Me, shuffling through the mail: Holy crap.
Uncle Jimmy, my brother, in-house bass player, painter, and handymanny: What?
A: The Restoration Hardware catalog.
UJ: What about it?
A: Look at the cover.
UJ: What the *&%&* is that?
A: Exactly.
UJ: No, really. What IS it?
A: It’s a desk.
UJ: No way! Really?
A: Yes. It’s called [squinting], the “Aviator Wing Desk.” How completely absurd. And ridiculous. It’s clunky and awkward! And contrived! And just dumb! How could they think making a desk out of a fake airplane wing would be a good idea?
UJ: I think it’s kind of cool.
A: WHAT? Well, it’s…[shuffling] 2 thousand bucks.
UJ: Wait. I mean, I wouldn’t PAY for it, unless it belonged to, I dunno, Herbert Hoover or someone.
A, to herself: Herbert Hoover?
UJ: I definitely wouldn’t pay for it.
A: Well, Restoration Hardware would like you to pay for it. About 2 thousand bucks. They will not give it to you for free.
UJ: Well, then, no.
A: No?
UJ: No.
A: Well. That’s a relief.
UJ: Unless it belonged to Herbert Hoover.
What say you, Gentle Readers? Restoration Hardware’s Aviator Wing Desk: Brilliant idea or the stupidest thing you’ve ever seen? And then, would you pay $1995 for it? Plus shipping?
Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She has been quoted in publications from The Washington Post to Real Simple and is considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible. She will be the first to tell you that she is NOT considered an expert on Aviator Wing Desks.