Google Decorator: The Most Beautiful Room

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)

Comments (25)

Seriously, a tiger skin rug would have been sooo much better. Leopard is so passe'.

posted by Maryja on August 8th 2007 at 12:27pm
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That couch and that rug together would be enough to drive someone into insanity.

posted by Kah on August 8th 2007 at 12:49pm
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This is the funniest thing I've seen today.

posted by pxlchk1 on August 8th 2007 at 12:56pm
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What a great idea! Who knew google was good for decorating...

posted by laure on August 8th 2007 at 1:12pm
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Posts like this are why I love AT. You guys are hilarious!

posted by ChloeSF on August 8th 2007 at 1:26pm
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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.

posted by samantha9484 on August 8th 2007 at 2:07pm
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hooray for google! i dig the futuristic-Liberace-ness of it all.

posted by toomuchstuff on August 8th 2007 at 2:34pm
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Haha, such an awesome idea Janel. Post of the day!

posted by gregory on August 8th 2007 at 2:41pm
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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

posted by polkadot on August 9th 2007 at 2:18am
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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

posted by polkadot on August 9th 2007 at 2:28am
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that lamp is something else. i'm sneezing just looking at it.

posted by mariegael on August 13th 2007 at 8:25am
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i actually like that lamp...

posted by my little apartment on August 13th 2007 at 12:09pm
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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

posted by closertotheocean on August 11th 2008 at 9:59am
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I really dig the ostrich feather lamp!!!

posted by kimg924 on August 11th 2008 at 10:00am
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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.

posted by whytephoenix on August 11th 2008 at 10:02am
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A room made up of these elements would please only the most schizophrenic of drag queens.

posted by medusa12120 on August 11th 2008 at 10:17am
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This is such a smart and fun idea! Good work, Janel!

posted by UWSretreat on August 11th 2008 at 10:30am
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Best. Use. Of. Google. EVER.

posted by backgarage on August 11th 2008 at 10:38am
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What a fun post - Thanks for the laugh Janel

posted by bepsf on August 11th 2008 at 11:20am
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As cool as this post is, hasn't this been done before?

posted by RedMaiko on August 11th 2008 at 11:24am
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Oh, duh. It says re-edited at the bottom.