A final outburst!
God save little shops, china cups, and virginity!
God save the village green!
Victorian Pornography
Some people are just never satisfied. They ask for something about Victorian pornography, and you give it to them — see Part 1 of this series — and then ten minutes later they demand to know where Part 2 is.
Oh, very well . . .
Pompeii tchochke | For Cindy, obviously
Windchimes!
formula.chair, Matthias Demacker
Matthias Demacker’s indoor and outdoor ultra-thin formula.chair designed for Area DeClic is inspired by the seats used in the Formula 1 racing cars.
terrifying furniture
(via marginal revolution)
The Red House
If you watch only one racially inclusive furniture store commercial today, make it this one.
Doshi Levien — My Beautiful Backside
I’m pretty sure I’ve posted this before, but I fucking love this couch.
Friends of furniture, gather round
and gaze at this chair that has just sold for 22 million euro.
That’s just a shade over $28 million, folks. Yes. That’s $28 million, not $2.8 million which, I think you will all agree would be a reasonable price to pay for a pretty chair. As Ross said this morning,
If that chair doesn’t shit gold eggs while tap dancing, they got overcharged.
Dear casual readers of clusterflock
As I’ve said before, come for the posts, stay for the comments.
Dear Robert,
You’re shorter in person than I expected, exactly my height; nicer, too, and just as handsome.
We climbed the stairs and you showed me why I came to meet you in the first place: the whole of the interior was white, cake white — every picture, every inch of carpet, the folds in the drapes — as though drained by a mindless Midas.
“It’s my grandma’s house. My dad did this.”
the door I am / “was” working on
heavy lumber
Sometimes when I take a picture using the iPhone it turns out like this.
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Deron in ER
Deron said my shot captured exactly how he felt.
If you want to see the unbandaged hand and you have a strong stomach, it’s below the fold. (It’s pretty gory — don’t say I didn’t warn you.)
finishing touch or step too far?
liquor cabinet
Update: More photos below the fold.
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shot in the bark
I’m working on a liquor cabinet and got some pecan / hickory from a former neighbor last week. Today I planed down one of the planks and found what appears to be the lead from a .22 caliber slug embedded in the bottom of the board.
the makings of a liquor cabinet
oiled credenza
Furniture Joins
These are amazing joins on a table by Nathan Wierink.
(Via Make)
things we bought on ebay, Florence Knoll 57W Sofa
I’ve seen it referred to as a Florence Knoll Parallel Bar Sofa. If that is what this couch is called, it transformed over the years into a sofa with a chrome base. In that case, this is the earliest form of the Parallel Bar Sofa.
I’ve also seen it referred to as the Florence Knoll 57W Sofa. I’m not sure which is correct.
My favorite detail is the support structure along the back.
We paid 480 for the couch. I’ve seen it listed at 5,500. We paid 225 for the coffee table. I’ve seen it listed at 1,700. I love the value of beautiful objects.
the bathtub chair, Baek-Ki Kim
things we bought on ebay, Florence Knoll T Angle Coffee Table
Visual evidence
The one that got away
I had bookmarked a Jens Risom floating coffee table a month or so ago after I bid on and won the Florence Knoll sofa (which arrived yesterday). I forgot about the auction and was bummed when I remembered and realized it had sold for only $305. It’s hard to find Risom furniture at good prices and I felt I let something beautiful slip away. I spent the next night searching for another.
Cleaning
I should have taken pictures of it, but the table is built on a steel frame. The wood looks to be a single piece of oak veneer plywood cut into three squares. These pieces attach by screws to the bottom. I took everything apart, vacuumed and windexed the frame, rubbed the wood with cleaner, and put everything back together.
Plans
There are a couple places where the veneer on the sides of the squares has chipped off. And there are couple gouges and water rings on the top. I may reapply veneer to two of the sides, then see about getting the water stains out.
If that doesn’t work, I’ll probably cut three new pieces with walnut and keep the original squares.
Observation
Amy says it reminds her of the Pierre Koening Case Study House.
a credenza I’m working on
Scott Wilson, Purity Rocking Chair
clusterflock ebay bleg
Any clusterflock readers live in the LA area and have access to a truck, station wagon or van?
I bought a beautiful Florence Knoll coffee table on ebay and need help getting it to a packing store before UPS freight picks it up. I’d be happy to pay a small fee for your troubles. The coffee table is in Echo Park and the woman I bought it from knows a good packing store near by.
Thanks.
