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thats a pretty good idea !... unfortunately i do not have one in my house :(

That chair doesn't really look inviting. Would anyone actually ever sit in a corner of the hallway to read a book rather than in the living room?

while i love the idea, i don't love this photo. if i was in that chair, i would feel as though i was on a time-out

I do love the idea of the funny cross-stich!

Great idea, not-so-great illustration. It does kind of look like a time-out corner...but, then, maybe that's what some of us need. : )

i think this is a great idea! i could imagine myself getting cozy talking with an old friend on the phone in that spot.

I had a really warm older friend in college who had an apartment near campus. She created a little spot in her apartment she called "Donna's fun spot." It really was. She had graduated with a degree in horticulture, and had cultivated some really unusual house plants, placed a comfortable chair and a little table nearby, and lit the small area with a hanging pendant lamp.

I think if I was sitting in a lone chair off a hallway or nook, I would so feel five again and being in time out for something. It wouldn't be five mins before I would venture back to the living room or something.

Luckily though the fiance and I both love to hang out in the living room, there is a futon in the spare room (the office/guest room/sitting room/storage/etc room actually) with a good lamp where sometimes I'll go to read if he's watching television. It's all about dual-purpose (or more than two) spaces.

Relaxing? I wouldn't read in the corner of a yellow hallway while an angry vagina was staring me down but hey, that's just me.

Relaxing? I wouldn't read in the corner of a yellow hallway while an angry vagina was staring me down but hey, that's just me.

thank you. i was so hoping that it wasn't just me.

I'd like to know what color yellow that is, but wouldn't want to chill out there.

I was really only reading the comments to see if any one saw the artwork as I did. Thans Kevon and nevergirl.

I never know what to do with sitting spots. Without a television or my lap top....I would just be sitting there feeling stupid and lonely.

This is actually a picture of the hallway in my apartment--thanks everyone for the comments. It's funny that so many of you share the same thoughts I do about it! I really think the sentiment of having a relaxing place to chill out is important (it would probably be our back porch). I've always liked the poster, which is actually an Interpol poster of a sideways eye and a gift from a friend, but I can't look at it for long periods of time because it's so, um, eye-catching. That's why we hung it in the hallway--limited exposure and it distracts from the big vents in the hallway.