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Arne Jacobsen's Egg chair looks cozy, but the foam's pretty hard. You would definitely need to add pillows to cushion it. Another mid century alternative would be Eero Saarinen's Womb chair (with...
Anyone interested in the Eames screen should also check out the Alvar Aalto's 1935 pine tambour screen. Similar size and price to the Eames screen (For example, see
I would second the vote for Copco. Back in the mid 70's we traded in many of our other wedding gifts to indulge our weakness for Copco's enameled cast iron pots and pans. 30 years later, we stil...
I would add that Baushaus members didn't just escape the Nazi purges by emigrating to the US. There was a large group of Jewish students and faculty that fled to Palestine where they helped build ...
I would agree with abc123 - I think there is a major difference between "inspired by" and a direct steal. Case in point - The Ikea Poang chair is a derivative of a classic bent wood Alvar Aalto ch...
Another issue is how much your cell phone provider charges for accessing the Net over a foreign country's 3G cell phone network. Rogers/Fido charges Canadian iPhone users $30,000/Gb (3 cents/kb) w...
Yes. For seven years we lived on the 20th floor of a building that had a major grocery store as its ground floor retail tenant. There's nothing like going downstairs without a jacket at midnight t...
Yet another vote for Billy bookcases. We've accumulated more than a dozen over the past 20 years and they've held up quite well. (Not perfect, but much better performance than the teak veneer "sc...
The glasses are modeled after a set that Crate and Barrel has sold for more than 30 years - Crescent. Not as cheap as Ikea (~$8 each), but still available.
Don't worry. Go ahead and get the 5x5 Expedit. (You know you want it.) When you assemble it, just leave out one of the vertical panels where you want the 1x2 space for the TV. It's so simple, I...
Regarding the LC6 table: glass corners children = Emergency Room Visit. As to the Saarinen table, my aunt and uncle bought a large oval one back in the early 60's and 45 years later it's sti...
I would pick something that took advantage of the height.
We had a similar problem/opportunity with a stairwell in our apartment that created a space 20 ft high. We're into mid cent...
My first designer furniture purchase was a birthday present to myself (with spousal approval) of a pair of Alvar Aalto birch stools 24 years ago. We still have one and our 22 year old son has the ...
Since I went off to university 40 years ago, I've never slept on a mattress with a boxspring except in hotels and while visiting relatives. My wife and I both prefer a mattress over slats to boxs...
Clothes that can't go into the dryer go directly from our washing machine to hangers in our closet, spaced widely apart from each other and from already dry clothes. (Our washing machine has a wic...
It's a bit odd to call this "classic" vs. modern," as both photos use an iconic mid century modern lamp (the Arco from 1962) and a table with a metal base that looks borrowed from 1950's Arne Jac...
Definitively a change from your typical Scandinavian/Nordic store, in that the emphasis is on Swedish goods that don't get much exposure in North America.
Latest Comments...
Arne Jacobsen's Egg chair looks cozy, but the foam's pretty hard. You would definitely need to add pillows to cushion it. Another mid century alternative would be Eero Saarinen's Womb chair (with...
Anyone interested in the Eames screen should also check out the Alvar Aalto's 1935 pine tambour screen. Similar size and price to the Eames screen (For example, see
I would second the vote for Copco. Back in the mid 70's we traded in many of our other wedding gifts to indulge our weakness for Copco's enameled cast iron pots and pans. 30 years later, we stil...
I would add that Baushaus members didn't just escape the Nazi purges by emigrating to the US. There was a large group of Jewish students and faculty that fled to Palestine where they helped build ...
I would agree with abc123 - I think there is a major difference between "inspired by" and a direct steal. Case in point - The Ikea Poang chair is a derivative of a classic bent wood Alvar Aalto ch...
Another issue is how much your cell phone provider charges for accessing the Net over a foreign country's 3G cell phone network. Rogers/Fido charges Canadian iPhone users $30,000/Gb (3 cents/kb) w...
You should try the Poulsen dealers in the DC area. Check the Poulsen web site for a list:
Yes. For seven years we lived on the 20th floor of a building that had a major grocery store as its ground floor retail tenant. There's nothing like going downstairs without a jacket at midnight t...
Yet another vote for Billy bookcases. We've accumulated more than a dozen over the past 20 years and they've held up quite well. (Not perfect, but much better performance than the teak veneer "sc...
The glasses are modeled after a set that Crate and Barrel has sold for more than 30 years - Crescent. Not as cheap as Ikea (~$8 each), but still available.
Don't worry. Go ahead and get the 5x5 Expedit. (You know you want it.) When you assemble it, just leave out one of the vertical panels where you want the 1x2 space for the TV. It's so simple, I...
Our favorite furniture wood is Brazilian rosewood (we collect mid century Danish furniture.)
Regarding the LC6 table: glass corners children = Emergency Room Visit. As to the Saarinen table, my aunt and uncle bought a large oval one back in the early 60's and 45 years later it's sti...
I would pick something that took advantage of the height. We had a similar problem/opportunity with a stairwell in our apartment that created a space 20 ft high. We're into mid cent...
My first designer furniture purchase was a birthday present to myself (with spousal approval) of a pair of Alvar Aalto birch stools 24 years ago. We still have one and our 22 year old son has the ...
Since I went off to university 40 years ago, I've never slept on a mattress with a boxspring except in hotels and while visiting relatives. My wife and I both prefer a mattress over slats to boxs...
The Montague pattern is strikingly similar to the recent Kristina Isola Marimekko pattern - Biloba - as seen here:
Clothes that can't go into the dryer go directly from our washing machine to hangers in our closet, spaced widely apart from each other and from already dry clothes. (Our washing machine has a wic...
It's a bit odd to call this "classic" vs. modern," as both photos use an iconic mid century modern lamp (the Arco from 1962) and a table with a metal base that looks borrowed from 1950's Arne Jac...
Definitively a change from your typical Scandinavian/Nordic store, in that the emphasis is on Swedish goods that don't get much exposure in North America.