ICFF: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

I journeyed to the ICFF a rainy New York Tuesday morning. I don't know if you've ever heard about something cool and felt cheated because aforementioned cool thing was not happening in your city, but that is how I've always felt when I trolled my regular interior design blogs and read about their visits to this show, because I lived in Los Angeles before this year, and I felt I was being punished and left out.

Perhaps I built the whole thing up too much in my head, and indeed, it was better than a sharp stick in the eye, but it wasn't the buzzing hive of creativity that I anticipated.

The highlight product, in my opinion, was a litter box (see above) from modkat.com. Billed as "Where Modern Cats Do Their Business," I was quite appreciative that a team of designers finally tackled the most dismaying item required to own when you have a cat. The entry is from above, and the box keeps all litter covered and out of sight.

Whether or not I want to spend $180 on a product that my cat may or may not use is a question I'll have to mull over. She has been known to shit in our shower if she's unhappy with her litter box placement, so one can never be too sure if the princess will be pleased.

From www.thestreetisinthehouse.com = conversation pieces for the Wall Street bachelor. A dish rack, a wine fridge, an herb garden, and even an aquarium all found homes in refurbished newspaper dispensers. This is the sort of thing that I would have loved ten years ago, but now I would divorce my husband if he came home with one.

Along those lines, here are some high-end glass foosball tables. For the man cave with a wee bit of class.

Did a bunch of straight guys take over the design world this year? I didn't get the memo, I was hanging out with my gays.

Now, about hats. I am a big lover of hats because I have horrible hair. I can't figure out what to do with all of my hats, so they're usually scrunched up in a drawer or stuffed in a basket, and they are not given the respect they deserve. This is just a display wall meant to showcase the hats being sold, but as usual, I want what I can't have, what they're not selling, i.e., the hat wall. I am forever trying to buy the display racks in stores. Retail clerks really don't like me.


All in all, the ICFF was pleasant enough, but I had hoped to walk away feeling a bit more inspired. I am in need of major help with my new place and no one did me any favors there. Because, mainly, there was shit like this:

Yep.