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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| I have a 'cigar' floor lamp, | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | objectworship | General discussion | |
| I have a 'cigar' floor lamp, and its original chain is just a simple standard pull ball-chain with a little flanged steel thing on the end. I suppose the end/bead of yours just broke off some years back. If you want a wooden bead back on the end that can't be too hard to fashion after a trip to the hardware store, eh? Ball-chain is pretty cheap by the foot, I think. For dusting, I gently use a soft paint brush, it does the trick. To save wear and tear on the thing I just keep it on all the time with a 7w compact florescent in there, it's now been providing swell ambience for a few years on the same bulb. A simple daily on/off is many hundreds of clicks a year that I don't feel like the poor old parts of a 60 year old lamp really benefit from. Or maybe it's more that I don't like bending down to the floor all the time for that particular purpose? | |||||
| Poang chair | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Poang chair The Poang chair has been in production since the 80s, I think, and I believe it has won a design award of some sort. I have one and it's the most comfortable chair I've ever sat in. We have lots of ceiling lighting from IKEA. I have an older pendant lamp that is based on a design by Poul Henningsen. We also have a bunch of these little $3.99 "Lock" ceiling lights---simple, small, functional and good-looking. They used to have a really nice pendant fixture called "Qvintet" that was frosted white glass (maybe even cased glass) in a simple upside-down bell, nice size, good proportions. I didn't have any place for it in our current house but we did put it in the vestibule of the house we owned in Denmark. Last, this shelf unit thing, "Anga", is in our family room where we needed something light, tall, wide and shallow. It has glass shelves. I love it except for the sagging tops on two of the cabinets. They're supposed to support 88 lbs but I have a feeling that is 88 lbs evenly distributed over the whole top of the cabinet. Our TV is making the damn thing sag. | |||||
| White Spike, I used to use "simplicity" too...Pt. 2 | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| White Spike, I used to use "simplicity" too...Pt. 2 I'm not saying these guys were ever permanently delighted. How could they have been in this world? What I am saying is that they found ways to create elegantly in all their moods and the breadth and briliance of their work was the better for it. The way I see it, discomfort comes often in enough in this life without encouraging it. You'll always have a good supply of it. Practice learning the process of elegant design in your other moods till you can do it 95% as well as when you are in discomfort; then you will be an empowered artist at the top of your game, whenever inspirations, or just jobs come along. One last thing: don't for a second think I believe this is easy to do, or that I have mastered it myself. I am quite the frustrated artist, far more than you will ever be. Never succeeded at being a novelist, whereas you are already a practicing professional designer. But in my continuing quest to find a way that works for me, I have stumbled on a lot of wise persons and their thoughts about this sort of thing and I am being a conduit here more than anything else. Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg weren't great actors, but they were pretty darned good acting coaches, because they had accumulated a lot of insights about how to act in order to make up for their own limitations. Find yourself a Strasberg or an Adler every now and then. I wish I could be them for you, but as I always repeat here, I'm just a layman with a keen interest in design who is stimulated by the authenticity of working designers. | |||||
| whitespike | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| whitespike Did you make a decision about a sofa yet? I was in IKEA yesterday and sat on a few. The Karlstad that you were considering had very firm seat cushions and very soft back cushions, a combination which I find very uncomfortable. But they may not use the same density foam consistently. I've sat on other sofas of theirs that varied a lot within the same model in firmness. The Karlstad floor model looked pretty schlumpy. The back cushions were kinda saggy and the whole thing just looked a bit down and out. Not crisp at all. Have you considered their Arild sofa? It has metal legs and exposed frame edge along the bottom like the Jane sofa that you are looking at. It's a little on the firm side as far as the feel. It's also leather, which may not be on your list at all, I forget. Leather does stand up to kids quite well, though. And it's only $999. I think it will look a lot better than the Karlstad after a few years of wear and it doesn't cost a whole lot more. It's a very good-looking sofa for the money. It comes in a dark brown. I remember it looking a bit sleeker than it does in this photo. Maybe it was next to some really fat sofas. Their Stockholm sofa is also not bad and I think it actually comes with a 25 year warranty (maybe not, though). I didn't like the sit of it as well as the Arild but that's a personal thing. It has loose back cushions. | |||||
| Don't be afraid of the wood... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | mgee76 | General discussion | |
| Don't be afraid of the wood... Strip it. Strip all of it. Be gentle and examine anything you can take apart and feel comfortable putting back together. More pieces makes it easier. You'll be glad you did down the road. Don't get hung up on whether or not refinishing will damage the value... focus on making it the thing you want it to be. If it becomes that, other people will want it, too, if that's your angle. If you don't ever plan on selling it, all the better. I don't know what this table is made of, but it shouldn't matter. Get some chemical stripper instead of sanding the finish down. Citrustrip will do the job but it's finicky and kinda a mess. It will be a lot easier if you can disassemble it. Just keep telling yourself that it's damaged and that it needs to be repaired. If you choose Citrustrip, cover the whole table as fast as you can. Just throw on enough with a brush to get it covered. Since there is no paint, it's going to absorb the finish fast, and dry out. Stand around the table for up to half an hour, brushing more on spots that dry out. The only problem you can run into is if you pour some on a spot and leave it sit... it will result in a slightly lighter color around where it sat. Best to pour it into something and brush it on lightly, covering the whole piece fast at first and then brushing on more as it starts to dry. The finish on this table isn't paint, so understand that you should only use as much as you need to get the whole thing covered. It won't do significant damage if you apply it too heavy, but it's less cleanup and works faster if you keep applying light amounts where the stripper dries too fast. Do this for maybe half an hour. Once you get the whole thing covered and wet, it could take a while, depending on your temp and humidity. If you're super anal, just hang out with it and watch what happens. You'll be able to tell when it dries because it turns white. You can just put more on at this point and the fresh stuff will wet the old. You're going to scrape it all off, anyway, so don't worry. Get a nice, quality scraper, something like this: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/carbon-steel-PP-handle-wide-blade_... | |||||
| Eames Seafoam Partial Rope Edge | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | DrBen | General discussion | |
| Hey guys, i just found a nearly perfect Eames chair at store here in cologne. Its all original, seafoam colored with a partial rope edge in the two front corners. I got a few questions that you might be able to answer. 1st thing: Its partial rope edged. I've never seen a partial rope edged seafoam colored chair before, the checkerboard label is 70% intact. --> What do you think: Does the partial rope edge makes it more valuable or less? The only information i could find is that it has to be slightly younger in age than the full rope edged chairs. The chair has no cracks or chips, the only thing i'm a little concerned about is that there are clearly visible marks at the seat where the large shockmounts are installed. Relating to the store manager its just dust very deeply embedded in the fibers over the decades. the gel coat sems perfectly fine. --> Do you see a chance to remove those dust marks? Anyone who did that before? the store manager offered to clean it with some kind of hot steam device. I will try to upload some pictures soon. Thanks in advance. Ben | |||||
| I swore off facebook about 3 | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | waffle | General discussion | |
| I swore off facebook about 3 years ago. It makes me kind of nauseous. I'll use my Wife's account THANKS TONS FOR THE TIP It's a weird and wonderful THING. I thought for sure PEGB would be interested but maybe not "tiki" enough for him.... | |||||
| Of course. How presumptuous | 1 Relevance | 10 years ago | tktoo | Repair | |
| Of course. How presumptuous of me! The funny thing is that the various terms you mention all make perfect sense. Nicely done images, BTW. Very helpful and generous of you. I think your suggestion regarding the bleeding issue is good, too. | |||||
| Buying a Eames lounge chair from the states and shipping to europe | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| I would like to purchase a Eames lounge chair. However the VAT in norway is 25% and that is a big put off. Its half price if I buy it from the states. Even after I've paid all the extras. So what I need to know does anybody have any experience with this sort of thing. i.e. have you yourself done this and what are the pit falls if any. Kind regards LOCKHEART | |||||
| anyone know this coffee table? | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| I am going to look at it at 5am tomorrow before work. But I know nothing of it, other than that it looks nice. Thats the most important thing, right. That being said, I would love any info folks may have. Oh, think I am going to pick up the bertioa chair as well. http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/fur/286296655.html | |||||
| so fill it with sandals, | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | objectworship | General discussion | |
| So fill it with sandals, towels, snorkels and whatnot, or use your imagination? (Can't the thing just be enjoyed without stuffily considering "realistic valuation"? Does it need its own insurance policy for some unfathomable reason? I don't understand this...) | |||||
| The Rud Rasmussen chairs I | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | tchp | General discussion | |
| The Rud Rasmussen chairs I have seen in person (not many) have had a paper label affixed to the bottom of the canvas or leather seat. Seems like an easy enough thing to go missing. I did not notice any markings to the frame. | |||||
| Ouch. Really ? A Bruce Goff | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | SDR | Off topic | |
| Ouch. Really ? A Bruce Goff acolyte, if I recall. This is the sort of thing we look at at Wright Chat. The interior is nice enough; I like the fireplace with floating hearth. Fay Jones too tame for you ? SDR | |||||
| Ha, I have a buddy that | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | difeliciantonio | General discussion | |
| Ha, I have a buddy that collects ashtrays ( he is also a smoker tho) he has like 40+ ones from the 50s and 60s. Always thought kinda odd thing to want to collect. Although when I find a "designer" ashtray, I do normally buy it like the iittala I have or the bitossi ash bowl but those are more describe and I can repurpose them | |||||
| Just based off the pictures, | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Reid Burrell | General discussion | |
| Just based off the pictures, depending on what your plan is with them(keep/sell) I like em' make them an offer! As far as the kodawood thing goes, I have a mild obsession with there products because I still have a chair as one of my first Danish/midmod purchases, I don't think that's one. | |||||
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