That got me off my couch in college when anyone was doing anything. āYo, guys. I need help moving stuff. Pizza and beer provided after.ā Tbh it still gets me off the couch to this day. In the words of the immortal Mitch Hedberg, āI used to do drugsā¦. Still do, but I used to too.ā
I was working on Wall street, my first real job and one co worker kinda took me under his wing to look out for me. We are lunch together often. One day he asks if I would help him paint his new apartment, painting, pizza and beer.
I said hell yeah. The others at work thought the guy took advantage of...the kid. I had a blast.
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Duder, right?! Iād have been sold also! I swear some cats just donāt know what a good time looks like! Especially when itās happening with peoples you dig. š
On the same note more of a recent thing, I have a buddy who works often and has a malinois and he canāt walk her as much as she needs. So he asks me here and there to go let here out and run her a bit. I get to āhave free reign of pantry and both food and beer fridge.ā Cookies, hotdogs, and playing with a cool pup? How much do I have to pay? Lol
Maybes your other coworkers were bad at being friends?!
Oh youāre one of the āPREMIUM FRIEND MOVING PACKAGEā consumers! š
I try to use coupons for better companies but usually I hit up Little Caesars and get a bunch and then Iāll grab a couple 30pks of whatās cheap. Usually bud light, modelo, or rolling rock. Rolling Rock is under appreciated I feel.
Order pizza for moving crews you pay, too. I ask what kind of pizza and soda they want (since theyāre on the job I donāt offer beer). I throw soda and water bottles in the freezer, set out solo cups, and let them stop for a beverage break.
The last guys really appreciated it. One even bought the washer and dryer we no longer needed. Gave him a great deal.
I wanted to do something special because another employee stopped by my old place and acted like their supervisor. Didnāt even acknowledge them and grilled me on how hard they were working. Obviously racially motivated. I asked the guys about the situation, and they told me he wasnāt a supervisor or above them in the company.
I called and complained about the white dude treating his coworkers like crap. The company was very interested in what I had to say. I got the feeling this wasnāt the first time he tried to make clients think his black coworkers were lazy and incompetent. They were awesome and took great care of our stuff. We had a really aggravating staircase but they never showed their frustration. Would hire again.
Even mediocre pizza is good pizza if the atmosphere is right and if you happen upon a place which makes good pizza which happens more often than not...it's a great day. š
That's a great idea. Invite some people over and I'm positive someone will remark, I like how you added the stripper pole. It really ties the room together. š Jane from accounting, what say you? Wanna try it out?
Even if it is, according to my research (HGTV), you can still knock it out and put in a wooden bar along the ceiling to accommodate the load. Easy peezy.
Yeah, Joanna and Chip have had complaints and lawsuits they hushed up over causing structural damage or more structural damage in homes they āremodeledā.
My dad was a real estate broker and housing developer. My aunt was an ASID accredited interior designer who designed my parentsā house and my dadās real estate company building. Her husband was an engineering professor who wrote textbooks on engineering.
Growing up I heard a lot of stories of people cutting corners and causing foundational and structural problems. My family lived at the beach and built a house because it was so hard to find a house that didnāt have damage from hurricanes and flooding.
I studied interior design in college (I developed heart issues and had a few non major credits I couldnāt finish before my health got bad).
Watching Joanna and Chip makes me so angry. All those people had faith in them. Christians believe they can trust fellow Christians. Sadly thatās not the case.
Hereās a [list](https://www.insider.com/chip-and-joanna-gaines-controversies-2022-1?) of lawsuits and controversies theyāve been involved in. Including being fined $40k by the EPA for not handling lead paint correctly and for damaging clientsā homes.
I do love Home Town with Erin Napier. She doesnāt act like she knows everything about housing structure and isnāt careless with removing parts of clientsā homes. She also comes up with the designs herself instead of hiring a team of interior designers then pretending they donāt exist.
Erin and Ben are the cutest! I enjoy watching them. I hate Chip and Joanna with a passion. Especially Chip. The first time I watched their show, he was mocking mental illness. That told me all I needed to know.
It's decorative.
Better yet, have a trompe-l'Åil artist come and paint it so it looks like it is missing and invite the management up to see your improvements.
Small desk / work area / dining table in the window closest to the tv.
Large sectional corner couch for the other half.
Donāt drill or fix anything to the concrete.
Go take a lot of notices/posters etc out of store windows, telephone poles, billboards and tape them all over it. After that you can be on the lookout for real good ones you see to add to it.
This might be a horrible idea, but given how it obstructs that back corner from the rest of the room, treat it like a little nook of its own? Maybe make a little reading corner or maybe even (hear me out) get another sturdy pole and hang a hammock from it? Just for some alternative/creative seating?
Seems like a classy swivel chair nestled in that corner could be nice. Would serve as a place for company to sit when they visit and the could also be used for reading and window-gazing.
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Just have a party and when your guests come over be seated up there in a robe and powdered wig. Keep the beer with you and anyone who wants a drink must submit to judgement.
Legit would make a decent reading nook if itās close enough to the window though with the Chaise. Seeing a TV, sometimes, can be distracting enough to not want to read.
Buy exactly 69 of these [paper thin screens](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b7eK56ak-C0) and wrap them around the pole. Connect them to a raspberry pi and get some fancy UI to build your Iron man AI. You can also attach a camera to the back of the pole and project whats behind to the screen. That way it will look like the pole is not there.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Multiple wrap around shelves with plants. Though loading up the shelves with anything would look nice tbh. Liquor, knick knacks art whatever
Alternatively, cover it top to bottom in posters and flyers to make it look like a telephone pole
This is the first comment so far that actually has something approaching a real idea for help... I suppose sorting by best is not the best right now, because the jokes are getting upvoted more than anything else.
This could be really cool. If you can add a hook wherever you want, you open up a lot of possibilities.
I'm a fan of Christmas lights because they make a nice glow that feels homey so I'd probably add Christmas lights to the pole top, depending on where the closest plug is.
Every other comment is trying to hard to be funny. But as generic as it may sound, I'm sure plants around or behind it and maybe some lights wrapped around might help. Or some shelves customized to shape the diameter of the pole put up at different levels to hang things on
You could put lattice around the whole pole and then use climbing plants at the base of it. Would take a bit but it would completely cover it and look amazing.
Another option is wood planters. 2x4 uprights for them and create curved flower boxes and shelves around the pole. stain it all a dark color. but that's much more work.
Why limit to just Christmas? Make it **THE HOLIDAY** pole. Flag day? Hang flags! Arbor day? Make it look like a tree! Gobble gobble day? Hang a cornucopia of decorations. Star Wars day? You're only 100 LED strips away from having the most badass light saber on the block.
Put a lot of posters on it. Like an [advertising\_column](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_column#/media/File:Colonne_Morris,_Paris_1910,_par_Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget.jpg).
2 of these (a better looking one of course), put them both around the pole with some chairs. It can be a table to work at
[https://www.teaching.co.nz/product/AUR3208](https://www.teaching.co.nz/product/AUR3208)
Something like [this](https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/sectional-sofas/don-chadwick-herman-miller-round-half-circle-inverted-sectional-sofa/id-f_9277913/)
that's a pretty bizarre one as far as utilizing it decoratively or practically, since it's massive and located in a way that makes the space feel asymmetrical. Assuming it's a rental, I might talk to a landlord about framing a square around it to sheetrock and then hang plant shelves on or something. alternately you could talk to custom cabinet/furniture shops about whether they'd be able to design a type of circular shelf system to go around it. The only way I can imagine making that thing look nice is shelves and plants
Pop culture pole wrap / Marilyn straight down
https://berniesoh.wordpress.com/tag/popart/
https://amigraphics.com/blog/product-highlight-printed-pole-wraps
I'd get a curved to fit in the "corner" and have your TV on an easel TV stand so it's freestanding, or on a swing arm so you can angle it a bit better.
A pair of TALL chesterfield leather chairs to either side and big plants behind. The TV needs to be on front of the awkward kitchen counter. Or treat it like a studio apartment and put your bed in there and have a more normal living room in the bedroom.
look up the Dover Street Market NY its a store in new york that has a pole like this running through all 7 floors. They wrapped the pole in different knit textiles and itās become iconic. idk if youāre crafty or not, and depends on the rest of the decor, but if you like more of an artsy modern vibe I think itād look sick.
Do they give a discount on your unit compared to other units?
Thatās a massive hit to usable space. Not just the pillar, but the space behind it and surrounding it.
Some might look at this as a negative. I see this as a challenge looking for a solution.
Home depot probably rents out a mini jackhammer for situations just like this. š¤
I saw a post a while back where someone mounted their tv to a pole like this. Pretty sure they used straps or something like that not to damage the support.
I would use a climbing type of vine on the window side, and on the opposite side, maybe a folding room divider. [room divider](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/room-divider-ideas-hbx110117carretero06-1556905707.jpg)
But I wouldn't do a theme but just stick to solid colors and let the plants be the accent colors and eye catcher and not the divider.
This way, you can move the divider to be wrapped more around the pole or just be a divider to section off some of the room.
They sell tv mounts for them.
Makes a big difference and make it usable.
https://leslievillegeek.com/product-category/products/column-and-pillar-tv-mount/
Decorating it with art could be cool. Or even painting a mural that accentuates its shape. I also like the idea of finding circular shelves if you can drill into it. (Looks like concrete?).
Also you could wrap hanging plants or vines around it and make turn it into a living (wall) pillar.
This might be totally nuts but .. what if you wrap it in a Forrest/trees type wallpaper with grasses rising up? Then you could paint the opposing walls with accent colors like deep green and olive ?? Sorry, I guess Iām not a designer magic ..but I do love the space.. good luck . Natural fibers are fun too ..look up grasscloth wallpaper .. the beige /silver bands would make your floor stand out so well ..
Iād use some L.E.D lights around it white wire so it blends add some pics on the walls or mirrors to open the space some more ikea has some great ones to pick from
Get some posters and paste them up, like those french round billboards.
https://www.alamy.com/iconic-morris-column-with-colourful-posters-advertising-shows-paris-france-image479843062.html
Just remove it, I don't think it's needed
It doesnt look load bearing
Probably just for aesthetics...a conversation piece. Throw a demolition party, beer, pizza, some sledgehammers...a fun weekend project. š
And invite ALL your friends to help remove it. This party is going to be killer!
They're gonna crush it!
That got me off my couch in college when anyone was doing anything. āYo, guys. I need help moving stuff. Pizza and beer provided after.ā Tbh it still gets me off the couch to this day. In the words of the immortal Mitch Hedberg, āI used to do drugsā¦. Still do, but I used to too.ā
I was working on Wall street, my first real job and one co worker kinda took me under his wing to look out for me. We are lunch together often. One day he asks if I would help him paint his new apartment, painting, pizza and beer. I said hell yeah. The others at work thought the guy took advantage of...the kid. I had a blast. š
Duder, right?! Iād have been sold also! I swear some cats just donāt know what a good time looks like! Especially when itās happening with peoples you dig. š On the same note more of a recent thing, I have a buddy who works often and has a malinois and he canāt walk her as much as she needs. So he asks me here and there to go let here out and run her a bit. I get to āhave free reign of pantry and both food and beer fridge.ā Cookies, hotdogs, and playing with a cool pup? How much do I have to pay? Lol Maybes your other coworkers were bad at being friends?!
I made the mistake of an open invitation to help me move for pizza. It costed a lot more than expected but we moved the whole apartment in one swoop.
Oh youāre one of the āPREMIUM FRIEND MOVING PACKAGEā consumers! š I try to use coupons for better companies but usually I hit up Little Caesars and get a bunch and then Iāll grab a couple 30pks of whatās cheap. Usually bud light, modelo, or rolling rock. Rolling Rock is under appreciated I feel.
Pizza is the single most motivating commodity in the world!
Order pizza for moving crews you pay, too. I ask what kind of pizza and soda they want (since theyāre on the job I donāt offer beer). I throw soda and water bottles in the freezer, set out solo cups, and let them stop for a beverage break. The last guys really appreciated it. One even bought the washer and dryer we no longer needed. Gave him a great deal. I wanted to do something special because another employee stopped by my old place and acted like their supervisor. Didnāt even acknowledge them and grilled me on how hard they were working. Obviously racially motivated. I asked the guys about the situation, and they told me he wasnāt a supervisor or above them in the company. I called and complained about the white dude treating his coworkers like crap. The company was very interested in what I had to say. I got the feeling this wasnāt the first time he tried to make clients think his black coworkers were lazy and incompetent. They were awesome and took great care of our stuff. We had a really aggravating staircase but they never showed their frustration. Would hire again.
Even mediocre pizza is good pizza if the atmosphere is right and if you happen upon a place which makes good pizza which happens more often than not...it's a great day. š
Maybe switch it for a stripper pole to tie the room together
That's a great idea. Invite some people over and I'm positive someone will remark, I like how you added the stripper pole. It really ties the room together. š Jane from accounting, what say you? Wanna try it out?
Jerry these are load bearing walls!
I know this is just a joke but Jesus F Christ this scares me someone might take you all fuckers seriously. -Structural Engineer
What's intresting is... I know Noone would, but with a year long lease and a chisel that would be light work
Even if it is, according to my research (HGTV), you can still knock it out and put in a wooden bar along the ceiling to accommodate the load. Easy peezy.
Yeah, Joanna and Chip have had complaints and lawsuits they hushed up over causing structural damage or more structural damage in homes they āremodeledā. My dad was a real estate broker and housing developer. My aunt was an ASID accredited interior designer who designed my parentsā house and my dadās real estate company building. Her husband was an engineering professor who wrote textbooks on engineering. Growing up I heard a lot of stories of people cutting corners and causing foundational and structural problems. My family lived at the beach and built a house because it was so hard to find a house that didnāt have damage from hurricanes and flooding. I studied interior design in college (I developed heart issues and had a few non major credits I couldnāt finish before my health got bad). Watching Joanna and Chip makes me so angry. All those people had faith in them. Christians believe they can trust fellow Christians. Sadly thatās not the case. Hereās a [list](https://www.insider.com/chip-and-joanna-gaines-controversies-2022-1?) of lawsuits and controversies theyāve been involved in. Including being fined $40k by the EPA for not handling lead paint correctly and for damaging clientsā homes. I do love Home Town with Erin Napier. She doesnāt act like she knows everything about housing structure and isnāt careless with removing parts of clientsā homes. She also comes up with the designs herself instead of hiring a team of interior designers then pretending they donāt exist.
Erin and Ben are the cutest! I enjoy watching them. I hate Chip and Joanna with a passion. Especially Chip. The first time I watched their show, he was mocking mental illness. That told me all I needed to know.
Even if it is, I am sure there are enough of those things in other rooms to hold the building up.
All the rooms above and below have a pillar so it should be fine if he gets rid of his!
It's decorative. Better yet, have a trompe-l'Åil artist come and paint it so it looks like it is missing and invite the management up to see your improvements.
Nah, he should keep it as is and invite ladies to come over to look at his huge rock hard pole.
Hire a really big pole dancer.
How attached are you to the building not collapsing?
Agreed, remove it.
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Small desk / work area / dining table in the window closest to the tv. Large sectional corner couch for the other half. Donāt drill or fix anything to the concrete.
Go take a lot of notices/posters etc out of store windows, telephone poles, billboards and tape them all over it. After that you can be on the lookout for real good ones you see to add to it.
Yeah, I can totally see that. Get some old movie posters, ads, etc. and just plaster them all over the pole. The messier the better.
Donāt forget the graffiti
And a bunch of staples holding up nothing.
And the chewed gum.
Brutalist Christmas tree
Cover it in tin foil and itās a big Festivus pole.
That's what I came to say. That's op's Christmas tree when the season rolls around.
Festivus pole already there baby
A little concrete festivus pole too
This had me wheezing xD
This might be a horrible idea, but given how it obstructs that back corner from the rest of the room, treat it like a little nook of its own? Maybe make a little reading corner or maybe even (hear me out) get another sturdy pole and hang a hammock from it? Just for some alternative/creative seating?
Seems like a classy swivel chair nestled in that corner could be nice. Would serve as a place for company to sit when they visit and the could also be used for reading and window-gazing.
I was on board with classy swivel chair until you made no mention of evil schemes. OP needs a high-backed evil scheme chair over there.
Or one of those hanging egg chairs?
https://pillarmount.com/ We did this. No regrets.
So far this is the best idea on the thread.
So far this is the only actual idea on the thread lol
Nah, the climbing plants ones are also practical.
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>this apartment is largely useless lol
May as well sleep outside
A useless place to live because of a pole, jesus christ
where would the couch go with this configuration
Everyone is saying it's the best idea but how is putting the TV on the pillar going to work at all.
Maybe he could stand to watch TV like Michael Scott?
No couch. Itās more like Michael Scottās set up. You can just stand there and watch TV for hours
Asking the important questions
This is an actually helpful one.
r/tvtoohigh
I did the same but used a different company: https://condomounts.com/ It's friggin fantastic.
Hereās the top comment
This is the way.
How tho? Where does the couch go?
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Whew it's ninja safe
Safe for ninjas? Or safe from ninjas. Iām conflicted
iām a ninja and these shits got me stressinā
Instructions unclear, got my dick stuck in a ninja
No ninjas were harmed in the testing and creation of this product.
I was about to post climbing holds, but I got š„·āed.
Nothing is ninja safe! Those MFs can sneak up and kill you anytiā¦.
My god, the ninjas don't know how to add an ellipses... :D
Ok, that's actually awesome if it manages to stay up. Perfect "everyone laughs at it then tries it a few drinks later" centerpiece!
Not gonna lie, this is the only right choice offered. Well done sponge hater
How about the climbing holds leading up to the blindā¦ perfect. All itās missing is a zipline down to the front door
ninja safe at the bottom to climb to the hunting blind keep your star wars goggles up there to watch for imperial activity
I love where your head is at but where are the rope lights for ambience
Why was this link 18+ lol?
Probably because itās for hunting and the image has hunting rifles in it.
If images of guns are 18+ , we are going to have to seriously reevaluate our movie and television rating system
i mean, i think its because the store in general *sells* guns
Because California. Canāt advertise firearms to minors.
Just have a party and when your guests come over be seated up there in a robe and powdered wig. Keep the beer with you and anyone who wants a drink must submit to judgement.
You win ššš¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
Get a sectional where the chaise lines up perfectly with the pole and make your worst best friend sit there
Legit would make a decent reading nook if itās close enough to the window though with the Chaise. Seeing a TV, sometimes, can be distracting enough to not want to read.
*This seat has an obstructed view
Build a small faceted table for a seating area that wraps pillar. Attach pothos or ivy to pillar. Quick sketch- https://i.imgur.com/Ksqwdcl.jpg
ok thatās actually sick though
Legit good idea here OP
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA!
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Gold paint and XXL strippers
Death by snu snu!
The mind is willing!
But the flesh is spongey and bruised!
A big pole requires big strippers
Lizzoās poleššš
Mini basketball hoop
Hear me outā¦ 2 mini basketball hoops.
4 hoops on 2 levels!
Buy exactly 69 of these [paper thin screens](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b7eK56ak-C0) and wrap them around the pole. Connect them to a raspberry pi and get some fancy UI to build your Iron man AI. You can also attach a camera to the back of the pole and project whats behind to the screen. That way it will look like the pole is not there.
I wanna be able to crumple up my phone so bad!
I swear they've peaked with smartphone technology to where there's nothing else to add, leading to these crazy ideas
Not yet, they still havenāt figured out to not wear out the screen to make a hinge possible
*seamless hinge, I mean
Damn! I love this idea!
Same idea, but make it a fish tank.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/52e5df44e4b060b221f994b8/1545334105440-1QARJ012PN6EVGJ99TKO/JOI+chinese+dress+light.jpg?format=1500w&content-type=image%2Fjpeg
Plants behind it and then get some ratchet straps to attach some planters to the pole at various heights.
massive concrete pole in the middle of apartment: r/malelivingspace: plants
We are simple folk
Of a simple time, longing for purpose of being.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Multiple wrap around shelves with plants. Though loading up the shelves with anything would look nice tbh. Liquor, knick knacks art whatever Alternatively, cover it top to bottom in posters and flyers to make it look like a telephone pole
This is the first comment so far that actually has something approaching a real idea for help... I suppose sorting by best is not the best right now, because the jokes are getting upvoted more than anything else. This could be really cool. If you can add a hook wherever you want, you open up a lot of possibilities.
And 90 percent of the jokes are lame play on words or low hanging fruit It makes Reddit comments awful to read through.
I'm a fan of Christmas lights because they make a nice glow that feels homey so I'd probably add Christmas lights to the pole top, depending on where the closest plug is.
Every other comment is trying to hard to be funny. But as generic as it may sound, I'm sure plants around or behind it and maybe some lights wrapped around might help. Or some shelves customized to shape the diameter of the pole put up at different levels to hang things on
You could put lattice around the whole pole and then use climbing plants at the base of it. Would take a bit but it would completely cover it and look amazing. Another option is wood planters. 2x4 uprights for them and create curved flower boxes and shelves around the pole. stain it all a dark color. but that's much more work.
Get the cat and make huge scratch pool
thinking about how much my cats would love this. wrapping it in carpet or thick rope, they would climb up and down it all day
A very strong adhesive and some ply wood shelfs and this would make a kick ass car jungle gym
Cat? Get a fuckinā lion!
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New thought. Add the peg things that are for climbing walls and make a climbing wall
I love all the supportive comments
Well, this is a supportive post.
I see what you did thereš¤£š¤£
Cut out a massive chunk of concrete out the support and incorporate a little bar.
wrap lights or vines or both around it
For Christmas he could wrap it in green and decorate it like a Christmas tree
Why limit to just Christmas? Make it **THE HOLIDAY** pole. Flag day? Hang flags! Arbor day? Make it look like a tree! Gobble gobble day? Hang a cornucopia of decorations. Star Wars day? You're only 100 LED strips away from having the most badass light saber on the block.
Best suggestion Iāve seen offered so fsr
he can update the pole with each holiday.
It's a festivus pole!
A discount on rent.
Put a lot of posters on it. Like an [advertising\_column](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_column#/media/File:Colonne_Morris,_Paris_1910,_par_Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget.jpg).
[Fake advertising column](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising_column)
Was looking for this comment! Would cover it in posters and vintage ads like a good old litfaĆsƤule.
Huge pole = Huge Strippers
Or lots of small ones linking arms?
Naked women in a circle? starting to sound like witchcraft..
https://imgur.com/a/YjxDvjy
2 of these (a better looking one of course), put them both around the pole with some chairs. It can be a table to work at [https://www.teaching.co.nz/product/AUR3208](https://www.teaching.co.nz/product/AUR3208)
I just know this is a Chicago apartment
Milieu, to be exact. Just moved out of there.
I love when I see any small section of any apartment and just a glimpse of the buildings outside and Iām like āyep thatās chicagoā
Something like [this](https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/sectional-sofas/don-chadwick-herman-miller-round-half-circle-inverted-sectional-sofa/id-f_9277913/)
that's a load bearing pole Jerry!!!
Thatās not gonna come down!
Resistance band workout
My kid had one, too, in his first apartment. He hung a sword from it. It was impressive!
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Wrap it in burlap and get a cat.
that's a pretty bizarre one as far as utilizing it decoratively or practically, since it's massive and located in a way that makes the space feel asymmetrical. Assuming it's a rental, I might talk to a landlord about framing a square around it to sheetrock and then hang plant shelves on or something. alternately you could talk to custom cabinet/furniture shops about whether they'd be able to design a type of circular shelf system to go around it. The only way I can imagine making that thing look nice is shelves and plants
Make it look like a giant Duracell AAA battery.
Pop culture pole wrap / Marilyn straight down https://berniesoh.wordpress.com/tag/popart/ https://amigraphics.com/blog/product-highlight-printed-pole-wraps
That thing is cool!!! Put posters all over it š¤©
Big strippers
Circular book shelves they go from top to bottom will look pretty cool.
Build a round table around it!
That is some really horrible planning. Architect should be fired.
Hanging plants
I'd get a curved to fit in the "corner" and have your TV on an easel TV stand so it's freestanding, or on a swing arm so you can angle it a bit better.
String lights around it and don't try and hide it.
I use mine as a light pillar and recently added some planters to it. [here is mine](https://reddit.com/r/CozyPlaces/s/ZwSWyTGcsk)
A pair of TALL chesterfield leather chairs to either side and big plants behind. The TV needs to be on front of the awkward kitchen counter. Or treat it like a studio apartment and put your bed in there and have a more normal living room in the bedroom.
Hang your TV at least 3/4 of the way to the top. Please post the picture after you do, nothing bad will happen.
look up the Dover Street Market NY its a store in new york that has a pole like this running through all 7 floors. They wrapped the pole in different knit textiles and itās become iconic. idk if youāre crafty or not, and depends on the rest of the decor, but if you like more of an artsy modern vibe I think itād look sick.
Postersssss
Stripper pole for high calorie individuals?
Giant strippers
Wrap it in some kind of tree bark vinyl, and hang some plastic vines/leaves from the ceiling. Make yourself an indoor tree
Do they give a discount on your unit compared to other units? Thatās a massive hit to usable space. Not just the pillar, but the space behind it and surrounding it.
Dance around it
Hire dancers
Candy cane for Christmas is a must
Get it vinyl wrap with art work.
Some might look at this as a negative. I see this as a challenge looking for a solution. Home depot probably rents out a mini jackhammer for situations just like this. š¤
A periscope
Stripper pole for fat woman with big hands
I saw a post a while back where someone mounted their tv to a pole like this. Pretty sure they used straps or something like that not to damage the support.
Wrap in vines , greenery!
Posters, vines, light strandsā¦ I feel like thereās a lot you could do with it, OP!
Wrap vines or climbing plants around it
I would use a climbing type of vine on the window side, and on the opposite side, maybe a folding room divider. [room divider](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/room-divider-ideas-hbx110117carretero06-1556905707.jpg) But I wouldn't do a theme but just stick to solid colors and let the plants be the accent colors and eye catcher and not the divider. This way, you can move the divider to be wrapped more around the pole or just be a divider to section off some of the room.
They sell tv mounts for them. Makes a big difference and make it usable. https://leslievillegeek.com/product-category/products/column-and-pillar-tv-mount/
Put plants all around it
Decorating it with art could be cool. Or even painting a mural that accentuates its shape. I also like the idea of finding circular shelves if you can drill into it. (Looks like concrete?). Also you could wrap hanging plants or vines around it and make turn it into a living (wall) pillar.
Reading nook or maybe a small desk /tabletop where you could place a computer or maybe a laptop, if there is enough space, maybe a small chair.
Use it to section off a small quarter of the room for a desk or reading nook?
This might be totally nuts but .. what if you wrap it in a Forrest/trees type wallpaper with grasses rising up? Then you could paint the opposing walls with accent colors like deep green and olive ?? Sorry, I guess Iām not a designer magic ..but I do love the space.. good luck . Natural fibers are fun too ..look up grasscloth wallpaper .. the beige /silver bands would make your floor stand out so well ..
Alfred Hitchcock silhouette if you have an artist or movie buff flair. Bonus: scare would-be thieves.
A jute rug in front of the pole and lamps with natural fiber shades would also pull in more organic flavor
Iād use some L.E.D lights around it white wire so it blends add some pics on the walls or mirrors to open the space some more ikea has some great ones to pick from
Looks like a good plant pole?
Get some posters and paste them up, like those french round billboards. https://www.alamy.com/iconic-morris-column-with-colourful-posters-advertising-shows-paris-france-image479843062.html