Furniture Reporter

Pierre Elitaire zit in Oslo om er interieurarchitectuur te studeren en moest dit jaar een meubel ontwerpen. Hij koos voor een zitsculptuur en voerde het hele ontwerp ook zelf uit.
Gisteren had hij een photoshoot van zijn exemplaar met
+ een professioneel model verbonden aan een models office in Milaan
+ een professioneel fotograaf + assistent; vorige week nog in New York voor
een shoot voor Elle
+ een make-up artist en styliste, vorige week nog in Zuid Afrika voor een shoot
+ een kapper

Allemaal zelf geregeld en allemaal heel enthousiast. Je moet het maar doen.

Het eerste plan was om de hele shoot in een steengroeve te doen, maar sneeuw strooide roet in het eten. Het werd dus de studio maar daarom niet minder spectaculair.
Foto’s van de hele dag hieronder en het uitgebreide verhaal daar.

A sink doesn’t have to look like a sink as the Agape “Gabbiano” bent plywood wash basin proves here. The smooth sloping curves of this modern waterproof birch wash basin are available in medium or dark oak veneer with Corian accents. Other features include a built in soap dish, stainless steel towel rail, and toothbrush holder. Wall mounted and available in left or right side configuration.

So, we are moving from a one bedroom apartment to a full sized townhome. What does that mean? We need more furniture.

I shamelessly stalked Craigslist for days in search of the best deals on the perfect pieces of furniture for our new home. We have most everything we really need. The only things we were really hurting for were some couches. We needed one for the living room and one for the Man Cave.

As of now, we have a futon from Ikea. Only thing is that it’s kinda hard and not something you can sink into. Being creatures of comfort, my husband and I agreed to splurge on two couches if we could find them for cheap. And so, the search began.

Now, all the reasonable looking couches were $100 and over. To be honest, we didn’t have two hundred bucks to blow on furniture. We didn’t want to break into our savings or closing cost money. And really, we didn’t want to spend that on something we didn’t really need.

There was a beige sofa and a green sofa sleeper that looked super comfy and had caught my eye. We planned on leaving the futon upstairs along with another sofa for maximum seating and putting another downstairs. The sleeper would be perfect for when we had guests stay and for when Isaac and his brothers wanted to unravel the bed and sprawl out during a Halo 3 marathon.

So, the emails and negotiations began. Needless to say, I got the beige sofa down from $50 to a whopping $35. She also gave us the really nice coffee table and matching end table for free.  Green sleeper sofa was desperate to get the couch out of his house for lack of room, so I got that for $50 instead of the $100 he wanted.

Time spent on computer: 3-4 hours.

2 sofas, coffee table, and end table: $85

Uhaul: $20

Knowing your house is fully furnished w/o spending too much $$: Priceless

This is the Ibiza Leather Day bed that offers an elegant and contemporary design. The cushion is made of highest quality Italian leather. Two color options (black and white) allow you to match the decor of your surroundings. The wood frame and stainless steel legs provide a strong support in order for you to feel relaxed and secure. Available from Thefurniture.com

Eco Designer Tom Raffield’s  great new designs landed in my inbox today. Have a sneak preview of this fantastic chair for starters.