon as I realized it wasn't Jonathan H Adler.; 12/18/19, 4:16 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: the Oval Office if the mayor of Bend South gets in; 12/18/19, 4:27 PM
Quaestor said...: Artsy fartsy, and not a book in sight. The Duck Dynasty clan has better taste.

Gay men tend to have a crass and stereotyped aesthetic. Why is that?; 12/18/19, 4:38 PM
Maillard Reactionary said...: Was anyone else reminded of this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOyn9MaZGqY

The chair that Miles was trying to sit on is probably right offscreen somewhere in that clip.; 12/18/19, 4:41 PM
MacMacConnell said...: I don't like the decor, but was that guy on the right the bass player for Poco or the Flying Burrito Brothers?; 12/18/19, 4:57 PM
Rosalyn C. said...: "If you lived with your hairdresser would you do your own hair?" LOL

The apartment really is a beautiful space, IMO also a creative laboratory. I loved the eye paintings which push the eye back into the room so you are not staring out at a wall. BTW, I met the artist who did those lit clouds, Remo Saraceni, in Philly a long time ago. He lived across the street from a friend who described him as a "genius." No exaggeration. He's most famous for the Big Piano as featured in the movie Big, the one you walk on to play.; 12/18/19, 5:05 PM
effinayright said...: Earnest Prole said...
Way gay but a fun house indeed.

Wait, you mean to tell me these two interior-decorator fellows are not straight?
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Off-camera, there's a large barrel labeled "Loafer Lightener" filled with some sort of liquid.

Dead giveaway.; 12/18/19, 5:21 PM
Ann Althouse said...: “ Artsy fartsy, and not a book in sight. The Duck Dynasty clan has better taste.”

There was an entire library-like room.; 12/18/19, 5:26 PM
Howard said...: If the apartment was a painting I would say that the artist has no understanding of how to appropriately use edges. It's a cacophony of clunk. Kudos to all of the successful salespeople who sold him all of that junk to fill the space. You can see it is a beautiful apartment hidden by the gay geegaw.; 12/18/19, 5:26 PM
Ann Althouse said...: Library begins around 2:00.; 12/18/19, 5:28 PM
Howard said...: Oh contraire mon sewer. The duck dynasty aesthetic is jejune; 12/18/19, 5:28 PM
Yancey Ward said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/18/19, 5:32 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "Wait, you mean to tell me these two interior-decorator fellows are not straight?"

They definitely don't have the George Wendt vibe.; 12/18/19, 5:32 PM
eddie willers said...: "Wait, you mean to tell me these two interior-decorator fellows are not straight?"

I think they were the fellows living above Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch.; 12/18/19, 5:43 PM
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Anonymous said...: Hate everything about the decor in that apartment. But I did like how the eye paintings worked to "push the eye back into the room so you are not staring out at a wall", as Rosalyn C. pointed out above.; 12/18/19, 6:43 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: I'm not into clutter, but if all that stuff makes you happy, OK fine.
I do like Jonathan Adler. I used to have a pile of early Jonathan Adler vases that he designed for Pottery Barn. They were white and celedon. some smooth - some with ridges. They were cool.
I got rid of all of them with a bit of regret. I cannot keep all that stuff.

I'm pro hide the books.

If you've seen one persons pile of books, you've seen em all.
I prefer real art on display. There is a lot of real art in there. I approve.; 12/18/19, 6:47 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: His vases are superb.

Besides, everyone needs one of these.; 12/18/19, 6:51 PM
ken in tx said...: I think the uniform coat poster is of a Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band uniform.; 12/18/19, 10:07 PM
Earnest Prole said...: Kidding aside, the whimsy is delightful.; 12/18/19, 11:52 PM
Kelly said...: I was waiting for the kitchen. That’s really the only room I care about. If I were to build my dream home it would be a kitchen with some rooms attached to it.; 12/19/19, 12:25 AM