With a children's slide shooting down from the attic, a pair of beds that look like space pods, blue rubber floors and pink walls -- not to mention a museum's worth of contemporary art and design -- one easily could mistake the London home of Kenny Schachter and Ilona Rich for an avant-garde playground.

The Schachters' Chelsea townhouse - celebrated here in the Chicago Tribune - was designed by Ab Rogers, whose own home the Rat and Mouse looked at recently. Ab clearly believes children should sleep in pods (his own kids do; so why not the Schachters, for Christ's sake?). The Rat and Mouse isn't going to generalise about that kind of thing, but we've got nothing against pods per se. Or children. Or architects. In this instance, however, it appears the Schachter children themselves have had the last say regarding the pod arrangements. They apparently prefer to sleep on a large mattress on the floor. Ah, "Shanty Town Chic", know it well.
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