Here on Apartment Therapy, we pride ourselves on our ability to search out the best and the brightest elements of home decor to share with our readers. We try hard to find DIY projects to enhance the home and to highlight sometimes quirky pieces that nevertheless work in certain spaces. And sometimes, like today, we just need to share a find so bizarre that only you, our readers, can truly appreciate it.
I have been at the beach for the last couple of days, and have seen some weird and wonderful pieces of art and architecture, but nothing that compares to this life sized statue of a woman covered with mirrored tiles with strings of glass beads serving as her hair. She graces the window of a store filled with eclectic global pieces, and certainly dominates her stretch of main street window displays. The store was never open when I passed by, but there was always a steady stream of people peering into the window and talking about the statue. I'm not sure if she is for sale, or is just there to pull in customers, but either way, she is certainly the most unexpected piece of home decor I've seen this trip- and that includes a LOT of seashells.
What do you think- is she a clever window display or a glaring mistake in marketing? Could you see using such a piece in your home or business? Is she tragically hip or just tragic?
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I just like the "Sorry We're OPEN" sign.
I think you're missing the point a bit. It's there to look weird and get attention and I think nothing more. Eye catching though.
Hmm, are you sure it wasn't open when you took that picture? The sign says otherwise.
The "Sorry, we're open" actually grabbed my attention more than the bedazzled mannequin -- it's so dryly funny, like "sorry that you're now going to take an unexpected detour to peruse our tacky wares that you surely don't need."
Love it
I have an unused mannequin that I briefly thought about doing something similiar too... I think it's neat.
I dig it but it would probably give my kid nightmares. The "sorry we're open" sign however is genius.
Retail Design isn't Residential Design.
bepsf and I agree, as so often happens. I love the sign, but why does AT insist on posting about retail spaces? I don't care what a hotel, a boutique or a cafe does. And don't give me the "It's inspirational" line. I think it's just lazy bloggers.
Does anyone know where to get one of those signs?
Done well, there's no such thing as too many mirrors. Done poorly, one is to many... Design is about design, not formulas.
Love the sign too...
LAZY bloggers!!!! I get paid well to prepare and manage messaging frameworks for the business divisions in a multi-national corporation. I think I put more effort into my blog post responses than many AT bloggers. I second the motion.
Oh wow, when did AT get so many cranky, crotchety old batties? I swear, I've never seen so many nit-pickers on any one blog EVER. Ew, go away. I'm so tired of going into every article only to see vicious tearing down...."It's not an apartment, this is APARTMENT Therapy after all", "The space isn't small enough, WAAAHHHHHH. I only want to see things under 200sqft" "Nothing is relevant to me ever unless it's my taste, in an apartment, under 200 sqft" Boo-freakin-hoo. I don't expect to only see one thing on any blog. The author even goes out of the way to acknowledge that this is a step away from the overall premise of the site:
"Here on Apartment Therapy, we pride ourselves on our ability to search out the best and the brightest elements of home decor to share with our readers..... And sometimes, like today, we just need to share a find so bizarre that only you, our readers, can truly appreciate it"
How ironic that last part is. This is a decor/design blog, and it's FREE. Quitcherbitchin.
I ran into its quadruple amputee twin at a garden show in Portland last weekend. Just going out to Edgefield for a pre hike microbrew, and stumbled into a recycle fest. Most of the stuff there was a lot more interesting than this.
Reminds me of an episode of 'Mary Queen of Shops'. The owners of the home shop she was overhauling were fond of these mirrored mannequins.
How about as an alternative to a disco ball at a dance party? (As a bonus, anyone who is sans partner could use her as a stand-in)
Thirded. It's an invitation to comment, and if you don't like kvetching, maybe this isn't the site for you. Find a site where everyone's lovebombing each other all the time or take some Xanax.
AT has plenty of interesting variety but this is just irrelevant.
looks like a good attention grabbing display for a kitschy store.
i like a mirrors and mercury glass; also any kind of reflective surface. love the way they grab the light.
Gets you talking, doesn't she? Which is the point.
I frequent a flea market where one of the regular vendors has the weirdest taxidermy item I've ever seen. I think it started out as a fox, but now has a mohawk haircut, stands on two feet, and was given a really unique facial expression. I suppose it's "art" of a sort. Same logic, it brings people across the way to the stall. (I hate stuffed formerly live things, so I won't go there with this.)
I think she's great. What's the name of the place? Do they have a website? I may try something like that.
I love you Littlemisssunshine! You said what is always on my mind here on AT. This is such a wonderful site with so many great articles but it's so ruined by all these whiny, self-important, *really badwords*.
What is that phrase? If you don't have something nice to say, then don't say anything at all. Constructive criticism is okay but just because something isn't your taste or perfectly suited for you doesn't mean you have to be a jerk about it.
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