i don't like that at allll.

At first I thought the air duct was slinkies, and I was sadly wrong. Swap it out for a bunch of different sized slinkies, and I'm in!

Now this is just silly.

this is awful. it looks like it fell there from the ceiling.

That's horrible. Just sayin'

NOOOOOO

oh, i just checked out the rest of the shoot and the rest of it is "cute." a little forced, contrived, and not particularly practical (light bulbs on chair backs? slightly dangerous...) but "cute".

this duct is just really really bad though.

Looks like a silver coated earthworm invaded the table. Too bad, the rest of the vibe seems promising and I usually love industrial anything thrown into the floral mix. At my wedding, for the main huge flower arrangement when you walk in, we used a huge black iron press from my grandfather's darkroom.

i once made votive candle holders out of electrical conduit couplers... it was not received well either.

Multipass.

I like the concept--industrial silver tones plus well-mannered small plants with the rough-hewn wood and matte black plates--but the air duct itself is, as BrooklynAllison said, contrived. Still, I appreciate AT showing us how creative people execute their concepts and reading the reactions. This certainly isn't the same old-same old, but new and different for its own sake isn't always a winner.

I agree with BrooklynAllison...the duct looks like it fell. I looked at the rest of it, too. Trying too hard. Not good.

eh. like the colours, but as already stated, kind of contrived and impractical and kind of ugly. totally with jacie-woz on the slinkies, though!

"The design details paid homage to the time period in which the barn was constructed"---pretty sure they didn't have flexible aluminum dryer vent hoses when that barn was built.

But that didn't even bother me all that much, what bugged me was the thought of eating at that table and resting my forearms on that rough wood shingle surface. No thank you.

"Trying too hard" describes it perfectly. (Also, as I was scrolling over the photos on the blog post, the PIN IT button popped up and for a split second I thought it was a little sign on the actual vignette, in person, ferreals. Which is not that big a leap, when you think about it.)

Oh, no no no. EEK.

I'm pretty open-minded about most things I see on Apartment Therapy but the vent on the table is just weird. I agree with those above that it looks like it just fell and landed in the middle of the table. That happened to my grandparents with a ceiling fan on their dining room table but they didn't leave it there.

Lol, Jenny A.

Attrocious. Really, you posted this?

ditto all of the above

just no

Uh, no.

Why is AT interpreting industrial design as construction components lately?

Trying too hard, I agree. The choices for materials are not very end-user friendly. Light bulbs on the back of the chair? So easy to break and get cut on! Shingles on the table? I hope they have a lot of tweezers handy for all the guests' splinters.

If an object is used in a way that makes you do a double take (or you can't even recognize it as being used for the original purpose at all) it can be successful.

Not this. You look at it and say 'flex ducting' and then are just confused. Is that a mistake? If nothing else, it's probably a bad idea to place something known for being dirty, dusty, greasy, lint-filled next to food. It's like using a kitty litter box as a bread basket.

Looks like a piece of intestinal track. No thank you.

Er...ah...huh? If I went to someone's house and sat at this table I'd be confused and then embarrassed for them as they looked around and saw everyone's faces in response to it. Awkward and appetite killing.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Everyone hates it so far (as do I). Agree with everything anyone said above ^

Also, I'm not a fan of the colour scheme - Red, brown, black, transparent, green, silver, white... and is that gold ribbon on the napkin?

And.. how "green" is this? I'm guessing that the pipe isn't going to be installed anywhere (neither will the small globe lights that dangerously adorn the chairs), the plates are personalized with people's names on them (rendering them useless unless the names wash off somehow.. )..

Anyway... not my thing.

My thoughts exactly! Nothing like seeing where your dinner's going to end up to set the mood...

Haha I immediately saw the sandworm from Beetlejuice going through that creepy desert landscape

As of just now (11/27, a.m.), no one had posted a negative comment at the Green Wedding Shoes web page for this "industrial" wedding theme that incorporates a clothes dryer duct. Is the AT community more aesthetically discriminating or just more forthright?

My first thought was UGH so I'm relieved to read everyone else feels the same.
My second thought was the 'fluff' that accumulates in your dryer and that alone would put my appetite off.
I click on the link to view the rest and no, just no.

Looks like a metallic snake or a giant tapeworm. Appetite, goodbye.

I call this...Crap on the Side of the Road.

Like the table, the dinnerware etc. flowers, but this is "designer trying SOOOO hard to be out of the box CLEVER". In reality, it's flat out silly/stupid. Been there; have tried 'ideas' that I wanted to work SOOO badly; but came to my harsh reality senses and ditched the idea. Shoulda happened here!

Hmmm....which reminds me....I need to clean the lint off my dryer.

oh geez. I never leave negative comments, but... this is just. awful. Although, I clicked on the link and do really like the bouquet... has sort of a Jetsons vibe.

HA. This is hilarious. Regretsy-grade terrible, for serious.

lmao, please tell me this is some kind of design troll. If so, then bravo.
My first thought on seeing the pic was "I've got to read the comments" cuz this is just too too much.

It reminds me a giant earthworm in the middle of a dining table and that doesn't make me want to eat. Quite the opposite.

It's a shame really b/c if you go to the site the rest of the wedding decor is actually really nicely put together especially the coffee bar table. And this is from someone who loves barn and rustic farmhouse decor.

This is so tacky! This would be like an episode of some dumpster diving tv show, where the challenge would be to only find trash and create a centerpiece for a table. GROSS!

Pitiful.

HAHAHA! Take the duct work off the table. NOW.

And just like that....a lovely table. See, that wasn't too bad!

no.

Ok admit it, aside from being straight-up aesthetically offensive, the other reason this is appalling is that it reminds us all of a GIANT INTESTINES. Lying on the table. During a dinner party. There, I said it.

Thinking this might have started as a high school art project/installation relating to gluttony, table setting lust, or any number of the other 7 deadly sins?

No.

I'm guessing these people have been neck-deep in home improvement projects like I have this year. This would be hilarious for a dinner to thank my friends who have helped me! I'll have to think of a way to make a cakestand out of downspout sections, chargers out of drywall scraps, and placecards out of the hideous wallpaper we had to scrape off! This gets a big hammer-bruised thumbs UP from me!

Ok guys... this really isn't that bad!! Of course no one would use a USED air duct for the centerpiece... I mean come on. I think its unique and something no one has seen before! Harsh comments for such pretty work. I enjoyed seeing something different. Bravo!!

One of the first comments suggesting slinkies of varying sizes was spot on. That would have killed this theme I think. Maybe they could have planted the succulents in small pipes or similar? maybe short galvanized raingutters. This is just horrible.