Showing posts with label Saarinen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saarinen. Show all posts
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.
A Tulip isn't just for Christmas...
...It's here at last! Our Christmas present to each other is now in place, although David has said that it's really more for me than it is for him which is fine by me because it means it's all mine. We had delays picking it up because of the snowfall earlier this month, it was then not in the warehouse where it was supposed to be and the van of the friend who was going to pick it up had to have the gearbox replaced. I was chomping at the bit for it's eventual arrival.
It took three of us to move the marble table top to the third floor. Although I had carefully measured the flights of stairs and landings it was still tricky getting all twenty stone of it around the corners! There was a lot of huffing and puffing and it took us the best part of an hour to finally reach the top. It also has to be moved vertically as much as possible which added yet more complications.
The best part of all this is that I managed to get the table for half price! I won't go into details but lets just say my thanks go out to a very helpful woman who made it possible.
Even at half price it was still a lot of money and we have never spent so much money on each other for Christmas before and probably never will again. Was it worth it? Oh yes! It is absolutely beautiful and everything you expect or want it to be.
Next thing...the chairs! Unfortunately the Series 7's do not go. The colours are wrong but more importantly they do not sit under the table very well because of the width of the legs but new ones (unless I come across an absolute bargain!) will have to wait...we are spent out!
That's Christmas covered...
For the last three years plus I have been doing a spoof magazine cover (sort of monthly) on the Livingetc forums called Bitchingetc and this is the newly launched Christmas cover. I try to feature forum members homes as much as possible but sometimes a little (with big devastation to my flat!) photo shoot has to be done.
I made the Eames inspired trees with cardboard and some deigns I put together incorporating the Eames bird and the Eames Office logo. I have also used the same pattern as wrapping paper. I think I may re-make the trees using MDF instead next time.
Friday feast...
We have had an awful lot of snow and it's whiter than white...
Have a great weekend everyone!
Poster crush...
...I swooned when I came across these gorgeous vintage Knoll posters/advertisments. They were designed by the Swiss designer Herbert Matter. There is a timelessness about them just like the design classics that they are showcasing. They still look as fresh and vibrant as when they were designed.
Herbert Matter was a design consultant for Knoll from 1946 - 1966 and was responsible for the Knoll logo, numerous advertisements, posters and the catalogue format.
Died and gone to heaven...
...I had a very special delivery yesterday...my main birthday present!
I knew I was getting one and it was ordered back in early July but I had to wait longer because where they are produced in Italy closes down for the whole month of August.
It's so beautiful and I can't stop staring at it. I'm very lucky and I can't believe I actually have one. There will be more pics soon when I get a chance to take some so I took this quick snap with my iPhone to wet your appetite...
Daily drooling...
Loving the scale of this room, the splashes of colour and the cut outs in the blue wall. MMMMmmmmmm Womb chair....
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