The Last Thing That You Acquired #47  

The Jens Quistgaard Tiny Tapers candles for Dansk Design With Light (Denmark) for under one dollar is good. It fits perfect with the rest of my Dansk Tiny Taper stash

@Aunt Mark
Ice cube once a week and indirect sunlight. Not much really.
She was in a bad way, but much happier now. I got the tables, she lost her leg but gained some weight and love. We'll see.
As the universe strives towards balance, we get some and lose some in this acquisition game.
Thanks all.

@Aunt Mark
Re the plates...
They are slightly 1980's Nancy Regan White House.
Don't get me started on the tyranny of things being foisted on you that you don't need.
Set them free and stop trying to make them work.
Though...they would go well with a house full of orchids. Very Doris Duke. Perfect for casual suppers at the White House, no?

They say that Nancy Reagan had terrible foot odor (both feet). It had to do with her toes. I heard it on Hollywood Squares.
Best,
Aunt Mark
ps damn good advice, keewee. Thank you.
pss why doesn't Ronnie have any grey hair? I do.

Nancy began coloring Ronnie's hair while he was asleep, I think. He wasn't vain; she was.
"Mommie, why did my hair feel damp when I got up this morning . . . ? And what's this plastic pillowcase all about ?"
"Oh, Ronnie -- it's nothing. Now drink your cocoa, I put some nice "vitamins" in it for you. Let me know when you're ready for that first "nap" . . ."

@Aunt Mark,
Similar to Minimoma's suggestion another artist to consider is Mariko Paterson. She too has been known to work from existing pieces, has a ceramic decal printer and a wicked sense of humour!

Today it is "old school" vs. "new school"
old school is: 1960's Sigvard Bernadotte and Acton Bjorn Margrethe 2 L and 4 L Mepal Service melamine mixing bowls for Rosti
new school is: current production Massimo Vignelli Max mugs for Heller

On the way to the office I stopped by a sale and scored a hundevad? Bar cart, various Quistgaard candle holders, dansk serving trays and an interesting pair of italian globe bookends.

In keeping with something new every day, I got the Lella Vignelli individual casseroles for Heller for under one dollar. I will add these to the dozen already in my possession. This is good.
modernefamilie
Congratulations on the Jens Quistgaard candle holders for Dansk.

Bought this Arne Jacobsen Munkegaard school desk from the french equivalent of craigslist. It goes well with the 3105 chair I already owned.
Sorry for the crappy picture.
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Modernefamilie, nice score on the candle holders.
I have been hoping to come across those at a thrift store one of these days, and actually the exact ones you found are what I am looking for.
I went to one of my usual Friday lunch-run thrift store stops. Didn't find the holders, but found 4 boxes of tiny tapers (so when I do finally find a holder, I am ready), dollar each; a Wolfard 12" oil lamp, 1.69, but most surprisingly a Dansk Designs Denmark "Jane" salt/pepper grinder combo, for a $1.69. While I am always hoping to score some candle holders, I will take the Dansk Pepper grinder find any day.....

Thanks Niceguy and Zephyr! I forgot to mention the 15 boxes of dansk candles to go with the holders!

Well there you go. You are set for a while now, and you can partake in all the "Design with Light" you can handle!

A casualty of a recent ranch house renovation mania, a laminate countertop in pristine original condition. Pulled out of a dumpster to be reused in my laundry room later.  The Formica pattern is called Skylark by Brooks Stevens and Raymond Loewy from 1950 and was included in the exhibition Vital Forms, American Art and Design in the Atomic Age at the Cooper Hewitt, LACMA and others in the early 2000.
Brooks Stevens was also the industrial designer that coined the phrase "planned obsolescence" (if I spelled it right) and I just did the opposite.

DrPoulet, modernefamilie and minimoma,
Nice desk, great candles and fine laminate. You guys are too much. Now I know I am not the only person to be so fortunate. Good for all...