Every Sunday I will post an older piece of art work. This will both give you a feel of where I’ve come from as an artist and allow me to get a head start on this upcoming week’s work.
Chair Painting. Oil on canvas. 2.5′x3.5′. 2004.
This painting is not for sale.
The Leaf is a rocking chair designed by the UK based Lime Studio. The construction is basically made out of two pieces of curved birch plywood padded with a high density cushion that’s wrapped in removable, washable fabric. How sweet is this? Simple, beautiful, comfortable and rocks you to sleep. I love you Leaf. I. Love. You.
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(via: Design Milk)
Today my husband Handy Dave and I set out to shop for dining room furniture with high hopes that we were going to find exactly what we needed. We spent the afternoon wading through four different national home furnishings stores and found nothing but fugly (furniture that was, you know, ugly).
I found myself asking, out loud, “They still make this kind of thing?” The answer: yes. They make things in styles you thought were gone forever by 1985. What’s more, they charge you real money for them. This red velvet and chrome-armed couch, for example, was $499–on sale. Crazy.
I became increasingly discouraged as I trudged through aisle after aisle of full-on fugliness. But then I remembered–I had brought my camera to photograph anything with potential. Since there wasn’t anything that fit that bill, why not get pictures of the fugly stuff to show you instead? (Don’t you love how I’m always thinking of you?)
Each piece of furniture in the post is numbered (the velvet and chrome sofa being #1). In the comments, let me know which piece you think should be permanently voted off the island. Which is the absolute worst offender?
I also want to know which one you think should be saved. Which is the least offensive? You might actually like some of these, so feel free to plead their case. I admit some of it may just be my personal taste. Please don’t take it personally if I show something that you’ve got sitting in your living room! You have the right to like what you want.
To see more fugly furniture, click “more,” below:
Just as I was working on the sitting anims for the Berlin chairs and needed to look up something ont the SL wiki, my feedreader announced a new video tutorial by Torley Linden on – guess what – animations!
Our goal for GREENE concept furniture is to be different from other manufacturers. This not only goes for Invanova’s designs, but also for the animations inside our products. Even though the animations sold by Pillow Talk or Bits’n'Bob are among the finest available in SL, it can get boring to see the same poses over and over again. That’s why poses for GREENE concept furniture get developed from scratch, instead of resorting to stock poses.
We also decided to have the overriding priority of the animations set low, in order to allow the typing animation to still be visible. Especially for the “social furniture”, that allows to sit multiple avatars for meetings or gossiping, the typing animation is an important visual clue. Those who don’t like it can easily turn it off within SL.
I had such a wonderful time at the preview for the Jayson Home & Garden European Flea Market. I would like to extend my thanks to the wonderful folks at Jayson Home, as well as a personal thank you to Abbe, who sent me the invitation. Thanks Abbe!
This is the tent where most of the Flea items were found. Isn’t it pretty? I can’t tell you how nice it was to be outside looking at gorgeous furniture & not freezing to death. Spring has FINALLY sprung in Chicago.
One thing the European Flea was definitely not lacking in, chairs:
There were also a lot of pretty little things that I adored:
I MUST have those bookends & those lovely suitcases. The whole place was packed full of beauty:
And there was even a monkey!
All in all, I could’ve spent days wondering through the market & the store itself. There are just too many treasures to see. If you are in the Chicagoland area this weekend, make sure you visit this fantastic market. Have a great weekend!
