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You could use tung oil instead of teak. Teak oil is mostly linseed oil which turns brown over time.

Remember when the Dutch stole, uh I mean purchased the island of Manhattan for $24 worth of beads?
I guess that was fair because I don't see the Donald Trumps or the coop boards figuring out how to give it back!

For the people who are dead set against someone having a good deal because it isn't fair, I give you baseball players that make much more than scientific researchers, actors making more than nobel prize winners, etc.
For those who think eveyone in the building will support this family, I surely hope YOU have no credit card debt or mortgage you cant't pay that we might have to bail you out.
We're talking about one rare, NY Times article worthy apartment, not the Mortgage,Bank bailout for a trillion.

"money makes the world go around" is from Cabaret, not Hejiranyc.

Poltrona Frau makes a similar style chair, designed in the 1930's. It's part of the historical collection and called "vanity Fair".

Anyway, I think you could have a slip cover made with a kick pleat to cover the legs. I saw a cool fabric in Elegant Fabris, 222 W 40th Street. It's natural linen with silver thread dispersed throughout.
if the chair was reupolstered, It should still have the legs covered and the nails should be painted to match the fabric.

A two burner. Miele makes a two with one super high btu and one normal burner. Additionally I'd put a microwave/convection oven/stove hood-fan combination over the burners and loose the standard oven, attach the toaster under the cabinets and get an electric tea kettle. Make sure the narrower sink is deeper. Put pull out garbage under the sink. An efficient neat kitchen is worth mucho in my book.

a small parchment (kite shaped) shade over the sconces and a parchment box kite or trapezoidal kite on the ceiling.

I think you should take every short cut you can. Could you lightly steel wool (0000) the finish and just apply polyuerathane from a spray can? Test after steel wooling by wetting the wood with a rubbed out spot of water. If the stain looks uneven, stain darker to cover old stain. Ask in a good paint store.
Could you carefully open the seams on the old cushion and trace it on the new fabric? Mark the seam allowance, usually 1/2", pin, baste, sew. You might save money bringing the cut pieces to a seamstress. They could put in a zipper and the piping. Piping comes ready made by the yard.

Art like books should be displayed for their content. There are people who display art for the way it goes with a room.
It always looks silly if you second guess your choice in art.
"We don't want tuna with good taste. We want tuna that tastes good." Starkist.