Gypsy Modular: Furniture for the Irish Traveler in all of us

Gypsy Modular, a line of LEGO-inspired furniture, is ideal for itinerant teenage brides living in British caravan communities — or for students, on-the-go professionals and growing families.So here’s the deal: I’ve recently become completely obsessed with gypsies. Or, more accurately, I’ve become obsessed “Big Fat Gypsy Weddings,” a new-ish British documentary series airing on Channel 4 that made its stateside debut on TLC this past weekend with a slightly tweaked name: "My 

Big Fat Gypsy Wedding." 

For those of you who have known and love the seven-part series (I started watching it earlier this month onYouTube), you’re probably well aware that this isn’t your run-of-the-mill reality wedding show. Although curious courting rituals and outlandish matrimonial garb (think Lady Gaga and Nicole Polizzi go to prom in 1980s Manchester) do play central roles in the show, the main draw of "Big Fat Gypsy Weddings" is the intimate glimpse we get into the brutish — and often tragically short — lives of young, modern-day Romany gypsies and Irish Travelers living in the U.K.