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Wow, only $7,380 for those cool Venini bottles. I'm glad AT is staying true to its roots by providing us with affordable suggestions on how to improve our living spaces. How long before this site morphs into an online version of the "new and improved" corporate Dwell. Maybe the site could use a few adds for overpriced swiss watches. And while I'm at it, has anyone noticed that AT is becoming more and more of an aggregator of links from other blogs. Seems like half the stuff I see on Design Milk ends up on AT. Doesn't anyone here think for themselves? What happen to the DIY spirit?

This site does have a MoCo Loco feel to it at times... (www.mocoloco.com)

that sink is hideous and why is a plastic rug so damn expensive?

The vases are giving me the urge to start a Countdown to Knock-off clock, where we see how long it takes for a similar design to show up at Target, MarshMaxx, IKEA, and/or Big Lots. This one, I'd put my money on MarshMaxx getting it first.

i'm not as bent outta shape as southernwayfarer, but i'd love to see more doable/cheap/free things folks can do to their homes. i'd like to see more practical stuff... not to say there isn't ANY practical stuff on the site, but more, please?

i'm old enough to know what a bad acid trip looks like and that sink pretty well captures it.

While the vases are very pretty they are insanely, grossly overpriced. The "incalmo" technique is taught to third and fourth semester glass students (I was one of them) and while it is not an easy technique a proficient enough glass artist could knock several of these out in a day.

The real trick to this technique is to create a multi-color incalmo bubble, knock it off the pipe and restart it on a new axis :D

ex: http://www.robtribble.com/glass/makinggourds/index.html

the irony of the woodgrain plastic mat is that it is ultimately more expensive than the material that it is trying to mimic.

file this under "why bother?"

I love the vases, and I'll stand up for them appearing on the site, as they are great inspiration.

I, too, have noticed that a lot of the products posted on Design-Milk are featured on this site soon thereafter. But, I've got to admit, D-M posts some great stuff. If linking through them is appropriate, it might not be a bad idea.

Those vases have been around a loooonnnggg time, so if no Target knock-off yet, I wouldn't hold my breath.

And yes, those vases could be easy to reproduce. So how much is a home glass blowing set up?

Much as I love the shelter sites, I already spend too much of my working day on this one to consider trolling the other blogs. So I actually appreciate the AT-editors linking to what they find cool on other sites. Besides, isn't the act of selection/ collection itself creative?

AT straddles different design worlds pretty well in my opinion. If AT only posted DIY headboards and make-yer-own wall hangings, I think I'd be just as bored as if it were all B&B Italia sitting in a converted loft somewhere.

Those bottles are gorgeous and, price aside, I appreciate the shot of eye candy. And I also don't care where the link originated. If I started looking at all those other design sites, I'd become one with my computer! Through AT I can see some of what others feature without taking the time to search myself everyday.

Wow, that sink is FUG.

Patrick - There is no such thing as a home glassblowing set up. A full fledged hot shop is very much an industrial facility and the mere costs of building and maintaining a shop is astronomical. To put it in perspective, imaging having to keep 20-50 lbs of glass at 2100 degrees F for weeks at a time.

That's not to say you can't work with glass at home. A lampworking setup (beads, glass figurines) would be pretty inexpensive and easy to maintain. For a little more expense you could set up a kiln and do glass molding, slumping, and fusing.

Oh, and check your area for a glassblowing shop. Most places will offer classes or rent studio time. I've found the average cost for renting studio space is about $40/hr.

woodgrain mat?
I detest such faux patterns. It's almost as if the designer is embarrassed with the genuine product at hand.

I think P2 was being, ummm, facetious.

All my thoughts have been summed up already. Glad I'm not alone.

Yes, PLEASE think about the MAJORITY of people who live in apartments! We can't afford half the stuff you feature. Which is not to say that good design shouldn't be featured, I do love lots of the things on this site. (Agree with the mocoloco feel sometimes). But there are fewer and fewer practical and interesting suggestions and solutions for small spaces. I snort regularly at the prices of the items featured here.

I am so tired of the complaints and rants that are posted anytime an item with a retail cost of more than $19.99 is featured!!

The last time I checked, no one is being forced to buy anything that is shown on AT.

You don't hear the people with larger disposable incomes freaking out everytime a "DIY" project is discussed. I firmly believe that a person's bank account and how they choose to spend their money is their own damn business.

AT - I sincerely hope you will continue to feature products and solutions in ALL price ranges.

I've been to the Venini fornace and saw them making these. They are worth every penny and yes i even own a few of them.

Oh please. We're not asking for 19.99. But things in the range of a couple hundred instead of a couple thousand would be a nice start. Chill out.

My first thought on seeing the sink is that it would make me feel very seasick if I had to look at it much, particularly early in the day, but then if you threw up in it how could you tell?

Oh double please. This site is full of the latest IKEA happenings, and craigslist finds, and lower-price-range-yet-not-target furnishings all the time. Not to mention how-to postings and house tours of small dwellings. The sky is not falling and AT is not going the way of Dwell and Living etc. Really.