A friend of ours just moved into a new apartment and figured out pretty quickly that his roommates have a sense of humor. Instead of trying to hide their giant heater they made it into another member of the family. Introducing Mr. Belvedere:
Ugly Heater Solution: Just Go With It
SO even though most of us strive to hide an ugly heater and some of us do it with alarming elegance you can always go the humorous route and make your own Mr. Belvedere (as the guys call it). He gets a lot of attention, gives most people a good laugh and most importantly doesn't take himself too seriously.
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Lol, I love it.
view girlonthem00n's profile
LOOOVE IT! Clever and witty.
view MelissaLeigh's profile
magic.
i want one.
view each drop of blood a geometry's profile
hehehe. thanks for that bright spot in my day.... like when people don't take themselves or their homes too seriously
view formosagirl's profile
well done, old chap!
view Kate (NC)'s profile
Love the presence of optimism.
view callbob's profile
yup. totally love it. (you thought you were going to get negative response, didn't you???)
view animalhouze's profile
Landlady: "Oh, you are SO not getting your deposit back."
8^)
view btoddster's profile
You call THAT an improvement?
view shirley-temple-of-doom's profile
That is hilarious!
view Seaside's profile
If my tenant did that, I would give him his entire deposit back plus a case of New Castle.
Doh moh mate gato , Mr. Roboto, indeed!
view Seaside's profile
This is really cute & creative!
view rhianna's profile
As a member of the "Mr. Belvedere" tv cast, I know our Mr. B would have just loved this. Many thanks.
view ilene's profile
Cute!
My friends had a huge old wall heater in a dilapidated two bedroom rental guest house that they called "Mamma". They'd negotiate from the warmth of their beds through the thin walls for who was going to brave the cold and go turn Mamma on.
Sounds dirty, now that I think about it... ;-)
view LilyC's profile
BWAH!!! LOVE IT! That is too funny. Of course, only college kids could get away with doing that, but it would make me smile!
view amiencc's profile
You could also make it a butler and put a coak hook on the wall or put a shelf up and some real cocktail glasses. :-)
view kimg924's profile
You know, somebody should do R2-D2 or Dalek kits for these things. EXTERMINATE! Or like 60s lounge swank sci-fi Get Smart style kits too. Hmmmm.....
Ooo, and radiator covers too.
Forget you've ever read this...
view dn's profile
Genius! So clever.
view Amymj's profile
Oh I'm so relieved that you guys like it! Animalhouz-- I was somewhat concerned that I was going to get blasted for this, since it is something funny. SO phew.
view laure's profile
that is lovely! :-D clever and funny.
view maike's profile
If I had any heaters that looked like this, this is what I would do.
So cool.
view SputnikSpak's profile
ilene, cast member wha???
i dig it, though i would get sick of it real fast.
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