Man, this is the most boring sofa I’ve ever seen on this corner. Let’s get it together and try a little harder mmm-kay. The placement is all off and the color is dull. You’re better than that people of Van Nuys.
Bryan Warman sent this in from his iPhone. In a heartfelt moment just a few week ago Bryan was brave enough to admit that he’s one of the seven people who reads this blog. God bless you—I need all the hits I can get.
In the spirt of celebrating crap left on the street we kick this one off with black and yellow love seat. Yes, I said black and yellow. Not just yellow, NEON yellow. One doesn’t typically find this color combination in living room furniture because it’s visually disturbing and could someone like me migraine. If I could go to the island of LOST I would throw this thing in the time machine and send it back to 1986.
What sets this sofa apart from the upholstered Van Nuys rubbish I lovingly photograph is it’s unique city of origin: Hollywood. Being from Tinsel Town this sofa of course has an agent who, as you can see, just walked away and left his Panda Express Dr. Pepper. I love L.A.!
Welcome to the Sofa of the Month Club: Horror Edition. I spotted this duo of Nerf-meets-Rococo casually hanging out in perfect symmetry. Symmetry, can be very haunting like H. R. Geiger but in some cases symmetry can be incredibly peaceful and calming like a Cathedral. I’m really not clear how these two love seats could fit into ANY decor. What do these go with? Why did they need two them? I just don’t get it. All I know is I found it a little unsettling and I’m glad they’ve been hauled off by the Van Nuys elves.
I walked around this weekend and was blown away at how nice is was there. Firstly, all the kennels are outside and everything was super clean. They had a special cat room. They had a reptile room, an aviary, and a area for bunnies. The pound isn’t an easy place to visit but I’m telling you they are doing a great job here. Van Nuys is coming up man!
It’s kinda hard to get the vibe from the photo but in the theater lobby there’s a little restaurant with great food. No really it’s good and there’s the view. You’re RIGHT next to the freeway but you can’t hear the cars at all so it’s sort of surreal and beautiful. Did I mention there was a full bar?
I think this may take the award for the most beautiful Sofa of the Month ever. Just look at the way it pours out on the street in an avalanche of blue plaid. The first thing to note though is that all the cushions are here. Normally people hold onto those for some reason. Maybe they like to prop themselves up in bed to read or the family dog takes one over. Anyway, the obvious bonus of this beauty is a sleeper—SUPER RARE! This is such a hot feature that I swear to you on the body of sweet baby Jesus that I saw a fellow Van Nuys resident with a screwdriver completely strip the entire apparatus out of the loveseat for his own home use. Who wouldn’t?
This little number has already been hauled away by the city. It will be missed. But, it will also live on in the home of the guy who is now sleeping on it’s insides.
They’re big and they’re brown and I’m not talking about the salty chocolate balls of Isaac Hayes. I’m talking about these two glorious upholstered turds that were left for dead on my corner. Were these ever in style?
If I were Christopher Lowell I would make Richard Simmons look like Russell Crowe. But, more importantly as a celebrity decorator what would I do with these? Personally, I think I would set them on fire. However, Chris might call this “a design dilemma” but he’d jump right in and pick a paint color, add an accent fabric, some accessories, and decide on a window treatment that would match the room. Well, actually, he might set them on fire, too.
Man, it’s been a while. The corner has been looking pretty lonely. The occasional mattress would pop up here and there but never any sofas—until today. this is a nice little brother/sister act. The little one appeared yesterday and this morning I see that the big one sneaked up behind it. The bigger the crowd the more people show up. I guess the same goes for furniture. I really like the crack-allure the little one has. It kinda looks like a bowl of pudding left in the fridge for too long. Again we’re missing the bottom cushions but those never seem to turn up. On my way home tonight I’m gonna check for change. Wish me luck.
UPDATE:
Someone dropped off another sofa today taking the grand total of sofas to 3!
UPDATE:
Someone threw another into the mix. Four is a record but let’s go for five. Come on residents of Van Nuys you can do it!
I ran up to the top of Mulholland today and took this shot. There was a nice rain last night and I knew it would be clear. It’s a rare day when you can breathe in freash air in Los Angeles. I’m enjoying it.
