Furniture Reporter

Joel Sternfeld’s photography:

Joel Sternfeld. Exhausted Renegade Elephant, Woodland, Washington, June 1979

(from American Prospects)

I was experiencing a major dose of nostalgia, for lack of a better word, for small-town America. Jeff Sternfeld’s photos come the closest to conveying the unusual beauty that expat American children mythologise to such a great extent. More on this some other time.

Sophie Blackall’s illustration:

I desperately need to score an invitation to this tea party. Not sure if this is a very dangerous situation in the making, or if peace of some sort is to be had, but the combination of dubious snail and bizarro blue creature in checked pants and bowler hat is my kind of event. Maybe he’s menacingly sprinkling salt in his direction. The possibilities….

(The rest of her illustrations rock as well. This one just particularly struck me.)

Interesting bookcases:

Bookcase stairs = COVET.

(View is from the top of the stairs down. Click on the link for other angles.)

The fact that they function as the “secret staircase” to a loft in a Victorian apartment in London? Explosion of want-lust. You can see more pictures if you click on the link.

V-Shaped bookcase [via Gizmodo]:

Really cool concept, though the worrywart in me sees a little too much possibility for things crashing down in all directions, with books flying everywhere. Probably not meant for someone as clumsy as me. Sigh.

Clever Design:

Alphabet Buttons:

These make the craft/typography geek in me so so so very happy. A perfect marriage!

Energy Savings:

I was looking for a piggy bank of some sort, and found this. Love visual puns!

And finally, a wonderful poster:

I am obsessed with the cuteness of this poster to the point of having spent the afternoon daydreaming about the kitchen I would have to have to be able to put this in it. Yes. I am going to move apartments just so that I can put up a poster in the kitchen. But… it’s a poster about tea! Tea has wonderful, godly properties! What’s not to like?

Ok, that’s it for the day. Must actually accomplish something.

It looks like what the pictures suggest. However I’d like to add that it’s totally rad in person because it utilizes slow traveling hinges, preventing the “doors” from slamming shut. And I do mean slow; if you let it go from the top of the open position it takes about 4-5 seconds to close. I hope the warranty is good because I can see people opening closing the compartments non-stop. I know I would.  

$650 and available directly from Wonk

I love my house. From the kitchen to the bathroom, to the bedrooms and living room. I love my home, especially the living room. My living room is filled with beautiful italian contemporary furniture made from fine leather. I have all kind of piece like my white Malaga Modern Designer Leather Sofa, a fjord redax designer modern chair by moroso. a lime green Bloomy Designer Small Armchair also a moroso, and even a Urban Modern Coffee Table by Tonin Casa.

While the living room is my favorite it seems that my visitors like my master bedroom more  though. Not that i can really blame them. inside my black painted room are some very fine pieces of furniture. The center piece being my Selex Blok Red Walk-on Modern Platform Bed. This is accompanied by my two Diamond Nightstands by Rossetto, The matching Dressers and a black Fly Mirror by Rossetto. With these in my home it’s no wonder why i love it more then anywhere else.

“Everything is permissible as long as it is fantastic,” designer

Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design auction on December 16 in New York. The sale, offering furniture and objects spanning several periods and styles over the past century, also includes Carlo Bugatti’s 1907 silver dragonfly-motif tray, a 1963 bronze chair by Diego Giacometti, and Ron Arad’s 2002 All Light Long table. Mollino’s 1949 laminated plywood and glass Arabesque table is expected to bring in between $800,000 and $1.2 million: his 1949 oak-and-glass trestle table sold for $3.8 million at Christie’s New York in 2005, setting an auction record for 20th-century furniture. The entire auction is expected to bring in between $3.3 million to $4.8 million.

This set is so cute, I couldn’t wait till my next home decor post to blog about it! Head on over to SHAG and pick up yours for FREE today!

Posted by: Caitlain Clowes