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Fugly Furniture & Home Decor: The Moggit Girls Hate Your Eel Coffee Table

By Gendy Alimurung, Tuesday, Nov. 24 2009 @ 5:16AM
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Categories: Candyland, Interior Decor, Weird, comedy

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Joy Zaczyk and Janet Villeneuve are probably thinking what you're thinking whenever you see a fancy-schmancy design item that is too precious for its own good. They are the bloggers behind Moggit. They are unafraid to call out "fugly" furniture when they see it. Snarky is their full-time job.

What is the worst piece of furniture you've ever seen?

Bar none--it has to be the eels in the coffee table. Months later it still gives us the willies...

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All photos courtesy of the Moggit girls
I don't know about the Moggit girls, but personally, I've had it with these motherfucking eels in these motherfucking coffee tables!
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Have you ever seen a home accessory so bad it's actually good? The line is frightfully close sometimes between genius and madness.

Good question. And yeah, we see stuff like that all the time. This shelving system is a great example of that genius/madness design esthetic. It totally looks like it was strung together by a crazy designer hopped up on Red Bull & vodka; but it's actually a practical, usable, quite simple and clever design-- that also just happens to also look like a hot mess.

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How do you feel about super-expensive furniture? Worth it? Never worth it?

Oh... that's a tough one for us. We do see lots of super-expensive pieces that just make us scratch our heads and ask each other why anyone would ever think it was worth the asking price.

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"We kid you not...It's entitled Chest of Drawers and it sells for $26,000. What a steal - that's only $1,300 per drawer!"
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We really don't get that 'herd mentality' that seems to attach itself to a particular brand or name seemingly just for the sake of the name. The question we like to ask ourselves about 'super-expensive' items is this: if 'So & So' designer's name wasn't attached to this piece would it still be regarded as genius?

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"Yes, it is--a RAT chandelier"
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Or would it be regarded as junk? And if the answer is junk, then it's definitely not worth it.

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Monika says:

I love the Moggit Gals, they have a fun sense of humor and viewpoint with a hint of serious reality to asking oneself just who in their right mind decided on this theme to have the perfect home decor fashion sense?

I think if they hosted a talk show on the subject they would be highly entertaining.

Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 24 2009 @ 4:47PM
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Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 29 2009 @ 9:06PM
Miss Means says:

That eel coffee table is DISGUSTING. Never ever ever ever. WHO would use such a thing to put in their house???

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 1 2009 @ 9:58PM
Modern Furniture Dallas says:

Great ideas for our modern contemporary furniture shoppers!You will find select furniture sets by Lifestyle Solutions to complete your interior design, because of their beauty and superior designs.The store credit will be valid for 12 months.

Posted On: Friday, Dec. 4 2009 @ 9:08PM
Natalie DeJohn says:

This furniture is GROSS. I guarantee I will have nightmares tonight from these images. Weird, weird, weird.

Posted On: Sunday, Dec. 6 2009 @ 8:34PM
Affordable Modern Furniture says:

I think if they hosted a talk show on the subject they would be highly entertaining.I guarantee I will have nightmares tonight from these images. Affordable Modern Furniture

Posted On: Friday, Dec. 18 2009 @ 1:49AM
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