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12 April 2007

Want! Want! Want! I am usually fairly indifferent to furniture and objects, but the coolness of this is awesome. Completely impractical, but just so stylish.

post by: essexjan at: 11:27 | 17 comments

Oh MAN, do I love that!

posted by BoringPostcards 12 April | 11:28

That would look perfect in my 1960s paneled-wall house.

posted by JanetLand 12 April | 11:41

That fucking rocks. Yet more proof that the 50's were (aesthetically speaking) really cool.

posted by jonmc 12 April | 11:52

Wow, that is neat. You could get impaled on it!

posted by LunaticFringe 12 April | 12:30

Oh my.

posted by Doohickie 12 April | 12:37

Ick.

But I am old enough to remember when that sort of thing was in style so take that into consideration.

posted by bunnyfire 12 April | 13:29

So, where did this come from? Is it actually for sale?

posted by JanetLand 12 April | 13:32

It looks like it might attack at any moment. I'd be worried about it coming to life in the middle of the night, bent on hideous revenge.

posted by mygothlaundry 12 April | 13:56

I saw that picture a few days ago in a Wired slide show, the TV is a 1960 Kuba Komet from Germany. Here's more info on it.

posted by octothorpe 12 April | 14:03

Way cool. Very Jetsons.

posted by Pips 12 April | 14:14

Spectacular. If I had that in my house, I think I'd never leave.

posted by scody 12 April | 14:59

Thanks for the additional info, octo.

posted by essexjan 12 April | 16:03

How groovy!

posted by chewatadistance 12 April | 16:39

Very striking. I hate it.

posted by dg 12 April | 18:10

I love it. I'd feel like George Jetson living with it, and be looking for Jane around every corner, but still...

I want one, too.

posted by paulsc 12 April | 20:20

I thought "Levittown"

posted by brujita 12 April | 23:05

I'm with bunnyfire on the "old enough to remember" though not the "ick" part. My parents and their friends were Class of '56, and every damn one of them had homes mostly decorated with such kitsch. I mostly blame Popular Mechanics, Craftsman tools and Sears.

posted by mischief 12 April | 23:13

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