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
Anyone have experience with tempered glass just freakishly shattering because it's put down on the wrong surface/the wrong way? We bought this thing off craigslist:
http://s6.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/6F9C1000.jpg
and as I'm moving it, I have to briefly set on of the glasses down on a tile floor. I set it down what I think is gently and the thing just explodes on me. I was sort of shocked -- the woman was still there and I wound up paying her (I did "break" it, I figured) but she knocked a little off the price. But then I wondered whether there maybe had been some flaw in the glass or if it could have already been damaged.
― relentlessly googling hipster (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
But I mean it is very thin glass and maybe it was just the way I put it down/the surface.
I don't know about types of glass very well, but I think with some kinds, if it has a crack or chip or stress anywhere on the surface, it can weaken the whole thing? What happened to you seems fishy to me, tbh.
Now on to...BOOKSHELVES! I need them. More of them! For not-much money. I'm thinking the IKEA Kilby, which is $25 per unit, then hack it with some kind of fabric covering the back-board.
Also needed: more shelves per unit! Four is not enough! They're adjustable, so I'm thinking have some cheap stock/MDF cut to size, cover with accent fabric so you don't have to refinish them, and use as extra shelving??
Ladies and gentlemen, the boring cheap-as-shit Kilby:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XGRz6uWGK3I/SNEJDkc0KPI/AAAAAAAAEPU/5hYR2UGTeO8/s400-R/2008_0410hack0009.JPG
― manager expects you to work past 6PM but won't allow you to change into (Laurel), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Meh, you're probably right. I'm too nice in these situations. I was like "shit, I broke it, guess I have to pay" -- took off a little $ but probably nowhere near the cost of the glass. I was also kind of shocked because a giant piece of glass had just kind of exploded in my hands, and I was bleeding a bit.
― relentlessly googling hipster (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway turns out you can order replacement glass and even with that cost it's still a less than 1/2 price DWR table. Hard not to kick myself, but these craigslist things are weird -- even if I put up a fight I'd have no way of proving anything.
― relentlessly googling hipster (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 22:27 (twelve years ago) link