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[ECBG]

@Oznell 

About 3 years ago, remember over in the cheap labor countries, there was an old factory that burned down with no fire escapes?  A lot of workers were trapped and lost, some children, as the building unfortunately crumbled.  

That was a fast fashion site.  The "how can they do this at such a cheap price".

A champion of FF is Justine Leconte, graduate of Parsons with Tim Gunn.  She's on youtube.

[Oznell]

Oh, that is heart-breaking, @ECBG !   Criminal working conditions, horrible.

[Marsha2003]

Thanks, @Oznell, for introducing me to a new-to-me company, Oka.  I love the first two pictures.  Of course, the architectural elements are what adds the most charm to the room.

[Lucky Charm]

I like Frontgate and have outdoor funishings from them. I keep forgetting to cancel my RH membership at the end of the year. Only have linen shears from them and bath shelves. Almost all my furniture for every room is from Bramble Co.

[wilma]

@Oznell 

I rarely get home catalogs anymore. I like the OKA rooms you posted, and I absolutely love the movie "Rebecca". Those huge doors and fireplaces, along with the rooms and spaces were quite magnificent. 

I like both versions of the first room. Definitely my style of furnishings. I'd prefer a bit more color, but the room looks sophisticated & comfortable at the same time. I also like the room with the pale green walls. It's a very pretty & relaxing room to me. I like just about everything in the space, except the green striped thing would have to go. 

The modern spaces don't appeal to me, although the views in the pool photos are very nice. 

[QVCisFun]

@Oznell  , I agree that some furniture stores do some nice displays in their catalogs.  I particularly enjoy when they do indoor showroom displays of outdoor settings, for example front porches and doorways decorated for the holidays.  Some of those environments that they create are so inviting.

In the photos in the thread, the color palettes looked a bit gloomy, but the chairs and couches looked comfortable.

The furniture store catalog displays topic got me thinking about display setups in other venues, and how much I enjoy them.  Several examples follow.  Walking in furniture stores where they have whole-room setups that create a nice atmosphere, it would be fun to just sit down on one of those comfy couches for sale, with a cup of coffee, and people-watch.  Exquisite dioramas in natural history museums of animals in their natural outdoor habitats where the view goes on and on and you don't know where the exhibit ends and the painted background of the mountain vistas and sky begins.  The indoor mock-ups in casinos of outdoor places - for example in the New York, New York Las Vegas casino food court area, it is (as I recall) of street scenes with exterior facades of apartment buildings and their metal fire-escapes, awnings above windows, window flower boxes, store-fronts, and steam coming out of  manhole covers (so clever and atmospheric!).  TV show sets - like the Frasier living room with a skyline view of Seattle and frequent rain storms (real water) - would be great if outdoor displays like that were offered for inside of homes - would love to be able to turn on a rain storm or a snowing scene along one of the walls in the house anytime the mood struck, along with the choice of a background scene such as woods, forests, mountains, water, or city views.

[Oznell]

Great observations, @QVCisFun --  your eye for detail always amazes me.  I love furniture store set-ups too, and I often like rooms that are very much like stage-sets--  in the sense that they might have a slight air of unreality, or might be "theatrical" in some way.  Doesn't mean I don't also like down-to-earth, or simply comfortable rooms as well--   I like them all.

You are very visually oriented, which is fun for those of us reading your posts, and who are also fans of good design.