Domestic Dispatches: Will I Ever Master the Remote? - Remodelista
The only thing I want for Mother’s Day is to learn how to turn on the television. “Just show me how to turn on the television,” I said. Our TV setup; see 7 Secrets for Living with a Flat-Screen TV, Cord Control Edition. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista. LA designer Michaela Scherrer added a pocket to her sofa slipcover to stash the remote. The remote control has been the bane of my existence–and probably yours–since the gadgets started proliferating like rabbits about 20 years ago. I remember a time not so long ago when we kept a stack of at least three on the coffee table: one for the television... ...one for the stereo, and one for the something else (but no one ever used that one). In my opinion, the remote control will never be universal. Ikea offers a handy remote control pocket, the Flört, for $4.99. But my generation is not made up of quitters. After their cell phones and computers, they said a DVR is the third most critical device they cannot live without (emphasis mine).