The Swan and the Egg...

The delicious world of Arne Jacobsen.....YUM! Via Flickr

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Keep on rocking...

A new print variation using the rocker which will soon be available. I could design prints using chairs forever more....

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Dream spaces 29...

Herzelia Pituah House 3 by Pitsou Kedem. Via Contemporist

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Stopped in my tracks...

OMG!!! I was just surfing away and I stumbled across this gorgeous specimen! It is the Finn Juhl Chieftain chair designed in 1948 and I gasped when I saw it! It's so beautiful yet at the same time almost ugly.Fewer than eighty of the original chairs were produced by the Danish furniture maker, Niels Vodder. Chair designs never cease to amaze me... Read More..

A chair revamped, and a dilemma

We received an email from Doreen that I HAD to share: I love everything mid-century modern and therefore, I thought I would share a recent find with you. I went to a local antique/thrift store last weekend. I had been hoping to find a mid-century modern chair one day here in Columbus, GA. Never thought, I would! My luck was about to change this time! I went in and could not believe that they had a Chromcraft chair for sale that was in good condition. Now comes the best - the price tag! It was priced for $38 and I ended up getting it for $30!!! Can you believe it! As soon as I bought it, I went home and cleaned up the whole chair and polished the chrome base. Even though I kind of liked the retro cushion cover it came with - it was dirty and it did not really fit in with my decor. Therefore, I re-upholstered it with a black and white fabric that I had gotten from IKEA. I took before and after pictures that I am going to attach to this mail. I paired the chair with another recent find. The white chair I bought new and I love the look of both chairs together. The two black and white pictures you see on the wall behind the chairs are old Abercrombie & Fitch boards and I just made the frames myself.

She did such an amazing job on the chair, and her vignette is fantastic! Love the huge framed ads and the frames are perfect. Kudos to you Doreen!!





We also received an email from Jen who is looking for some advice on her living room: I am hoping you and your readers can inspire me. I am having a mental block regarding what colors to interject in the attached room (paint/trim, window coverings, accessories). I have searched through endless blogs, magazines, etc, and I am having a real hard time. We are keeping the furniture (minus the speakers/lamp/entertainment center). We are adding in the loop media center/file hutch from crate and barrel. Our style is organic modern and we want this room to feel warm and cozy.



For more information check this post she published on her blog. She has removed the wallpaper (YAY!) and is thinking about bright white trim, dark warm gray below the chair rail, and light warm gray above the chair rail. I was thinking more brown tones as opposed to grey (and I always lean towards grey) because of the fireplace colour, but if the carpet is grey, then I would go with a grey with alot of brown in it (and I'm seeing orange accents, mixed with maybe some acid green). I would keep the colour below the chair rail only slightly darker than above, because it just emphasizes the narrowness of the space. It sounds like Jen is putting her new entertainment stand where the existing one is, which I'm not loving. I would put it to the left of the fireplace, and maybe have the couch to the left of it facing the far window, and chair in front of the patio doors, angled towards the couch. Narrow rooms are very tough to organize as I know very well having lived in a couple narrow houses. So if anyone has any suggestions please leave a comment for Jen! Read More..

Sumo

There are chairs, and then there are CHAIRS. There is one chair I have wanted for quite some time, and when I got home from work Friday, there it was in a huge box on my front porch. My first ever bean bag chair! I was as giddy as a schoolgirl let me tell ya. Andrew, the founder of Sumo, had emailed a few days ago and wondered if I would be interested in receiving their Omni chair. And I am SO GLAD he did! It is the coolest thing ever. I chose platinum, which turned out to be the perfect choice. I had the thing in about a zillion positions and each one was super comfy. It's so big, you can sit and have part of it as a back rest. LOVED that. I chilled out in front of the TV on it in that position and I think it's up there in terms of comfort level with my newly constructed sofa. I can't wait to have my little niece over so she can play around on it. Speaking of which, they're made of rip-proof nylon so my 6 cats nor the niece can do damage. It comes in 10 colours (was kind of hard to choose), several different styles (a gamer, a stool, some that fit multiple people) and FREE SHIPPING!!! Also to note, they are cheaper than other brands. So go on over to their site and seriously, order one for yourselves. They are awesome. Thank you Andrew!!!


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Road to addiction.....

Joel over at Blueartstudio has a new poster for 2009.I don't think he should design any more because I have so many of them already that I am quickly running out of wall space and it's not good for my chair addiction! I'm loving the top right sign for no plastic chairs! LOL! Read More..

Flickrlicious...

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Tulips in springtime...

....well it feels like springtime and I love these chairs so hence the title of this post! We have Series 7's around our dining table which I adore but I still lust after Eero Saarinen's tulip chairs, they just seem to have a timeless and elegant aura about them. Don't get me started on the oval dining table.....that is just table porn!!! One day I will have one......

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Friday feast....

Some inspiration with a mid-century vibe for the weekend. I'm seriously thinking about a wall of wood behind my desk in the loft similar to what we have in our bathroom. I will be sorting out yet more rubbish this weekend for my big trip (or two!!!) to the tip next week! Read More..

Dining with Eames...

You know when someone asks you who would you like to invite to a dinner party alive or dead, well I would love to be able to invite Charles and Ray Eames. I'm sure the other guests ( Kenneth Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, Madonna and Stephen Fry ) would be bored stupid with me talking about chairs all night but hey it's my dinner party after all! I'll just have to make do with looking at these Eames chairs instead. Who would you invite?......

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Flickrlicious...

Herman Miller LCW-RD Molded Plywood Lounge Chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames. Via Flickr

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More green....

Following on from the gorgeous green post this is most definitely GORGEOUS!!!! I missed a rocker in the exact same green on Evilbay a few months ago and I was distraught! This fine example is in Kim's office of Desire to Inspire and I think my heart skipped a beat when I saw it.....Via madebygirl Read More..

Pup in a tub and a carboard chair

This is somewhat of a random post but today I received lots of interesting emails while I was at my day job, and a couple I thought I'd quickly post about.

The first blew me away, as I am a sucker for animals as many of you know and this photo is priceless. Donna of Nashville wrote: "Your beautiful pics have inspired me in my home. Here is a pic of my sweet Eloise in a tub. I like to think that our bathroom is the color of the horizon before sunrise, that light grey-purple of dawn." Sorry Donna but I'm having a hard time focusing on the bathroom when you've got the most adorable puppy ever sitting in the tub! (Thank you for sending this photo!!)


Now, nowhere near as cute as the puppy is a chair that both my boyfriend and my sister's fiance emailed me about. It's the sexiest cardboard chair I've ever seen, inspired by a Volvo C30 taillight. (As much as I'd love something like this in my home, it would immediately become a scratching post). Thanks Jeff and Dave!

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Flickrlicious...

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How to make an Eames chair...

WOW, I'm absolutely loving this! It's the ultimate chair porn!! Via NOTCOT

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Cat on a chair

It's been a little while since we posted animals on furniture so thanks to Alyson for sending me the link to this photo she found on Flickr. (Amazing chair!)

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You little beauty...

Around only 300 were ever made and now the GL chair is back thanks to Lange Production who have obtained the exclusive rights to resume production of this little beauty designed by Grete Jalk. They have chosen to launch the chairs and the matching nest of tables in their original finishes of teak and oregon pine. I saw an original in MoMA in NYC recently, something else for me to lust after... Read More..

Chair porn!...

We were fortunate enough to be able to fly Upper Class on our recent NYC holiday (well it was for a special birthday of mine!) and the lounge at Heathrow was brimming with design classics!!! I just couldn't decide where to sit and I could have easily not got onto the plane and stayed there for the week! Read More..