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i love the book storage. very clever. very cozy.

we put plenty of elbow grease into our place, though little money. and installing a tub, instead of a shower would make me very happy. for the moment, buying in nyc seems like a bad move at our price point.
but, if your monthly budget is $7,000/mo there must be good options for buying. especially if you have $100,000 for renovations and an obvious eye/talent for making a place beautiful. if not, real estate is even more out of control that i thought!

agreed. for $800 you could: find some fun vintage chair for $200-$300, buy fabric you love and have it reupholstered. you'd have a great story. your own creative statement in your home. you'd be recycling, and supporting local business. and it would last for years and years.

but brenda please do let us know what you decide to do. and if you buy the knock off, let us know what the quality is like, and if it makes you blissfully happy:) cheers.

i hear you elevenhounds. it is a complex web of desires and choices:)

i end up with vintage most often as the compromise. a happy compromise.

i just went through this decision making process re. White on White's knock off of hans wegner dining chairs. in the end i just couldn't do it. the quality really wasn't the same. and it was a case of so close, but not quite.
i'd rather go for a vintage version on craig's list or ebay. or even another vintage chair in the same vein. i have 2 chairs that are clearly riffs on (as opposed to rip offs of) saarinen's tulip chair, from the same period. i love them. and they are dissimilar enough that i don't feel i have to explain them. they are special in their own right.
regarding the ethics on spending that much on a chair - in my opinion, design becomes art at a certain point. and it's entirely valid to support artists and designers when and if you can. if you can't - let you're own voice shine through - i'm not sure that knock-offs fit into this.