My taste is most certainly evolving to the wackier and wackier. It’s like: Show me something I haven’t seen!
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The “Tiki” furniture is a great example of fun design gone bad. I have trouble identifying the set as “tiki,” despite the seller’s claim that it is. That chair haas Chinese dragon heads on the arms, and the faux fur upholstery is not a true Tiki element. The Polynesian Islands did not have furry animals large enough to create fur anything … and it was too hot for fur, anyway.
It’s an African motif, as is the fur shield and spears on the wall. The only “Tiki” things Ii see in the room are the lamp bases. What gawd-awful furniture! It makes me laugh, it’s so awful.
PSS, I agree – this stuff is way over the top. I definitely have a defiant streak – so the “so awful it’s wonderful” aspect is very appealing to me.
Oh, wow…That dragon chair is something else! (Though not Tiki, clearly.) It’s like some sort of throne from a Narnia or LOTR movie. It’s so awful it’s really likable!