Showing posts with label Chairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chairs. Show all posts
Inside out...
I've been doing a spot of gardening! Well, when I say gardening it's more like buying a few plants that I like the look of, putting them in pots and hoping they survive. I'm not very green fingered to say the least. I also painted the terracotta pots black with masonry paint. I'm rather pleased with the contrast against the white of the Bertoia chairs.
The chairs are superb, I'm so glad I found and bought them. A bonus is that they don't easily blow over like the orange Panton chairs we were using before.
There will be more of the outside coming in soon hopefully, we are at last going to be ripping out the 25 year old uPVC patio doors and replacing them with bi-fold doors which will consist of two panels like we have now but they will hinge in the middle to open right up. Our small balcony should seem so much bigger because only one door slides open at the moment which makes it difficult to access the other half of the balcony easily.
Below are a few shots of the new chairs and table which was a bargain at 50 quid instead of 350! The boat is moored below our flat and the owners have been lovingly renovating it for a few years now. Oh and that's the Red Arrows in the last pic who just happened to be flying past a couple of weekends ago...
Summer classics...
Well if you thought my chair addiction may be slowing down then you'd be wrong!
I've had my eye on the side chair designed by Harry Bertoia for quite some time now and now I have four of the little beauties. Where am I going to put them I hear you ask? They are for the balcony, well two of them are because that's all there is room for.
I came across them last week on good old Evilbay and got all excited because they were in Cardiff which is less than an hour from me. I didn't hold out much hope of getting them but I did and for £400 for the four! They are in great condition with minimal wear. The seller was lovely and she was very pleased that they were going to the home of a chair addict where they will be treasured for ever more.
I've just totted up all the chairs we have in the flat...we have 29! I think I need to stop...
More pics soon.
Friday feast...
Happy Friday!
It's been a very busy few weeks around here. I've been working with a NYC based company on an exciting project and all will be revealed soon. Orders have been flooding in for my Instant series of prints and I haven't stopped. They've sold like hot cakes!
We nearly moved! It was a mad moment on Easter Sunday afternoon after viewing a townhouse but we love our apartment so much that we have decided to stay put and finish it once and for all. So over the next few months you will be seeing us ripping up flooring, ripping out the en-suite (again!) and generally getting it to where we want it to be...at last.
Anyway, happy weekend! have a good one.
A match made in heaven...
At last I've taken a few pics of our new Eames black chairs from Pink Flamingos. Unfortunately as much as I loved my Arne Jacobsen Series 7 chairs, they just didn't look or fit right around the Saarinen Tulip dining table. I'm sure they would look fine around the larger version but under ours they looked awkward and protruded out far too much. They played on my mind like nails being pulled down a chalkboard.
These black beauties are perfection. Having the same colour has unified the look and black has really brought out the veining of the table. We will have six of them when the other two arrive but we have discussed (and this surprisingly came from David!) that we get another black Eames upholstered arm shell so that we can have one either end of the table.
Is my chair addiction sated? For the moment yes but one thing that I do want is for that flooring to go! I put it down nearly ten years ago and it's well past it's sell by date!
Step back into Spring and Summer...
...It may not have escaped your attention that there is a retro, mid century vibe going on with designers and High Street stores plundering the 50's, 60's and 70's for inspiration. Colours are fresh and fun with graphic shapes and more than a dash of nostalgia. Perfect for the (hopefully!) warmer weather around the corner...
1. Jonathan Adler's Mrs Godfrey Chair from $1,495.
2. Harlequin Claudia table lamp from good old John Lewis.
3. Rie planters from Habitat. Priced from £35 for the small citrus, £45 for the medium chive and £55 for the large turquoise. Available from May. I need some for my balcony.
4. Claude walnut gossip bench set $1, 890. Yep, I can just see me sat on there on the phone for hours having a good old gossip.
5. Talking of being on the phone,you can get this Trimphone by I Love Retro on Brighton Pod (great site BTW!). Available in green, white, red, turquoise, purple and orange. Priced at £36.95. Glamorous bargain!
6. The Acapulco chair is a re-issue of the 50's classic and takes it name from the Pacific resort. The frame is solid steel with a plastic cord seat. Available in black, yellow, blue and petrol blue. Handmade in Mexico and costs £295. I would love a couple for my balcony but it's far too small.
7. The Lyon tables from M&S. These two colour variations will be available soon. From £49.
8. Loving this Molecule building set from Ferm Living and priced at 54 Euros...I need one!
Happy weekend everyone and happy shopping.
Take a seat...
...six of them in fact. Since buying the Saarinen Tulip table recently I have been rather perturbed that our Arne Jacobsen chairs just don't look right with it. It's the legs, they are quite wide and they stick out far too much for my liking.
So the hunt was on for something new but it was more like day dreaming to be honest because of the expense of the table. I rather stupidly ( it got the better of me! ) wandered over to Pink Flamingos where I've bought most of my Eames chairs and rockers from. I knew they had to be Eames, black and I was edging towards dowel bases.....and there they were! My heart skipped a beat as per usual which is part of the course and I obsessed about them all week. They are apparently in immaculate condition and produced in 1969. Black ones are becoming more rare and they were actually produced for the commercial sector. The ever helpful (and very patient!) Justin has been superb as usual, they are currently being shipped from America and I should have them in about three weeks. I recently bought another black beauty from him and it would look great paired with another one at either end of the table. That's me day dreaming again though because with the table and the six new chairs we are spent out!
If you have something particular in mind then do get in touch with Justin at Pink Flamingos because he will probably be able to source it for you.
Friday feast...
Yes it's Friday and it's a Feast! My apologies for the lack of blogging over the last few weeks but I have been incredibly busy! My Mad Men print was featured on the Swedish ELLE website and it went crazy ass good with orders!
Lot's of exciting things coming up and there is a fantastic giveaway on the horizon so keep em peeled!
Have a great weekend all.
Friday feast...
Have a fantastic weekend everyone. I can't wait to have some lovely booze tomorrow with good friends...
New Year feast...
Happy New Year 2011 everyone!
Hope you have all had a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year so far. We have just about recovered from our partying and are looking forward to the year ahead.
I have some exciting new projects coming up and it's going to be full steam ahead to get our flat finished once and for all. I've managed to get a few outstanding DIY jobs done at last over the Christmas break and the loft is coming along well. I do have a self enforced deadline which is July 3rd...it will be ten years since we moved here!
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