The kings of style, Hallops, appear to have taken their attention to detail a little too literally. Yes, the design is fashionable, but who minds when the furniture requires a Ph.D. in engineering to assemble? The instructions are so bad you'd be better off perusing a Chinese medical textbook, don't even get me started. Hallops might be a popular option among interior designers, but for the rest of us, it's a recipe for design catastrophe.