BNO Design

It's come to my attention, by way of my own observation, that our interior design blog has brought you very little in the way of interior design lately.  I know we've shown you some stellar stairs, and lots and lots of updates on my own house but so far as simple, well appointed interiors go, well, I've been slacking.  What can I say, I love random crap and I usually force you to look at it.  Today I'm going to set the horse lamps and melting chairs aside and take a lazy stroll through some houses I can't afford.  I'm pretty sure that everything in these BNOdesign homes is out of my price range, so it fits the bill just fine.  Let's have a look-see A west village home:

A home in the Hamptons.  You all have one of these to decorate, right?

Ok, good.  Now I am guilt-free and can return to showing you lightning bolts and sweaters made from dog fur.

Come on back by tomorrow to take an aviary tour of the design world with DC fave, le petit oiseau

Fauxest

Last time I was in Albuquerque I drove past a lawn that was landscaped entirely in fake plants.  As in: little plastic indoor-sized plants and flowers stuck in the dirt with no rocks or grass (real or fake) in sight.  It was easily the most hideous yard I ever done did see and thinking of it still sends shivers down my spine.  While working overtime to maintain control of my gag reflex I begged the universe at large to please keep such monstrosities out of my sight.  The universe challenged my resolve by presenting me with this:

A bedroom designed by Marjorie Skouras.  I struggled, I fought, I really really wanted to hate it, but, well, aside from the real flowers, I pretty much love it.  It's ridiculous, totally impractical, and those greens are gross together but I can't help but revel in the fantasy of waking up there every morning.  What's a fake branch in the eye every now and then if the trade off is the opportunity to live in an unliving, unbreathing fauxest (fake + forest, huzzah!)

This got my wheels turning so I decided to web sleuth more rooms with fake wilderness.  I have to admit, I didn't find much - go figure - but I was very picky.  The trees (trees only) had to be HUGE and no wallpaper murals allowed.  3D only thankyouverymuch.

HG&P interiors tempted my tummy with this lovely, albeit temporary, event installation with monolithic trees

Here's another view incase one wasn't enough to satisfy your "wedding party I could have had" fantasies. 

Unfortunately, this is the only other example I was able to find.  Here's hoping (fingers crossed extra hard) that the trees in TWBA's offices are fake.  If not, I'm going to let the mossy abstractions on the walls count.  Plus, that grassy shag rug really drives the fauxest vision home.  Let's take another look:

Klein Dytham Architecture converted an old bowling alley into what might be the only office I'd ever be willing to work in.  Ok, it's good, but not that good.