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!

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.

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.

Black beauty...

I've bought another Eames chair! I just couldn't resist (and I really did try!) when I saw this sexy little number. I've never come across a black naughyde upholstered and black shell before for sale so my heart was all of a flutter. It came on a black H base but I also bought a dowel base which I think looks rather special.

I bought it from Pink Flamingos which is where I have bought the majority of my chairs.

Where is it going to go? No idea at the moment...I just had to have it...

Mixed salad...

I have been meaning to tell you all about one of my latest purchases, a melamine Krenit Salad bowl and severs. They were included on my recent obsesslist and I could wait no longer. The salad severs were recently reissued by Norman Copenhagen along with the bowl, it's the same design by Herbert Krenchel which was launched onto the world in 1953 but in a new material. I was concerned that the bowl wouldn't be as gorgeous as the originals I bought but it is just in a different way.

I also bought the Habitat floor lamp which was on my list for the loft and there will be pics soon. I've been hard at work up there and it's getting there slowly. I have just been informed that something else which is on the list will be a birthday present from David and it's something I have lusted after for a very long time with a hefty price tag! I can't wait and I know the perfect place for it!!!

Friday feast...

...white, white, and more white with a dash of wood and a pinch of black. Simple,clean, graphic and fresh. I will be carrying on with the painting of the flat over the next few days. Happy (May Day Bank Holiday in the UK) weekend everyone!

Friday feast...

Phwoaaarrr at the black wall and the black Series 7 chairs!

...double phwoaaarrrr at the green of that sofa!!

Have a happy weekend everyone!