The Slade Index

From Sizzling to Frigid: 

Sizzling: Overdyed patchwork rugs
Colorful floor coverings made from carpet remnants. Recycling gone mad (but very smart)!

Toasty: Ikat
Ah, the fuzzy geometry, the faded colors, the post-post-Colonial glow cast over your entire living room.

Tepid: Feed-sack-upholstered chairs
Shabby meets royal makes great tabloid fodder…but will they still be together in 10 years?

Chilly: The titanic kitchen island
When you’re on one side and the kids are spilling juice on the other, you’ll wish you hadn’t gone quite that big.

Frigid: Chandeliers
Obeying an unspoken 2005 design edict, we dutifully hung them everywhere—in our powder room, great room, mudroom. Now we want our head-room back.