Sorry, not my fantasy.

Curated is right.

As a space, this bores me to death and makes me wonder where we will go to after "minimalist modern with a hint of nature and retro". I am ready to move on. Not that I don't love what these brands produce, I just don't love it in such a context of bland sameness. A case of too many cooks, perhaps.
This gives me the impression that these high end mfgrs. have decided that it's easier to market and sell the ideas of "green" and "recycled" than to do something innovative. (A function of the state of the economy maybe.)
I'm sorry, but glass fronted cabinets is SUCH a stretch...and thin glass countertops sounds like the last thing I'd want in my kitchen. And that's all?

I for one will be glad when we can move on from eco friendly buzzwords as marketing hype. Not that I don't embrace eco friendly, but right now it seems like everyone wants on that bandwagon and it's 99% about marketing.

I'm just happy that "green" no longer looks like a Goodwill threw up in the living room.

This space was beautiful, calm, and efficient in person. I'd move in, green or not. And the combined presentation, in a "real" setting, got an amazing amount of foot traffic. I thought it was pretty brill.

I just wish people could see past the brands and pricetags on posts like these.

This is the Best of AD, this is why I do not care for this magazine.

The "Best of" part of the post's title comes from the editors who took the time to go walk this show and report back.

Sheeez.

I thought those rooms were lovely, though of course no one (I know) lives in a home that sterile and devoid of personality. But I think it's a great example of layering warm, cozy colors and textures.

I wish they'd done something about the electronics' cords though...

I thought exactly the same thing about the cords, erinpeace.
Nothing ruins the look of $30K worth of sleek high end cabinetry faster than a couple of unruly cords.

It's like being on the red carpet and having food stuck in your teeth.

But if you have a killer bod, nobody's looking at your teeth.

Nothing to do with the brands, the price tag, or the individual items--I just find the whole installation to be a bit boring and sterile, that's all. I don't think the designers did the products justice. (Plus, I'm no fan of the lone red wall.)

I love contemporary furniture, but this presentation looks like a disaster. If you aren't going to go all the way and do it right, why bother.

Everything from the fluorescent lighting to the unruly cables to the odd, Ikea-esque styling of the display rooms looks cheap and slapped together.

High end furniture (and its presentation) needs to be aspirational, and who in their right mind would want to drop $100,000 or more on furnishings to live like this?

The fluorescent lighting was actually from the ceiling above, in the exhibition space.

Wow, I'm surprised that there were so many negative comments. I love ligne roset furniture though I can't afford it. I enjoyed seeing the pieces placed together in an apartment style rather than seeing the pieces individually in catalogs.

If you know that this was put together in a convention type of space & not in a real apartment, I think cords showing, or less than ideal light should be acceptable.

I usually like sterile spaces can be done passionately and be very exact and sharp and brilliant this however is not the case at all it is rather bland and simply boring. Done with a total lack of imagination, the frames with the flower vases in them just are not the right thing they are not very appealing .

I agree with most that it lacks personality. It definitely doesn't look live in, which it wasn't. I personally don't want to live in a museum. That being said some of the pieces are gorgeous and I am a fan of the red wall: the only thing that looks like its mixing things up a bit.

Also surprised about all the negative comments - perhaps you had to see it in person. I loved the dining room - the table was warm with its mix of bench and chairs and natural wood and thought the vase wall feature was really cool.

Saw a light fixture from IKEA for $70 that's very similar to the one featured in the dining room. In fact Robin Wilson, who was also at the Arch Digest Show used it in the kitchen she did for the Kennedy House.

i LOVE that smeg cooktop.

at first..I thought I would really like this home..upon further inspection I was let down .looks too much like a ikea catalog ..too bad. The red wall is too much and it just seems that these people have alot of money but dont know how to properly buy appropriate pieces to fit this home...

it's ok. does make me wanna move in and dump my crap everywhere. ahh, that's better (fluffing pillows and kicking toys out of my way).