Kate was up until after 2 am* reviewing the 165 entries to see about the answer to the question, "How would this TV improve your home?" OK, she was also watching her last few hours of TV before she sends it on to the winner; then, this morning, 7 AT editors & staffers helped pick the winner. And the winner is...??
Congratulations to Geode! We picked Geode because of his use of the TV in multiple contexts within a small space, as well as the community aspect of the winner's home (and the solar power doesn't hurt, either!).
Our 5 runners-up are:
• Nikirene - what a string of TV shows!
• SDH - thanks for the Sonnet
• magbot - Kate still thinks Jonathan's trying to contact you
• Wig3000 - definitely a creative entry with the haiku
• vwsmith - hopefully they get some better programming at the store for you...funny pics!
Happy Birthday/Anniversary to:
• marys
• Miss Sassy's husband
• Shalom's boyfriend
• ShowLola and her husband (cute robot sign on your TV!)
Thanks to all who took the time to enter; the humor was amazing, the TVs desperate, and all who entered, wonderful.
*Special thanks to Kate's DH for keeping her starbuck-i-fied at Midnight!
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
Aww, well, this is SO peachy! I want to thank AT for affirming my vision and helping me pimp the pad. I'm really grateful and I'm looking forward to the installation the context of use. Here was my winning entry!
•••• How would a 37" LCD HDTV improve my home? ••••
• Three Rooms - One Television. In my 500 sq. ft. home (almost done remodeling), I have a living room/kitchen and a separate bedroom. Instead of having a TV in every room, I want to mount my LCD display on a swivel arm so I can watch media from every room of my house. This involves cutting an opening in one wall so the LCD display can swivel and peek into the bedroom, kitchen and living room. A simple solution that takes care of multiple needs, i think the pivot arm implementation is flash!
• Bountiful Media in Multiple Contexts. As the main media center display for my computer network, my LCD display shares my music, videos, computer, photographs, and other media. From the kitchen I can load up recipes. From my living room, pop a beer and watch a game. From my bedroom, snuggle up and watch a movie with my lady. Triple the location, sextuple the fun. Everything's possible when you swivel it just a little bit.
• Building Community. I've been remodeling for 2 years in a retrofit cohousing community. We bought six cottages in Oakland. My place has not been the hangout house because it's construction central. Now that I'm almost done with the DIY remodel, I want people to flock to my house for movie nights, dinner parties, and slideshow presentations. Casa Azul and the Mustard Shack won't have nothing on my Rubisco Room. Believe it or not, no-one in the community owns an LCD TV. I'd be the first! Oh, and the LCD display would be solar powered, cuz we're the only solar-powered cohousing community in California.
http://www.TriplePointCohousing.org
If I get gifted the prize, I'll build a nice photo essay of the LCD display in the different contexts of use with hip happy people enjoying it's glow.
It's *all* about the Swizzle Pivot.
view Geode's profile
Congratulations. Looks like a fantastic community you all are building. Enjoy the new TV.
view nikirene's profile
Yay! Not a TV, but a shirt's still welcome! Since our profiles don't seem to contain our email addresses, do we need to send you addresses, shirt sizes, whatever?
view magbot's profile
Congrats! That's awesome.
view shani-o's profile
magbot - as an adminstrator, I could see the email you signed up with; I've passed your name onto Justine (works in the AT office) who will contact you for more information.
view kate's profile
congratulations, but i'm still sad!
view elizabeth in AL's profile