Artist Richard Woods, known most recently for his "Wrongwoods" collaboration with Sebastian Wrong, was given full reign over a "hideous 1980s ranch house" in Woodstock, NY. This caught our eye (how could it not?) in the most recent issue of World Of Interiors, and we thought we'd share.
More photos after the jump...
Woods has worked with these themes almost exclusively for years; in fact, it was his 2002 show at Deitch Projects, "Super Tudor", that initially inspired home-owner and art collector Adam Lindemann to contact Woods.
While we're not sure we could live in a house so obsessed with looking like the idea of a house, (Lindermann says "I thought I'd get a parody of what a weekend house should be.") we admire taking such bold moves with era and pattern. Many of the pieces within are designed by favorite Paul Evans.
What do you think? Perhaps not only about these images, but about the idea of satire in aesthetics? Does parody belong in the home?
For interested New Yorkers, Woods' work is available to view at Paul Smith, and to purchase via Matter.
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This looks like a house that Willy Wonka would enjoy. I like the super-faux wood floors, but not a lot else.
This is very interesting, I think this person enjoys dimension. I think like, and very true willy wonka would enjoy this.
I can deal with the exterior - It's kitchy in a "Swiss Chalet" sorta way...
...But when exactly did it become stylish to make the interior of your house as ugly and uncomfortable as possible?
As art, it's interesting.
As a home, it's about as "hideous" after as it must have been before.
I think the faux wood floors are amazing - like living in a comic book, if you like that idea.
"was given full reign over a 'hideous 1980s ranch house'"
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So are these the before or after pics?
If it wasn't for the wallpaper, I think the bedroom would be amazing. Love that bed!
the bedroom is giving me agita.
Daring. I notice that if you look past the patterns, the color work is actually really nice, normal: yellows & greens in one area, hues of blue, a floor that is an exageration of wood tones, a blended metal, grey, black, and white for the bedroom... multiple rooms on AT we have seen are just like that. Its the patterns that throws it into a whole different place. I like it, if only for the attempt.
I love the floors, yellow-green flower pattern, and the outside design.
living here would give me a head ache.
You say kitch, i say crap.
I really do want to like it but these rooms give me vertigo.
the faux wood carpet is pretty appealing though.
oh wait its not carpet, it's even cooler than carpet (yuk for carpet)- Im a serial edit poster to day. sorry
satire is a great way of putting a little air in a not perfect space on a less than adequate budget (though none of this stuff came cheap I warrant)
we are collectively suffering through an age of good taste at the moment
the first way to sharpen your sense of balance is by CHALLENGING IT
Must have been quite a challenge to execute this redesign while assuring the home retained it's hideousness. Good job!
I suppose the whole thing could work as an art installation - something you visit for 45 minutes and then talk about on the way home.
If you had to actually come home to this house after a difficult day at work, it would be pure misery. It is the decorating equivalent to a room full of shrieking preschoolers running around on a sugar high.
"It is the decorating equivalent to a room full of shrieking preschoolers running around on a sugar high."
Richard -
You nearly made me choke from laughter!
"It is the decorating equivalent to a room full of shrieking preschoolers running around on a sugar high."
...while singing along with Barney the purple dinosaur on acid.
for movie sets or tv shows, yes. this would work on pushing daisies, for instance, if the color palette was more harmonious. as a home, not for me.
that same paul evans bed is in jonathan adler's florida home recently profiled in met home. while i prefer this bedspread to adlers, the maximalist adler showed much more restraint and knew where to go over the top - which clearly shouldn't be everywhere.
Love the dining room table and chairs. (though not together... proportions all off) hate the floors. Love the bed frame.
Looking at these pictures make my head hurt...imagine having to live with it!
Wow, tough critics here...sounds pretty snobby. If you have nothing nice to say, keep it to yourself. I love this house!