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| I must admit it was my mistak... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | kin1117 | General discussion | |
| I must admit it was my mistak... I must admit it was my mistake that I didn't follow the instructions correctly. I remember reading paulanna's earlier comment about scrubbing with naptha with a toothbrush and somehow the idea of scrubbing stayed in my head when I decided to try tchp's approach due to his amazing results. That's how I ended up blending the 2 methods together and created an inferior outcome. The picture shows the slight fading of the finish near the edge of the top. One thing I truly believe is everyone here's trying to help and I"m sure there's more than 1 way to success. I think I mentioned before that I suck at DIY'ing but just love to learn. Hopefully everyone will continue to contribute, preferably with less tension. Thank you all again. | |||||
| Are mirrored walls a tragedy? | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Solange | General discussion | |
| Are mirrored walls a tragedy? Yes... if they are antique effect as starline mentioned. Good lord, is that a thing again? I agree Hazelnut's suggestion to do a tester with foam core or similar is well worth the effort. Having that wall of mirror covered over will make a startling impact on the look and feel of the space, and you may want to get used to a blank wall for awhile until you can decide if you want the mirror back or not. I love your choice to remove the crown molding Mark. I have done it in a previous home and was tremendously pleased by the result.... (edited spelling not content) | |||||
| If you must | 1 Relevance | 17 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| If you must do something, tchp's darker version -- the last previous image -- looks good to me -- minus the monkey-ladder. (Again, a simple plane of verticals there would be both more "modern" and more elegant, I think.) Let your next house be the Eichler it was born to be -- let this one be itself, too. A horse with a pasted-on hump will never be a camel -- it's just an ugly horse ! (I gather you've modernized the interior -- so be it. Let that be the surprise. (By the way, the really modern thing for the landscaping would be a xeriscape, wouldn't it ? Southern California is a desert, artificially irrigated with precious water. Be a leader in your neighborhood by demonstrating how handsome -- and low-maintenance -- a drought-tolerant landscape can be. . .) | |||||
| more glass | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| more glass First one is a little heart vase by Timo Sarpaneva. It is in rather rough shape with a lot of tiny surface chips and one nasty scuffed spot. Second, one of a set of fourteen sherbet glasses by Per Lutken for Holmegaard, Denmark. I bought twelve of these in their boxes at an auction and put them away and kinda forgot exactly what they looked like. Then a few years later I picked up two more because I liked how they looked, and only just now realized that they were the same thing when I got them out to photograph! Duh. Last, the Party dish by Göran Wärff for Kosta Boda. He also did a Party Marina line with a lovely lobster on the platter. I would love to find one of those someday. | |||||
| RE: Help ID these mid century lounge chairs | 1 Relevance | 6 years ago | tktoo2 | Identification | |
| @milo-2, I have no expertise with these. From the pics provided, the frames appear near identical in design and proportion to known examples. The curly figure in the light-colored wood also suggests N American origin. ...However, perusing a hundred or so images online reveals not a single Widdicomb chair of this design with either an upholstered back or anything but mitered and coped joinery. In other words, I do think it would be advisable to secure reliable authentication before labeling them as anything other than "style of" Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb. Sorry I can't provide such. Best of luck to both you and Ziggy (tell them to try again, the "you have been banned" thing is a bug that happens often with this site). | |||||
| freedom | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | glassartist | General discussion | |
| freedom freedom is linked to the car being an ego accessory of who we see ourselves as being. i have realized this a long time ago and am trying to remove my self image from my car. not an easy thing.if it works will i end up a buddhist? sure there is the physical freedom you speak of, but this too is tangled with a marlboro man, manifest destiny sort of psychology. there seems to be car co-ops popping up here and there to address this restriction you mentioned, to give another option to urban folk. if G.M. hadnt been so sucessful at killing off mass transit in most cities back in the fourties, we might not fear the restrictions you mention because they would be the norm. i wonder if people felt restricted when horses couldnt take you 400 miles in a day. | |||||
| 2030 Challenge and LEEDS | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | Olive | General discussion | |
| 2030 Challenge and LEEDS I have been becoming more aware of 'green' and 'sustainable' policies and politics lately. DCW is correct, from what I've learned. There is A LOT of posturing and politicking out there on what is, and is not, sustainable. I would say DavidDC, that you should not assume anything and ask what policies are in place at whatever company you buy from. If you are interested in reducing your impact ie: becoming 'carbon neutral', a good place to start is to see if any of the products a company offers are capable of utilization towards LEEDS certification. (see link below to the US Green Building Council) Another thing to learn about is the 2030 challenge. Here's a link: http://www.architecture2030.org/open_letter/index.html And to let you know one other thing I have learned...you can make a huge impact on the amount of waste and resource use you need just by making careful choices in the everyday things you consume. Like for instance: Use compact fluorescent light bulbs and turn them off when you leave a room. It is a fallacy that it uses more energy to turn them on and off frequently. Purchase items that are not over-packaged or have at least recyclable packaging. Those miserable to open plastic clamshells are some of the worst offenders. Keep your home at 68F in the day time 60F at night, or lower if you can manage it. You save 1% of your average consumption for every degree below 72F. Besides you'll get to wear all your nice sweaters. Wash clothes in cold water and use triple concentrated detergents to save on energy and packaging waste. Unplug chargers. Like for cell phones and ipods. The transformers use a constant trickle of power, so unplug them when not in use. Walk. Ride a bike. Take public transit. This is easy for you in your area. It's good to know that other DA'ers are thining along the lines of become more aware and active in resource conservation. Global warming is no joke. http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19 | |||||
| Florence Knoll or Knock Off?! | 1 Relevance | 15 years ago | MadHaus | General discussion | |
| So this is really strange, I found what look like a Florence knoll table with the chrome base and oval top, the one that retails anywhere from 5k-8k $ and a person posted it as a John Boos Pedestal table with the Dimensions: 42" diameter, 31" height. I didnt think that anyone had reproduced this table at all, and it has the same look as the Knoll one and also has a 2inch wood top like knoll. do you think this is a knock off? or is it real and the person is mistaken? they are asking 800 dollars for it and I would gladly pay that considering that the real thing is worth so much more and it is such a nice design that defines modernism. heres a few pics they posted... | |||||
| But let's not blame the 1.3 b... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LRF | General discussion | |
| But let's not blame the 1.3 b... But let's not blame the 1.3 billion men, women, and children in China. o.k. I think the people who read this forum on a regular bases know what I am saying .I don't think anyone here is blaming 1.3 billion people for the actions of a few greedy people. Just like you can not blame every German person and the nation for what Hitler did ..... The only thing I want to make perfectly clear is you can not turn a deaf ear or close one eye for what the Chineses are doing and that government, administration, dictatorship,warlords,Prime Minister, Premeriers,or Chairman are doing that and it is hurting not just children it is hurting all of us. | |||||
| On old Saab that looked like | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| On old Saab that looked like a beetle. It crawled up the hills. Had to have two of them to keep one running. And it would never start without spraying carburetor fluid into the carb. That was my job: unscrew the thumb screw over the air filter and carb, spray, wait for my father to get the thing going, then put the lid back on and screw the thumb screw onto the post, which is not so easy while the engine is running. | |||||
| When someone mentions a website or store | 1 Relevance | 18 years ago | barrympls | General discussion | |
| When someone mentions a website or store it's not really advertising. We've discussed Hivemodern, Unica Home, and Highbrow, which are similar good distributors of Herman Miller and Knoll, as well as other lines. I didn't think that mentioning that other website as actually advertising...just a heads up. On another thread, a person was looking for Bertoia chairpads and Highbrow was suggested. You didn't remove that listing, Patrick & Alix. We weren't promoting the website, just letting someone know where it can be purchased. I think it was the same thing at the top of this thread. So, when is it acceptable to mention a business and when it is not? | |||||
| OK, the stripes didn't match | 1 Relevance | 8 years ago | Spanky | Identification | |
| OK, the stripes didn't match up at all on the blue one and the other one with the same that was the same make. Weird. I don't know who made any of them. There are and were tons of American furniture manufacturers and many never labeled their furniture at all for whatever reasons. One other thing--it's pretty rare to get an answer immediately here, and posting the same question two or three times in one day won't make any difference. Sometimes no one knows the answer at all and your questions might never be answered. If you need to make a snap decision at an estate sale, thrift shop, flea market, etc., don't count on getting help here within minutes. (I mean, you MIGHT get lucky, just that posting multiple messages won't increase your chances.) | |||||
| Foxxy-I appreciate your input... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | keewee | General discussion | |
| Foxxy-I appreciate your input... Foxxy-I appreciate your input! Ignore the mean things people say. Woodywood-Not intending to start a war over Eames. Just not my thing. I know they're everyone's darling. Yes, perhaps for me it's just having seen too much of it. I wondered about the contemporary market again last night. You seem to be hinting at and may be correct... they may ignite interest in some people to pursue the vintage pieces. I personally think those cases will be rare. It's probably the case that the high prices on places like Craigslist is sending people to Crate and Barrel. Lol. I was looking over the forums on Ebay and sellers of vintage everything are noticing a slow down. It's not just mid century. | |||||
| Save your money, friend. I wi... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | finch | General discussion | |
| Save your money, friend. I wi... Save your money, friend. I will not proselytize on the morality issue, but I will ask that you consider the fundamental drawbacks of such a choice/purchase. Think about it -- why burden yourself with being the caretaker of half-baked copies made in a wasteland like mainland China? Such furniture is the physical embodiment of strife and sadness coming from such a place, not of pride in craft. Why pay rent on a place to keep and house furnishings that aren't worth a nickel the second after you buy them? Why break your back on moving day for such a thing? Save up and sit on something less compelling for a while. | |||||
| I was in the giant thrift | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | Spanky | General discussion | |
| I was in the giant thrift store yesterday and did a cursory stroll past the fabric section which almost never has anything except ugly chenilles and polyester double knits. Which is why I was shocked to find nearly 3 yards of wool hopsack upholstery fabric in the exact colorway as Hallingdal 733 (turquoise and cobalt blue). It has 2 threads going in each direction so I know it's not Hallingdal, but at $2 for the whole thing, I'm not complaining! | |||||
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