Eclectic to say the least.
Just for fun, we're letting Google loose as our decorator and seeing what kind of room it comes up with...kind of the Ouija Board of interior design.
Our first experiment - to put together the Most Beautiful Room. We started by asking Google for the Most Beautiful Sofa. What we got is to the left, from Anthropologie. Not a bad start.
Next, we asked for the Most Beautiful Chair to go along with it. Hmmm, interesting, these Swans with Tord Boontje upholstery. But then, things take a turn as we requested the all-knowing Google Decorator's choice for the Most Beautiful Rug...
...and we ended up with this leopard patterned number.
Rallying a bit by a quick follow up with Google's choice for the Most Beautiful Lamp - Ostrich Feathers!
And, ending on a more traditional note with the Most Beautiful Coffee Table, according to Google, of course: this Birdseye Maple and Cocobola table from Vermont Woods Studios.
Who knew that the Google Decorator would be so flamboyant? The resulting Most Beautiful Room is really quite Vegas. Definitely wacky, but honestly we were expecting worse - since beauty IS in the eye of the beholder...
Our favorite from this round of the Google Decorator's picks...the Swan Chairs take the prize. The dud? We'd have to go for the rug.
(Re-Edited from 2007-8-8- CB)
Seriously, a tiger skin rug would have been sooo much better. Leopard is so passe'.
view Maryja's profile
That couch and that rug together would be enough to drive someone into insanity.
view Kah's profile
This is the funniest thing I've seen today.
view pxlchk1's profile
What a great idea! Who knew google was good for decorating...
view laure's profile
Posts like this are why I love AT. You guys are hilarious!
view ChloeSF's profile
this is interesting. i'm actually a google quality rater (i'm not allowed to say exactly what i do for legal reasons, but i get to look at queries like this all day long). i'm not sure why they're programmed to have such.....colorful taste.
view samantha9484's profile
hooray for google! i dig the futuristic-Liberace-ness of it all.
view toomuchstuff's profile
Haha, such an awesome idea Janel. Post of the day!
view gregory's profile
fun activity for the day!!!!!
My "gorgeous" results
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=931&f=6643
http://www.rugsontheweb.com/NoFrame/items_direct/168231nf.html?adid=13--168231
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/pamelascollections/item/EK219818?gbase=1
http://www.antiquearts.com/cgi-bin/google.fcgi/itemKey=1922875033
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/sergiojg/item/12760?gbase=1
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My "ugliest" results
http://www.norwoodmall.com/ugly/ugly_78.jpg
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Hand-tufted-Botanica-Wool-Rug-8-x-11/1779335/product.html?IID=prod1779335
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/worlds-most-ugly-expensive-office-chair-225203.php
http://pages.northforkpets.com/cgi-bin/google.fcgi?itemKey=1922723905&store=%2Fstores%2Fnorthforkpetsandantiques&catId=lightinglamps&itemNo=AL61
http://www.pricenetwork.ca/showthread.php?threadid=51099&cs=1
I think my "ugliest" rug is better looking than your "most beautiful" one
view polkadot's profile
that lamp is something else. i'm sneezing just looking at it.
view mariegael's profile
i actually like that lamp...
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Most Practical Room:
http://bedzine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bookcase-sofa.jpg
http://www.riseandrecline.co.uk/images/styles/2.jpg
http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/6/61259/37_2007/bamboo%20rug.preview.jpg
http://freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/corner_lamp.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/2382189000_ee366e14ea_o.jpg
view closertotheocean's profile
I really dig the ostrich feather lamp!!!
view kimg924's profile
ROTFL! What a great idea!
I like the lamp except for the dust factor. I'm sure you'd have to dust it all the time. That is, if you didn't decide to dust *with* it.
view whytephoenix's profile
A room made up of these elements would please only the most schizophrenic of drag queens.
view medusa12120's profile
This is such a smart and fun idea! Good work, Janel!
view UWSretreat's profile
Best. Use. Of. Google. EVER.
view backgarage's profile
What a fun post - Thanks for the laugh Janel
view bepsf's profile
As cool as this post is, hasn't this been done before?
view RedMaiko's profile
Oh, duh. It says re-edited at the bottom.
view RedMaiko's profile
"best _____ ever" had me laughing... you've got to see the couch and lamp.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_p9hX3koKIyM/RuMdeUD6T7I/AAAAAAAAAPo/wB3CfphRwMc/IMG_9138.JPG
http://www.ak.com/images/product_rocker200_big.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/shakes2/rug.png
http://bp1.blogger.com/_uLhPlEmDh8Y/Ryy6U2_0m4I/AAAAAAAAAA8/81g9wTHFIKA/s320/alien-abduction-lamp-cow.jpg
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/05/NEScoffeetable.jpg
view closertotheocean's profile
Leopard (faux of course!) is never passe. It is art deco and thus timeless.
view kuroneko's profile
I agree!
view ModHomeEcTeacher's profile
I didn't mean I agreed with the leopard being timeless, I agree it was the dud. Sorry, I didn't see the above comment.
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