When an Eames stool isn't

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Olive

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14/02/2006 1:53 am

An Eames walnut stool is just the thing I need next to my reading chair (Saarinen Womb). Everything else I've tried is just a cacophany of legs. However, the price of the Eames is just silly. I've looked at some inexpensive versions of a wood block stool at Target, Ikea, West Elm, Chiasso and a few others, but I've not found anything that floats by boats. Anyone know of anything else I should look at?

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Olive

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14/02/2006 1:54 am

floats my boat
I'm tired...time for a martini...

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whitespike

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14/02/2006 2:29 am

Why not a Saarinen side...
Why not a Saarinen side table? It isn't leggy at all.

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whitespike

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14/02/2006 2:30 am

Or get something less...
Or get something less predictable.... a piece of firewood?

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Olive

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14/02/2006 2:33 am

Funny you should say that
I have a chunk of log out in my woodbin that I won't let my hubby burn, cuz I may just turn it into a table! I also have a friend that does architectural wood turnings, balusters, table bases, that kind of thing, he'll create me a replica of the Eames if I want it, but somehow that seems....I don't know...odd...

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azurechicken (USA)

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14/02/2006 4:05 am

MICHAEL TAYLOR
he did the simple stripped log polished and waxed they are quite as good as the Ray Eames stool,with much of the same feel....

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whitespike

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14/02/2006 6:24 am

What azure is saying is what...
What azure is saying is what I am talking about ... a log stripped and finished. Why not? It would be inexpensive and cool looking. I would do that before I made a copy of the eames...

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azurechicken (USA)

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14/02/2006 7:48 am

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Yes I know we all agree!another subtle table,Platners wire table in bronze finish...

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Olive

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14/02/2006 5:27 pm

You've convinced me...
a polished log it shall be.

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modernisbetter

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14/02/2006 6:22 pm

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how about a pile of rocks

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modernisbetter

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14/02/2006 6:38 pm

kidding.
check out this link....
http://cgi.ebay.de/Orangefarbener-Designhocker-ca-60-70er-Jahre_W0QQitem...

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14/02/2006 9:20 pm

A pile of books would look...
A pile of books would look better/cooler next to the womb.
I wouldn't pair womb with the eames stool.

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whitespike

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14/02/2006 9:42 pm

I have to politely disagree. ...
I have to politely disagree. I pesonally think the Eames stool would look good next to anything (even a dead body) ... I would say a pile of books high enough to use as a table would be quite a bit of clutter. Not to mention it would make the books hard to use. You would have to repile everytime you wanted to read one!
azure:
"Platners wire table in bronze finish"
I think that table could give me real happiness ... especially in bronze.

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whitespike

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14/02/2006 9:43 pm

BUT
I like the log idea best.
For some reason having an overwhelming amount of high profile designer things in one room is starting to annoy me.

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vivienne

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15/02/2006 12:15 am

Sorted ...
either,a frozen and varnished dead body..or.. a pile of ice cubes so that by the time your sick of the stool/table it would have melted anyhow!,alternatively just use the floor.

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