Extravagant, Imaginative, Surreal Furnishings for Decorating a Hip Home

Each of these furniture pieces has its own voice, and owning a few in your home would make you feel like you were walking through a gallery every day. They might not look it, but the comfort and utility of these furnishings proves to be surprisingly adequate, and they had better be for the pretty penny the sellers are demanding.

A lovely dresser

For instance, the exploding dresser at first glance looks like it would present quite a test in operating.

A Lovely Dresser Exploded

The shipping crate design on this end table is charmingly rustic.

Shipping Crate End Table by Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba

Throw yourself into a Tim Burton movie with Vincent Thomas Leman’s bizarre, distorted bookshelves.

Furniture by Vincent Thomas Leman

Bookshelf by Vincent Thomas Leman

If you’re really getting into the character of the macabre, check out these casket shaped furnishings by MHP Enterprises.  Trés noir.

Casket Pool Table by MHP Enterprises

Anybody who works at a desk needs to know that spending eight hours a day in a chair causes terrible health problems. With or without exercise, excessive sitting puts a person at risk for obesity and heart disease. Metabolism slows significantly when the leg muscles are out of action. If you work at your desk at home, this treadmill at the computer is a great investment for your health and your waistline.

Treadmill right by the desk

This dining room set by Dharma Sedana enchants a kitchen with the ancient beauty of the forest. Made from the roots of teak trees, this set’s craftsmanship is utterly stunning.

Teak Root Furniture Set

Wood looks so good in a home. It brings the world’s old natural beauty inside. The medium works as a manifestation from the old world and also as a vivid expression of modern design.

Spaghetti Bench by Pablo Reinoso

This reclined chair of bent oak has such a whimsical structure. Ideally, I would put it on a front porch, but I might go crazy with worry about it being stolen. The design resembles a leaf unfolding to the sun.

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Sexy and cute, this furniture by Mario Philippona is the kind of stuff I would expect to see at the Playboy mansion.

Elite Furniture by Philippona

I have a friend in New York who designs all his furniture based on his ex-girlfriends. I remember seeing a plain oak table in his workshop with an apple painted under the table-top. It allegedly matches his ex’s tattoo on her lower abdomen. I wonder if Mario Philippona shares a similar passion for his furniture designs.

Sexy Furniture by Philippona

Escape into madness with the Madness Loveseat by Christopher Royal. It’s as much fun as a trip to Lewis Caroll’s wonderland. I imagine the Red Queen having something like this in her sinister parlor.

Madness Loveseat

Something perhaps more suited to the White Queen’s taste would be this surreal wall-climbing sofa.

Wall Climbs Up Sofa

This furniture shouts “Look at me!” It makes a room instantly more interesting. Dinner conversation is never sparse when the table is doing its business while you eat. Weird, yes?

Bad Table

I am always happy to see green efforts, and the following designs find a use for recycled materials that might otherwise be clogging a landfill. This furniture makes a home look fabulous and demonstrates support for environmental efforts. I hope these pieces might inspire the next wave of eco-friendly furnishings.

CD-ROM seating

Bicycle Barstool by Andy Gregg

Chair by Michael Whitney