Rate My Space

Rate My Space is a concept by HGTV which allows users to put up pictures of their living spaces online for others to rate. In truth, this ‘rating’ concept has been evident online in many forms, most notably the rating of amateur pictures of skimpily clad females in various poses a.k.a babe rating. HGTV’s just taken this concept in a different direction. I don’t particularly find rating someone else’s place amusing or extremely entertaining but I sure am glad I found this site. Why?

This site gives me access to plenty of pictures of actual people’s living rooms, not like some plastic surreal showrooms you see in pictures where form takes priority over function. Have you noticed how most modern homes in pics never have fans in their plaster ceiling? It wouldn’t look as regal or grand to have one but it sure would be useful for most any Malaysian home unless you have absolutely no conscience on your carbon footprint and your contribution to global warming. Having said that, I’m not knocking ALL showrooms- there’re still plenty of concepts and ideas in which you can take away from them. It’s just that they are often designed with beauty and elegance in mind and not functional daily living as the key underlying concept. I sure made use of my time before moving in to visit showrooms of new developments which I could nowhere near afford yet, to take away with me any intriguing ideas and concepts which i could apply to my own home. That’s also when i found my camera phone most useful!

Anyway, back to Rate My Space (I always seem to get sidetracked) …

The site offers a pretty neat search function to help you filter the homes you have in mind. The results for my search on ‘contemporary’ were aplenty and here are some which i find pretty neat:

Title: My Bachelor’s Loft

Comment: Neat, simple, cozy, love the brick face column in the corner. Lots of glass windows to provide natural light.

Title: Asian Contemporary Family Room

Comment: Cozy, mix of asian artifacts with modern furniture. Small carpet ups cozy factor but doesn’t take away the emphasis on tje timber/laminate flooring. TV seems to be hung too high- potential necksores ahead. Good use of large mirrors. If you’re heading to Bali anytime soon, you’ll see plenty of these asian artifacts for sale at extremely affordable prices.

Title: Georgeous Glendale

Comment: Clean, minimalist, SIMPLE. Nice earthy one tone walls to provide sense of space. The place sure doesn’t look lived in if you ask me. However, if you’re ever in the Kota Damansara area for furniture, just go to G.D.O and Lorenzo and you’ll be able to pick up items from these two stores to furnish your home almost exactly to similar detail as the picture above! Trust me, I’m not kidding.

Plenty more where that came from:

Click here to continue looking at more contemporary homes. OR

Click here to go to HGTV’s Rate My Space main page

I do hope you’ll find some interesting ideas for your home from this feature.

Imagesource: RateMySpace.HGTV.com

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