Unhappy Hipsters, we’re smiling: Black kitchen in the L.A. Times joins the ranks of the recaptioned

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Just days after the Times’ architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne called Unhappy Hipsters a ‘welcome addition to the often self-serious world of architecture and design,’ the website took a satirical poke at one of our photos, which had us laughing out loud. Our original Oct. 3 caption on the photo, by prize-winning staff photographer Robert Gauthier? ‘Robert Choeff holds daughter Zara as he makes dinner in the upstairs addition of their home. A long countertop spans one wall, and dark cabinets help to conceal the refrigerator and other appliances. The chalkboard paint also makes the kitchen feel bigger than its 125 square feet.’

The Unhappy Hipster caption? ‘Daybreak revealed much worse. The blackness hung low, swallowing shadows, blotting out sunshine. He hugged his daughter close and tried to assume the normal routine.’

Check out our original photo gallery of Robert Choeff’s and Krystyan Keck’s home, including the bench-wrapped living area where son Zo looks, well... dare we say happy?

-- Lisa Boone

Photos, from top: Screen grab from Unhappy Hipsters; The acrobatic Zo photographed by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times