Making an Entrance
Alexia Rossetti Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 1:06PM Whenever I visit one of these home design shows, I’m always on the lookout for the unusual, for the bold design, and for something functional also. After all, when you live in a space-challenged city apartment, you want furniture pieces to multi-task too! I wandered around the recent Architectural Digest Home Design Show with a skeptical mindset. I saw beautiful furniture everywhere but they really belonged to a mansion in Beverly Hills or at a penthouse suite.
I was looking for something to perk up my humdrum hallway when you enter my home – you know the type: a hallway too small to put anything really functional like a desk or a bookcase in it yet big enough that you can’t ignore it. There’s always mirrors and artwork but it’s not very original. Most people entering the hallway barely give it a look.
Then I came across the Perczek exhibit. Furniture designer, Jaime Perczek, has designed Art Deco style pieces, some large-scaled, some a more cozy size but all very striking. I saw their black and white bench. Now this can stop traffic. Bold graphics, sophisticated shape and colors give it an Art Deco feel yet its legs have a tribal, earthy look – unusual, striking combination. It shouts I may be beautiful but I work hard too! Yes, a very good place to sit while I put my dancing shoes on…
Reader Comments (5)
Wow, Alexia. I love this bench. It's exactly the kind of bold statement piece I wouldn't have the courage to indulge in. Nor would I know what to put with it. Did you buy it?
It's a pricey bench - so I'm looking for alternatives. I'm going to try to find something similar to it.
Wow, that bench is amazing. What is it made out of? Are the different colors different materials or is it painted? I love it!
Real estate will always be a great long term investment. This, most recent, downturn is really just a blip in the grand scheme of things. Thanks for the post.