Restoration Intervention

I was flipping through the mail stack just a few minutes ago and came across the new Restoration Hardware catalog. Have any of you noticed that they have completely missed the "less is more" movement currently underway in our country? I seriously think they are trapped in the 90's. The actual catalog is so out of control big it is sickening - what a waste of paper.

I opened it up to peek inside (always interested in their selection of mirrors, draperies, and lighting) and I came across this.

Now I read the bio about the artist, and I am not trying to criticize him personally, but what is this!?! The only think I can say about this coffee table is - leave it in the barn. It is the most impractical thing I can imagine with that metal wheel sticking out there, not to mention it is so freaking huge.

I started to laugh as I looked through more of the photo spreads. I think RH needs to include a little diagram of a person in these pictures to demonstrate how poorly scaled their pieces are. It would be so funny - it would be like Alice in Wonderland. For instance, love the concept of this dining room - but then I imagine all of the adults low in their seats like little kids at the big kids' table.

I went online to further investigate the scaling issue and here is what I found. Two examples of chairs which look like they could hurt you. The first one is called "Buster" for good reason.

I really don't have anything against RH but just wanted to point out that they need an intervention. Someone needs to let them know their proportions are getting scary.

It is a domino effect. If someone unassumingly buys one of these huge chairs it sits in the corner of the room and looks like it is about to eat people it is so big. Already feeling intimidated and weirded out since all of the other pieces of furniture in the room all of the sudden look so wimpy, the home owner goes out and buys more over-scaled furniture to compensate. She then finds herself in a poorly designed and unoriginal room furnished by RH.

Please don't let it happen to you!