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Display Name: Kateruba
Member Since: 12/17/10

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I got a water-saving showerhead BECAUSE I had trickling pressure that made my showers miserable. Now, I have satisfying showers with my Alsons 655CBX Fluidics Water Saving Shower Head, as do my tenants. It only uses 1.6 gallons per minute, almost one gallon less than the standard 2.5.


Under Pressure: Do Water-Saving Showerheads Have Oomph?
8/29/12 9:38 PM

beautiful - old technique but they feel modern but cozy!


Breuckelen Berber: Vintage Moroccan Carpets
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2/14/12 9:27 PM

Dana_C, for what reasons couldn't a photo possibly make it past customs? Just curious.

An Adrian Pearsall sofa priced at around $600 or $700. I actually saw him here on the Scavenger feature. He was somewhere in the Midwest, and I am in NYC. I knew that the distance wouldn't keep me from him, even with the freight shipping prices. He was long (8 feet) and wide enough to sleep on (those pretty boy couches are usually diminutive), upholstered in gray velvet and teak legs. The seller did not let our romance bloom, and sold it to someone locally (totally understand, especially with all those craigslist scammers trying to "pay" remotely). I don't regret it - I fought for him as much as I could.


Object Lust: What's Your Gem That Got Away?
2/7/12 7:07 PM

Yes, I agree with this point you are making, Archdarling. That is the alternative I've turned to for the stools. The downside is that it could take a long time to find something perfect. Unfortunately, even the non-designer mid century is not selling for pennies in NYC. Non designer Danish modern is just as wonderful to me as the fancy stuff.


Add Some Knock-Off to Your Life
2/7/12 11:51 AM

I also don't think the handbag comparison is viable because in handbag designs, there is a lot of interesting, nice quality merchandise available in the mid-range prices.

And with furniture (in the US, at least. I think there's a lot more variety in Europe's market), from my experience, it's either: Ikea, mid-range like West Elm/CB2/Crate and Barrel, and then you have the unreachable designer and craftsman furniture. What's in between? Crap! A few weeks ago, I looked for stools on a lot of the big furniture websites. I looked through thousands of options, and found 1 or 2 which were merely not butt ugly.


Add Some Knock-Off to Your Life
2/7/12 11:38 AM

Please keep the reproduction website store recommendations coming! Does anyone know where to get a Glo Ball floor lamp reproduction (http://www.stardust.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/glo-ball-lamp.jpg) ?
I agree with SFW1983. The furniture in question holds its value not in its craftsmanship or materials, but in its design. How much better or worse in "craftsmanship" can an Eames molded plastic chair really get? This is not Art Nouveau mother of pearl inlay furniture we're talking about.


Add Some Knock-Off to Your Life
2/7/12 10:49 AM

Trish1980, I looked up the plug-in : it's called prefetcher https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clip-craigslist-image-prefetch/


Do You Suffer from Craigslist Elitist Syndrome?
1/20/11 8:44 PM