no i don't mean the quality, just how it looks. i would get tired of a lot of it.
― harbl, Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Depends on what your eye & brain consider a "basic" couch, I suppose. (Or a basic table, or chair, etc.) If you expect to see something in a certain style, you're not always mentally confronting it again and again -- your eye just passes over.
If you think of the style as being bold or loud or obtrusive, then yes, maybe that would wear after a while.
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
yah i dont think that any furniture you buy will seem continually fresh or obtrusive or w/e - fading into the background is just kinda what furniture does even the strongest pieces
i do think i like modern/design-y stuff because it feels to me the 'best suited' to contemp urban enviornments - its weird going to ppl's places and seeing heavy antique chesterfields in their living rooms
― Lamp, Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Agreed, altho I grew up in a 1903 house with Victorian furniture so it's possible I'm also wanting a fresher aesthetic in reaction to that.
When I was little, before I knew anything about "modern" or contemporary design, I preferred Craftsman/Prairie over all other styles. Of course in 1988 you could buy Stickley pianos at estate sales because no one wanted them. O_o
― WHY DON'T YOU JUST LICK THE BUS DIRECTLY (Laurel), Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
contemporary stuff is fine, i don't really like antiques or whatever either
― harbl, Thursday, 21 January 2010 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I bought a Jed armchair from Habitat. It has changed my life. It might even have changed my music habits as I am more likely to *stop* and sit down and really, really listen.
― djh, Thursday, 21 January 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Oooh, we've been thinking about a Jed; we've got a Viktor sofa and it'd go great with that.
― brain thoughts (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
It's surprisingly comfy, for a chair with a wooden back. You will start listening to Rune Grammofon on your Alessandros. I'm sure I've a discount code somewhere for Habitat. Will post if I find.
― djh, Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.chicagohomemag.com/Chicago-Home/Images/Nov-Dec/house_sofa_2.jpglamp wth is this I thought u were homo
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Thursday, 21 January 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
omg i want this http://www.besthousedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/brown-barcelona-chair-588x372.jpg
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 22 January 2010 00:42 (fourteen years ago) link
like, really bad. really really. anyone know of any good barcelona reproduction companies??
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 22 January 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
it's in the sale, nick:
http://mydeco.com/p/occasional-armchair/d681da9cc7bf2b8cc0d3ca71bb50e38a1208dac9/
― djh, Friday, 22 January 2010 11:28 (fourteen years ago) link
honest opinions on this "Trento Slipper Chair" in faux brown leatherhttp://images.hayneedle.com/mgen/master:LHD307.jpg
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 22 January 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
The base looks like conference room/office furniture, to me.
― Reading makes my ovaries hurt (Laurel), Friday, 22 January 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe in the right room it wouldn't be as noticeable.
― Reading makes my ovaries hurt (Laurel), Friday, 22 January 2010 18:06 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah definitely a little office-y
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 22 January 2010 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.besthousedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/brown-barcelona-chair-588x372.jpg
Surm my sister-in-law has this chair + a footstool and that is some next-level sitting, let me tell you. Would sit in again.
― vacation to outer darkness (Abbott), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
adflkjas;flkjasf;lkj. i wonder if she paid $4k for it . . .
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
She got a repro at a used furniture store for $150, lucky gal.
― vacation to outer darkness (Abbott), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
omg waht
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
we deciiiided!
http://www.westelm.com/products/250944/?catalogId=21&bnrid=3902401&cm_ven=Shopping&cm_cat=GoogleBase&cm_pla=ProductFeed&cm_ite=AllProducts
fucking pumped ! !
― you have to forgive me (surm), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice, I like the Trento too. I'm in the throes of trying to move house, hopefully to somewhere a little bigger, which will necessitate all kinds of new furniture.
Abbott: cannot believe yr s-i-l's luck on that. If we can find somewhere with the space then will be *hunting down* some repro MvdR or Eames style seatage.
― Bill A, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 08:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I want furniture to always be amazing
http://www.1stdibs.com/archivesB/upload/1stdibsC/052708_ZH/Pascal_BoyerNY/10/x2IMG_3252.jpg
― I DIED, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 09:00 (fourteen years ago) link
laurel, that yellow couch!!! <3 please get it.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 09:05 (fourteen years ago) link
After I get an apartment, I hope! What I really want is the Reese sectional from Room & Board in black leather. But go figure, I don't have $4000 burning a hole in my non-existent savings account.
― Let's see how tough Aquaman is once we get him in the water. (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
lol mad men but those reese sectionals are really nice
― Lamp, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
DON'T I KNOW IT
― Let's see how tough Aquaman is once we get him in the water. (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
yes very nice indeed but i prefer the fabric version.
― jed_, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually do too, the leather is a compromise -- unforch one that almost doubles the price.
― Let's see how tough Aquaman is once we get him in the water. (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't like the new curved versions, there's nowhere good to put your back for lounging. The L-shaped sectional is where my heart is.
― Let's see how tough Aquaman is once we get him in the water. (Laurel), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hican-bed3.jpg
The Hi-Can bed, ladies & gents! I don't even want the speakers & television that are built in, I just want the outer furniture. Maybe the lights would be nice.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeese? I wonder if I could get one custom-built by someone more local...is that evil?
― The other side of genetic power today (Laurel), Monday, 8 March 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh to die
― yeahhh (surm), Monday, 8 March 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Although hah hah good luck getting the vertical pieces up some stairs, down some halls, through some doorways, and into a normal bedroom.
― The other side of genetic power today (Laurel), Monday, 8 March 2010 19:52 (fourteen years ago) link
yea that bed pretty much resides in my fantasies-of-the-future-to-never-happen series of thoughts.
― yeahhh (surm), Monday, 8 March 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
How about this valet/wardrobe? Not really big enough for any but the most minimalist wardrobe, but hot damn it's handsome.
http://www.naomidean.co.uk/Images/Compact%20Wardrobe%20Walnut.jpg
― The other side of genetic power today (Laurel), Monday, 8 March 2010 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Just watched Mon Oncle. Funny but dated send-up of modernism:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/3385351765_810ce5852d_o.jpg
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Monday, 8 March 2010 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Monday, 8 March 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I have a large glass tabletop that I might want to use as an addl kitchen counter/work surface. I need some kind of shelving to put under it, that will support the counter and whatever equipment I put on it. Standard counter height is 36" so any combination of shelving should come out to around that.
Suggestions? Advice?
Thoughts:
http://images.containerstore.com/images/catalog/82763/GalvanizedCubeWineBar_xl.jpg
I like this steel cube system but at 14" high each, the math doesn't work.
Plastic shelving like Ladodo (Container Store) and the Cubitec stuff is close to the right height, but will it hold up under a lot of weight and let me store pots and pans underneath, or will the uprights end up bowed in three months?
― Ask foreigners and they will tell you the gospel comes from America. (Laurel), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Also why is all the plastic stuff HELLA EXPENSIVE, FOR PIECES OF PLASTIC??
― Ask foreigners and they will tell you the gospel comes from America. (Laurel), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
?
http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0094453_PE232324_S4.JPG
ikea meltorp. 90 cm high whatever that is in inches.
― jed_, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I think that's about 40" which could work...but I don't think they sell Meltorp products in the US?? Search item not found on the IKEA US website.
― Ask foreigners and they will tell you the gospel comes from America. (Laurel), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay I don't know what kind of idiot I am, but I just found all the Melltorp stuff. Thx!
― Ask foreigners and they will tell you the gospel comes from America. (Laurel), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Also considering standard wire kitchen shelving, but the 36" high uprights are harder to find than the normal industrial 54" ones. Should prob just go to kitchen supply district and buy whatever I find there.
― Ask foreigners and they will tell you the gospel comes from America. (Laurel), Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
ah i got the spelling wrong.
― jed_, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
svalbo sideboard? it's lacquered solid pine. http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0102070_PE246471_S4.JPG
― jed_, Wednesday, 17 March 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Ive been eyeing off one of those or similar for my kitchen because its a narrow galley and I need more shelving.
― ABBAcab (Trayce), Thursday, 18 March 2010 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link
John Lewis have started stocking chairporn.
http://www.johnlewis.com/Home+and+Garden/Furniture/Designer+Furniture+/SubCategory.aspx
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 18 March 2010 10:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember reading an article some years ago interviewing the Eames designers among others who were mighty pissed off at the copies of classic Eames pieces other stores sell, and where the line's drawn on copyright... or whatever it'd be on furniture. It was an interesting point.
― ABBAcab (Trayce), Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, I've got a fake Wassily chair. Em insists I can only have a Panton if it's real though. And one day I'll replace the fake Wassily with a real one. One day.
― No, YOU'RE a disgusting savage (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 18 March 2010 11:06 (fourteen years ago) link
In-laws bought a LeCourbusier chair in some ridiculous 80%-off sale, decided they didn't want it, are giving it to us. More or less like thishttp://www.classicdesign.it/images/camp-chair-le-corbusier~1.jpg except with this slightly weird black horsehair sort of material (maybe actual horsehair?) on the seat. I am sort of psyched about it and sort of weirded out by it at the same time -- it will be by far the nicest piece of furniture I have ever owned, including anything in my parents' house.
― mississippi delta law grad (Hurting 2), Monday, 4 July 2011 06:33 (twelve years ago) link