There is a very famous phrase in the design world that 'Form Follows Function'. While it might be very nice to have an old 'ice box' of the late 1800's in your living room raising eyebrows and commentary, it is better to have art that works.

So you've finished creating that perfect painting with the very best art supplies but you're not sure how to show off your skills. The majority of people are content to hang their art on the wall but this can be too conventional for those who are keen to discover adventurous ways to display their creations differently. One unusual way to exhibit your art is to lean it against pieces of household furniture and this works best on side tables that are found in sociable places like a living room or private areas such as...

The story takes place in the future, a little more than two decades from today. So let me set the stage for you. Two individuals very similar to Bill Gates and Paul Allen have created a virtual reality living room, that is so real, it's hard to tell whether you are in real life or immersed within the game. This virtual reality gaming center incorporates;

There was an invasion of socks! At least that's the way it seemed each week after doing the laundry. As we all sat in the living room folding clothes the chatter that usually takes place in a family with four young boys was in session.

The Painter, a short old man clean shaven, had some difficulty in getting to sleep. The windows alongside of his house in which he lived were low and he could look out them at his lilac bushes when he awoke in the mornings, or paced the living room floor in the afternoons. Several workmen came to fix the house he had just purchased on Cayuga Street (1958), a carpenter, electrician, plasterer, and a furnace man, and Earnest Manning, his neighbor, and daughter's boyfriend.