Certain things we obsess about are born out of our unique environment. For example, we live in studios, stylishly appointed of course, but studios nonetheless. We declutter constantly, we're avid watchers of Small Space Big Style, and consequently we LOVE lucite.
Lucite you ask? What could possibly be so special about acrylic glass? Its a durable inexpesive material that, we think, does wonders for a small space. As much as hanging a mirror in a small space to make it look bigger is a cliche, its a cliche that works. The trick with a smaller space lies in coaxing light to shift around the room (mirrors) and allowing it to pass through things (lucite).
Take for example these twin tables.
Not only do we love how they are visually unobtrusive, we're pro the two-tables-bunched-as-one coffee table agenda. From personal experience we can attest that it's not the easiest task to locate such tables of equal size. It is much easier to find nesting tables, which we've seen work just as well, or a full size lucite coffee table.
Our love for this concept stretches as far as to say we're loving the recent trend towards glass based table lamps.
This works on a solid nightstand or a chunky wood console NOT on top of something else clear. You heard it here first, in design as in life, there may just be too much of a good thing.
Phat Tony Addendum: Nicely phrased, Bets... This being said, I think the very idea of lucite can be inspiring... It's a relatively inexpensive (read: cheap), clear acrylic... But it is, for all intents and purposes, reinvented when paired with something else, becoming a subtle piece, creating a beautiful contrast as well as opening up a space. Reinvention is all too often the name of the game here, and we're thrilled that it has been actualized so successfully. Not being afraid to use what you already have (of course, within reason) can be the core of incredibly classy style decisions.
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