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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Any Idea of these high ladderback chairs? | 1 Relevance | 7 years ago | LoveHouseNY | Identification | |
| Just acquired a set of 6 high back ladder chairs. No markings, possible that the leather cushions were added at some point but I haven't been able to find them anywhere after hours of searching. The closest thing I could find to the base were Fasem chairs but they seem more like something Charles Rennie Mackintosh style. Any ideas? Attachment: lh_june_26_1024x1024@2x.jpg | |||||
| Mark, I disagree. The OP told | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | Repair | |
| Mark, I disagree. The OP told the refinisher what to do and he did it. When you tell someone you want a whisky and they pour you Jack Daniels, and you complain that this whiskey taste bad, well who is at fault? The guy who said I want a whiskey, or the guy who poured the whiskey? Of course a nice bartender may take back the Jack Daniels and pour you something else, but any self-respecting bartender will also brand you an unpleasant unreliable customer. This is not good for a long term bar patron - bar tender relationship. He responsible thing to do is to order another whisky, pay for both, and leave a good tip because you spurned the first pour. | |||||
| If you decide to flip the | 1 Relevance | 11 years ago | fastfwd | General discussion | |
| If you decide to flip the thing upside down to disassemble/reassemble it, be very careful and make sure to support it right where the top mounts to the base. Both pieces are very heavy, and if you don't support them carefully when you rotate the assembly around, the leverage will put a lot of stress on the joint between them. (This is also why you shouldn't ever lift the table by its top; the joint between the top and base isn't intended to support the hanging weight of the base.) Also, be very careful when setting the table upside-down on its top; if it's not exactly square to the floor, you'll be putting a lot of weight on the top's delicate knife edge. | |||||
| Yes... and no? | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| Yes... and no? The first answer that came to my mind was "Yes". But what about the shakers and their furniture? This is a kind of design which could be classified as modern, but the shakers worldview were as far from secularian as it could be. Maybe there is no (anti-)correlation between design and religion at all, but rather a conflict beetween the _lifestyle_ associated with modern design (sex, drugs and rock'n roll :-)) and religion, which keeps religious people away from adoring (or allowing themselves to) modern design. However, if people are better informed, they will see that modern design is not related to a certan lifestyle, but stands for itself - or should, if it is good design. The sad thing is that in reality most people seem to never get to that point... | |||||
| I don't even care that you intend to use this as a corner desk. | 1 Relevance | 16 years ago | william-holden-... | General discussion | |
| I don't even care that you intend to use this as a corner desk. Let the shelf space face the wall, what care I? The thing that bugs me about this desk is that it appears to have NO leg room. I can barely imagine sitting at this desk, let alone crossing my legs while sitting. The space that should accommodate the sitter's legs is occupied by a cabinet(a cabinet that won't even be of any use since it'll be facing a wall--). The dog-house desk is at least functional for sitting, a reasonable prerequisite of any desk design. | |||||
| Spanky, | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | Grendel_The_Cat | General discussion | |
| Spanky, I'm going to try and restore them the best I can (clean off as much flaking as possible and condition whats left?) Or have a friend who does upholstery make some plain, untufted cushions in tweed/wool like fabric (as a price saver, for the cushions to match my Danish chairs a little better, and as knock offs I don't mind doing something completely unauthentic with them!) SDR, Nice work! I've done the plywood thing for the bottoms of a few Danish chairs. I'd suggest taking it a step further and wrapping the wood in fabric (both for esthetics and to keep the cushions from possibly snagging on the wood) edited- the cat distratced me. | |||||
| I really don't understand you, Heath | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | barrympls | General discussion | |
| I really don't understand you, Heath I start a thread to show off the high price a particular sofa is selling for. You counter by going off-topic to say that relative values for other goods makes this sofa not so expensive. I casually use the term "allowed"...you pick up on that. It seems like whenever I post, you counter by disagreeing or going so far off topic to make a point that's nowhere near that i was trying to say. I'm not upset, but I simply don't understand. The fact that this sofa is overpriced has nothing whatsoever to do with the price of an automobile. Why you brought that up is confusing to me. Whether or not you can buy one second hand cheaper is completely unrelated to my original posting. Isn't it an apples or oranges thing? | |||||
| hah! | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | tolomeotexas | General discussion | |
| hah! So I am not crazy! I thought that it would be more common to see a furniture maker's label not just the designers name on the chair... if you look at the additional auctions they have a supposed george nelson for herman miller piece of furniture - unfortunately I am really not familiar with his stuff so it doesnt scream to me fake like the wegner chair did, but look at the herman miller marking they show - it looks crooked and like a DIY job.... the strange thing about all this is that I never thought someone would try to put markings on furniture like this after the fact to mislead someone... I know how people love to put "saarning tulip table" on designs that are inspired but not authentic - but now are they going to start signing his name on the bottom? | |||||
| awkward | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| awkward i think it dis-serves canadians to call the donahue chair the 'canadian coconut' -- by directly comparing it to Nelson's, the clumsiness (and, yes, ugliness) of donahue's chair becomes even more apparent. not just the shape of the seat, but the way the legs connect & splay. and of course details aren't just details -- they make or break the thing. donahue's fails badly on this score. just one person's opinion. but to my eye, donahue's chair looks kitsch -- the result of an attempt to imitate a style rather than the product of a genuine effort to make something worthwhile while driven by some idea or thought. | |||||
| You might have masonry right... | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | leif ericson - Zephyr Renner | General discussion | |
| You might have masonry right... You might have masonry right behind the drywall above you fireplace. (I do). Which is a good and bad thing. Good because it will be very solid once you've drilled a hole into it. Bad because you will need a hammer drill and masonry bit to drill the hole. And annoying because you may not have an air gap behind the drywall for a normal anchor to expand. But once you've got the hole drilled, a simple plastic plug with a screw in it will hold a lot of weight.. Otherwise, if it is empty behind the drywall, these anchors are great for extra heavy things where there is no stud: http://t.homedepot.com/p/E-Z-Ancor-Twist-N-Lock-8-x-1-1-4-in-White-Nylon... | |||||
| PG | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Solange | General discussion | |
| PG Nice lamps. I am a huge fan of Lotte, owning a few myself. It certainly appears to be one. That is the only shape I can recall that tapers at the base, as the other thin ones flair out at the base. Your Everest of course, will be to find the matching shade. They occasionally come up on eBay, often more costly than the lamp itself. Ordering directly from Lotte is difficult, as they seem to be hopelessly backordered. I found a nice old Lotte lamp a couple of years ago in a thrift and have yet to find the shade. I just can't bring myself to put a generic shade on the thing...the beauty really being the lamp as it was meant to be..... | |||||
| Hey Spanky, | 1 Relevance | 9 years ago | keaton | General discussion | |
| Hey Spanky, In fact, selling something is always a solution. That said, it's not that I don't have the money, but rather that overpaying on ridiculous customs duties simply hurts. Then again, it's just as silly to get hung up on it, because I won't be able to change a thing about it. Yesterday, the agent from Paris finally got back to me. She might be able to present me with a few more options, I'm curious to learn about possible alternatives. Also, according to her, ordering Mt. Stuart through her would save me customs duties, but I'm not quite sure whether there's not another stimulation tied to that (e.g. an agent fee or something like that). Later this week I'll know more, I guess. Thanks a bunch for explaining the spraying process in terms that even a layman like me can understand! Makes perfect sense, thank you for taking the time, Spanky. Much appreciated. | |||||
| The end. | 1 Relevance | 13 years ago | Mark | General discussion | |
| well maybe not...but the southern most point of the US, anyhow (Key West)...some snappies that I have been reluctant to share of a condo that my sister and I purchased a decade ago. She arrived one time...installed a TV..had a smoke/drink..and never returned. I sneak down when possible. Sorry about the Ikea sticks...most everything is from consignment stores. I did have (and designed) the divider thing that separates the space. I'll show more snappies soon. The same woodworker that made the room divider also made the built in drawers (white under bedroom area window's) and the credenza (under the dreaded TV). The space is on the busiest street in town...and is quite noisy..but fun. Why not?? I'm buzzed. Aunt Mark | |||||
| Okay at a garage sale I just | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | objectworship | General discussion | |
| Okay at a garage sale I just got this ridiculous 13" bust, it's mounted on a walnut block and it's painted antique gold and it's nice and heavy and strangely handsome in a kitsch 1960s decorator kind of a way and I thought first CHOPIN? but I wasn't sure so I asked the lady and she thought BEETHOVEN and I became excited because SCHROEDER has BEETHOVEN on his piano and that's great and I negotiated a reasonable deal and I drove around the town with my bust next to me in my coupe and I was happy until I stopped and realized that the stupid thing is actually BACH and though I have no particular affinity for BACH I suppose I'll have to make do somehow. Oh, the suffering. I got a Slinky too! | |||||
| You should make precise... | 1 Relevance | 12 years ago | mvc | General discussion | |
| You should make precise... You should make precise distinctions before you write such nonsense like "the MCM market is slowing down." Firstly, there was a time when every piece of furniture - it just had to be made of teak or rosewood and come from the sixties - was hyped as MCM. The prospering trade with such rubbish is finally over, and this is normal. Secondly, certain designs - especially of Eames and Jacobsen - are to find currently in every ordinary office, and it's a well-known fact: inflationary use of a design makes it boring, that's normal too. Thirdly, well-preserved "stuff" of famous Danish designers sells gorgeous, and this stuff is getting more and more expensive, and that's a good thing because quality has its worth. | |||||
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