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Posts tagged “living room”

Computer-Monitor-as-TV-Screen Done Right!

Yeah, yeah. We're always hearing about how your home computer—with it's DVD drive and connectivity to Hulu and Netflix—can completely replace your TV screen and cable box. We've just ne...

Flickr Find: California Casual Home Theater

This self-proclaimed Cali Casual home theater is certainly clean and simple, but does all the high-tech gadgetry in the otherwise sparse room overwhelm the potential calmness that you'd want in your l...

Inspiration: Speakers In Strange Places

Yeah, yeah.. we get it. Speaker location super important when it comes to proper stereo imaging, but what if you don't care about all that? What if making your place feel welcoming trumps having a pa...

Flickr Find: Making the TV a Graphic Element

We already know how decorating around your TV can be a challenge. One of the best solutions we've discussed is to make sure that your TV takes a backstage to great furniture and decorations, even fadi...

Historic Tech Makeover: Oliver Schick's Living Space

Taking on a 110 square meter historic building, Oliver Schick interior design encourages modern thinking and home tech incorporation into a small, vintage package. The result is a very built-in look (...

BFG Phobos HTPC: Too Hefty for Modern Living Rooms?

Despite its shiny gloss finish, it's the bulk of BFG's Phobos home theater PC that becomes questionable here. We recall having a PC this size back in 1999 when using an extra desktop PC in the living ...

Final Frame: What to Watch?

An interesting dual window setup from Spark Modern Fires. We likely be more apt to enjoy the flicker of fire than most broadcast television these days....

Iceberg Console: An All-White Home Theater

This Overstock piece immediately inspired us to put together a room that could compliment its biomorphic modern form as the foundation of a living room home tehater: an Eames La Chaise, a white modern...

Hot or Not? Fender Strat Coffee Table

Straight from the boys themselves at Fender Custom Furniture, this solid maple coffee table is a perfect replica of a famous Fender Stratocaster electric guitar headstock. In perfect proportion, your ...

Computers and Home Decoration: Finally a Way to Make it Happen

It's true that most computers don't really fit into stylish living rooms. Usually, they tend to stick out like sore thumbs. As desktops get smaller and smaller, companies are trying to find ways of ma...

USB Couches Provide a Living Room Network

Are your couches geeky enough? The “USB Sofa” is a concept created for OFFF Lisbon 2008, the International Festival for the Post Digital Creation Culture, which looks and functions like a leather ...

Close-Up: Miper's High End Touch of Classy

click for more picsAh, man pads. How we love them despite their sheer impracticality. Everything including the high end B&W speakers, turntables, and drool-worthy Hi-Fi equipment keeps us all scratchi...

Photographer Captures Some of the Best TV Rooms

OMG! Love, love, love this living room. From the big windows to the low profile sofas to the gynormous foliage to the beautiful flat screen and speakers mounted on the wall, this room has everything....

Tati and Kigocoro Lamps: Strange Looking Trees

Lights can be easily used to enhance the look of any room. You don't need to spend a lot of money to make a living room look good. Just like a great tie, great lights make a world of difference. They ...

In Case You Missed It: Brenden & Shannon's Living Room Office

Straight from our own Small Cool 2009 contest going on right now over at our city sites, comes a noteworthy contender from the heart San Francisco, California. With such a small space to work with, Br...

Look! A Candlelit TV Dinner For Two

Tired of a normal romantic, candlelit dinner with your significant other? Yeah, we feel you. Talking is so overrated compared to watching high definition movies on your flat screen. Ah yes... a candle...

Inspiration: Living In The Chocolate Factory

It's not everyday you see an old chocolate factory converted into a comfortable living space. However, that's exactly what Fullexs did when he found the perfect space in an abandoned Swedish chocolate...

In Case You Missed It: Steve's Uptown Contemporary

Steve from Chicago showed us his nautical-inspired modern home at AT yesterday and we just couldn't help but notice his quirky love for neon lights and scattered tech bits throughout. While the fun li...

Jimmy Schönning's Stylish Living Room

Surely you've enjoyed the great glimpses inside Mr. Gizmodo's abode and Miss Design Milk's operation featured all this week. To end it strong, we've decided to take you inside stylist Jimmy Schönning...

Ikea's Living Room Storage Ideas

Occasionally Ikea sends out PDFs with ideas on how the company's goods can help organize and beautify a space. Now we're not sure about you, but we don't have the luxury of having two Philips flat sc...

In Case You Missed It: Nicole's Living Room Update

There's nothing like seeing a living room updated to accommodate another life - in Nicole's case, her preparations for the baby. Not only does the right choice of furniture make the space look absolut...

Go White! Estate Stalking Finds A Serene Living Room

From the brokers over at Alvhem, we were able to catch a glimpse of a beautiful property in Göteborg, Sweden, filled with Scandinavian influences aplenty. We've held many examples on how to go white ...

News: Are Your Pants Down As You're Reading this Post?

This news is coming from the UK, but if our ex-boyfriend's habits are any indication, it's still a stateside trend: 10 percent of web browsers have logged on to their laptops during visits to the toil...

Our Little White Sofa: Perfect For Lounging With Your Laptop

This is the first sofa that we've seen that's designed for both outdoor and indoor use. There is nothing greater than a multifunctional piece of furniture. Christian Vivanco designed it and it looks p...