The Eighties - New York Magazine is calling it the "next mid-century". NY furniture dealer Evan Lobel loves the look and has furnished his home with pieces from a decade that is not always remembered fondly for its signature style.
Lobel's take on why its wonderful? He's quoted: “There’s a certain decadence to that era that I find really appealing. The scale tends to be large, and the materials tend to be luxe and rich, which makes the pieces themselves larger than life.”
His living room features a Pace Collection travertine coffee table and a Christian Liaigre sofa from the era, along with perfectly "chopped" pillows. We loved this interior design tidbit - the NY Mag article pays homage to the father of the eighties-tastic "pillow-denting styling flourish" known as the "chop", Michael Taylor.
It's a pretty BIG decade...and we're wondering - is there room for the eighties in your home?
(photos: David Allee/New York Magazine)
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Bleah.
I mean BLEAH
view Julian's profile
I like these rooms -- they certainly don't scream 80s. They look like spaces that would be easy and comfortable to live in.
view ArchDarling's profile
i agree, these rooms don't scream 80s. i think what i'm afraid of seeing is the neon, white lacquer, and patrick nagel.
view paintedfish's profile
patrick nagel!!!!!! NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
view katie's profile
The only time Patrick Nagel is ever appropriate is on the cover of Duran Duran's Rio album.
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ok, but that gold table is screaming 80's at me. also that giant rock and the fact that (almost) everything is white, beige and brown.
definitely 80's, it's just not the pop 80's. pick up an old architechtural digest and it looks like this.
view ange_lune's profile
Uhhh -- that table isn't gold. It's travertine, an Italian stone.
view ArchDarling's profile
Sorry if my above post sounded rude. Didn't mean it to come off that way!!
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i agree with AD, Lobel seems to be drawing from the more refined of 80's (i love similar 70's styles more, but say bring it on...given that i'm a gay guy of often bad taste, fond of looking at (big) hair and (lots! of) makeup guides from the 80's, of lionesque women; it might be immature, but as with also liking quiet people who still exude a sense of drama, i too love seeing interiors with a sense of the decadent, even if the lives lived within them are not).
view orangered's profile
ick. ick. ick. reminds me of a bad hotel that needs to redecorate.
view mariegael's profile
This is ok, but the first time I see a picture from the set of My Two Dads on here, I give up.
view christy's profile
I don't know about high-end 80s decor, but I think the 80s downtown/punk aesthetic is ready for a comeback. The country now has the same sense of gloom about the future, mixed with rampant materialism. Surely it's time to tweak convention a bit?
Today, so many apartments are furnished from the same three stores. I'd love to see some off-the-wall taste, even if it's bad taste.
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