Flickr Find: Ramonah's Seating Cabinet

To be honest, this photo threw us for a loop. We weren't sure what this cabinet was for until we took a closer look and read the caption: "Instead of having a sofa, I used to have this for awhile...

[ Photo from Ramonah's Flickr ]

"... It's a cabinet minus the doors and shelves, but still with a LARGE drawer where I used to keep all of my audio tapes and mini discs. It's very cozy to sit inside and chat, read, phone..."

While this solution may not appeal to all (especially any of you with claustrophobia), we applaud the creativity effort of reusing a big piece like this to fit a small apartment.

Check out more of Ramonah's home and ongoing projects here.

Comments (15)

what beautiful colors!

posted by saya* on April 11th 2008 at 6:44am
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we went over this photo/seat a few months ago. why the revisit?

posted by *heather leaf* on April 11th 2008 at 6:48am
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It's awesome, like an instant alcove!

posted by weezerad79 on April 11th 2008 at 7:11am
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this is The Awesome

posted by protogarrett on April 11th 2008 at 7:16am
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I really love this.

posted by aladywhoknows on April 11th 2008 at 7:29am
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I thought it was some sort of upscale dog bed.

posted by Sleek on April 11th 2008 at 8:10am
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I think that would be cool for a place to sit down, take off your shoes, etc. As a sofa, I'm not too sure.

The colors of the back remind me of Mark Rothko's work.

posted by tallguylehigh on April 11th 2008 at 8:15am
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Fun idea, but it doesn't look very comfortable. I would have LOVED this as a child, which is not a negative comment by the way.

posted by jooly on April 11th 2008 at 8:53am
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I love this, but i think she needs to spring for a custom foam cushion for the bottom and use those pillows as back support. I think its a very clever re-use.

posted by DahliaCactus on April 11th 2008 at 8:55am
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very creative- love it.

posted by Oneformybaby on April 11th 2008 at 9:16am
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That sounds so fantastic!

posted by reversibleraincoat on April 11th 2008 at 9:53am
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Clever idea! I'm a little claustrophobic, but I could definitely sit in there with the wide open space. Changing something under the sink, like any part of the faucet, THAT's another story....

posted by kaanswfm on April 11th 2008 at 11:52am
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I always loved this piece. I remember that Ramonah has since had to sell this, I wonder who bought it and what they did with it.

posted by Lisa from VA/lsaspacey on April 11th 2008 at 10:10pm
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I think it is in poor taste.

posted by erinorea on April 11th 2008 at 11:13pm
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This has already been posted on AT...

The repetition on the combined site is annoying!

posted by CanadianOlive on April 12th 2008 at 12:55pm
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