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	Craigslist Find	1 Relevance	16 years ago	ankh1980	General discussion
	Craigslist Find The sofa is still in it's original gold/wheat tweed fabric. There is a little wear on the corner of the arm rests (hence the toss cushions) and the welting was a bit frayed on the front of the track arms (probably from their pet)... I just cut the welting off and trimmed the lose threads and made it unnoticeable. Other than that its in pretty good condition. It came from an older couple who were selling their early-70's era house and downsizing; they just wanted to 'get rid of the damn thing"!
	Someone could make a nice living on Ebay	1 Relevance	16 years ago	william-holden-...	General discussion
	Someone could make a nice living on Ebay acting like a naive seller, offering plausible fake unsigned art. I've often been tempted to try my hand at such a thing-- ever since I read the autobiography of famous art forger Elmyr De Hory. Unlike Elmyr, I wouldn't even have to wrestle with conscience (or the law) by claiming it to be the real McCoy-- just use the right keywords, then sit back and let people's greed do the rest. But, I'd start my auctions at 9.99, or thereabout.
	Stick with what you have ,thurrball...	1 Relevance	18 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	Stick with what you have ,thurrball... Time honored, functional and actually a pleasant visual aesthetic. I've got the same basic thing. And I fought my homeowner's accociation covenant for my right to use it. These covenant are actually not defensible in court. My situation never got that far, but my right to the American "Pursuit of Happiness" protect my right to save money and live responsibly. I'm imagining that these stupid 'rules' of aesthetics will go away in the next few years as energy prices and climate awareness increase.
	I Enjoy Them!	1 Relevance	19 years ago	Robert Leach	General discussion
	I Enjoy Them! They are not only informative, for the most part, but give people an opportunity to help others out...which must be a good thing ? OK, Sometimes I get the feeling folk are just asking for a valuation to set their eBay start price..but one doesn't have to answer them. Also, if we didn't have them, we would most likey have an entire forum of Qs about Eames chairs! I think the problem with 'charging' for information, other than positive IDs (and even then, who will arbitrate?) is that valuations can fluctuate with the market, and indeed the country..there is no finite answer much of the time. Things are worth as much as someone will pay for them.
	LazyTown	1 Relevance	22 years ago	Olive	General discussion
	LazyTown Anybody seen this? It's currently my 3-yr old nephew's most favoritest thing on the planet. It's wacky and goofy, but, hey, it's for kids and it's just such a riot. The set looks like Sesame Street meets retro tiki lounge and Leave it to Beaver. It's filmed in Iceland of all places! Check it out on Nickelodeon some time. I wish there was that much creativity put into the crap we adults are supposed to be watching! DavidDC...if you're gonna watch HGTV, I agree, Candice is about the only one worth watching!
	Fake Kartell?	1 Relevance	13 years ago	louie_louie	General discussion
	Hi, I spotted this item that sure looks like Kartell's Componibili not only in the looks but also considering the dimensions. Thing is, this is not stamped - with any sorts of stamp. Did Kartell stamp all the items produced through the times? This is the item:
	PVA	1 Relevance	19 years ago	SDR	General discussion
	PVA glue ("white glue") dries as rigid as yellow glue, and has a longer open time. . . I wonder if Silly String would work ? Nah. . . If a slightly tacky string were wound "dry", then one or more applications of thinned white glue could be sprayed on the ball afterward, to weld the thing into one piece. I say listen to Holden -- he's actually MADE these. . .!
	I	1 Relevance	19 years ago	Robert Leach	General discussion
	I I don't call that a 'theory of design' I call it good practice, and things any practioner worth their salt would be considering/ putting into practice I'm not being deliberately contentious here, but find the whole thing has a whiff of the Emperors New Clothes, but rather badly presented.. Sort of the like The Emperors new clothes from K Mart ? I'd, also, expect better from a lecturer from a known educational establishment..
	now i am staying up late	1 Relevance	19 years ago	LRF	General discussion
	now i am staying up late The thing that is really throwing me off is the legs could they have been changed ? I have seen a lot of furnishings designed for the Minola House in Turin That was produced at the height of the war, At that time skilled craftsmanship compensated for the dearth of quality materials and Carlo Mollino did a lot of stuff for minola House but the legs are wrong on that chair for a Mollino.
	Dear Wazi	1 Relevance	21 years ago	koen	General discussion
	Dear Wazi Now that a picture of the real thing is available may I point out the differences with your table? - the top of the element that touches the glass is straight, yours does not seem to be straight at least on the picture. The inside of the two end shapes is ever so slightly convex and yours are ever so slightly concave. These are the details that made me conclude that yours is not a real Naguchi....not to mention the black stain, but that could be....wear
	Ugly Gas Heater Solution?	1 Relevance	21 years ago	needafix	General discussion
	Ugly Gas Heater Solution? I just moved in to a new rental apartment with a hideous gas heater, complete with oily burn marks and ghetto dreary grey painted metal. Does anyone know if I can paint this without burning down the house (do you know what type of paint I need)? Or any other design solution beside getting a plant? I am sitting here staring at this thing and it is UGLY. Thanks!
	I use bertoia side chairs. i...	1 Relevance	22 years ago	whitespike	General discussion
	I use bertoia side chairs. i... I use bertoia side chairs. i love how light they are...mostly constructed of air. i agree about the bright furniture. when i first got into this stuff i wanted white walls and bright everything. now i am completely opposite. get versitile colors. the only thing i have left from that era of taste is my orange vinyl eames rocker.....but its sentimental.
	More photos would be helpful,	1 Relevance	9 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	Identification
	More photos would be helpful, say of the back, underside, perhaps those drawers. And it is not solid teak. The whole thing is teak veneer over some substrate. Veneer work made Danish modern possible. It would not be possible to make those doors from solid teak slabs and have them function properly. They would expand and contract and warp, not to mention the complications of figuring out how to attach the inner shelves.
	I do believe you are right	1 Relevance	10 years ago	leif ericson - Zephyr Renner	General discussion
	I do believe you are right that the top is solid teak. And really wide boards too. The rails are solid teak, which is pretty unusual. Pontoppidan was, of course, a cabinetmaker, and this sort of thing is more common among the cabinet makers. Ludvig Pontopida worked with so many designers, and often a table looks like a table looks like a table, so it is hard to even guess stylistically to whom you might attribute it. Any idea when it was made? Was there other furniture that might hint at age?
	Thanks Leif. We plan to...	1 Relevance	13 years ago	TheMidCenturyBeehive	General discussion
	Thanks Leif. We plan to... Thanks Leif. We plan to keep this one (just starting a family and hoping it'll stand up better to children than a veneered table would). Thing is, this is about the fourth table we've planned to hold on to, so only time will tell. Everything has a price, of course. We've managed to stumble upon quite a number of Hvidt pieces here in SLC - I recently snagged a small square table (Model FD 12/51 I think) that's also solid teak.