Crazy ottoman: Yes? No? Maybe?
By Christa Terry
Oh how I wish you were mine, Sari patchwork ottoman. You remind me of a wonderful set of throw pillows that dazzled me in childhood, and you say, “I belong to someone who isn’t afraid get cultural in the pursuit of coolness.” Unsurprisingly, that’s also what Gaiam Living wants me to think when I look at this refreshingly red ottoman. Let me quote their catalog…
Sometimes all you need is one work of art to bring an entire room together. Reclaimed cotton fabric patches, shells, embroidery, appliqué, tassels – they all lend a hand in giving this handcrafted ottoman its fantastic worldly flavor.
Could this bring a room together? I’m not so sure…I rather think you’d need an awfully special sort of room for that to happen. That’s not to say I wouldn’t happily accept this as a gift and stick it willy-nilly in my living room…because I so would. But you have to admit that this is a stand out piece, not some kind of aesthetic glue that’s going to suddenly meld all of your disparate bits of furniture into a cohesive whole.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Sure it could bring a room together…if you designed the room around the ottoman.
Would I do it? In a heartbeat if I had the cash to completely redo the living room! But I think you’re right in thinking that few people would have put together a room and then found that particular ottoman was the One Thing Missing that would Pull Everything Together.
March 26th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
After mulling it over a bit, I decided I really don’t care that it wouldn’t really match…well, anything I own. It would still look smashing in my living room! Now all I need is to convince myself that $200 is an okay amount to spend on an ottoman. My brain says no, but my everything else says yes. Then my wallet shakes its head and I’m screwed all over again.