yay me...

I am finally getting a vintage Eames upholstered shell chair! And in super rare black!! Won it on ebay and appears to be in great shape. Doesn't come with a base, but as you know, someone won an Eiffel base recently for 99 cents. Merry Xmas to me!

Crabtree Building

One of my favorite buildings in downtown San Diego is the Crabtree Building. Designed by Robert Jones of Deems, Martin & Associates for Hodge Crabtree [read about his modern home here] and built in 1962. An award winning design in its day, the scale and balance of this building is stunning. Cantilevered over the main floor, the upper floors are encased in a beautiful meshwork of shade panels. The building is currently up for sale and I hope it will eventually receive the restoration it deserves.

 

 

Update 12/6/2012: Sad to report that since this beautiful building was sold, the entirety of the external meshwork has been removed. Although the building has been updated, what made it stand out from all other buildings in downtown San Diego has been compromised.

Not your grandmother's rocker...

From ModernLine

I spy...

Vintage DAXs?? With x-bases??? Perhaps...hard to tell, but I'm thinking they may be. Several of these chairs have been visible on the balconies of this senior housing building. Makes me think they came with the apartments?? Anyway, trying to come up with a plan on liberating them. Any ideas?

love...want...need

but, alas - on ebay in the Netherlands [but may bid anyway...]

Eiffel base...ebay

99 cents. Thats right 99 f'n cents! Don't be hating. Now...what to do with it.

Wall system...now obsessed

My new project...can I reinterpret the 606 with a next-to-nothing budget? Stay tuned...

Saga of Poor Louis...

Well, here is the Kartell Louis Ghost chair I liberated from the dumpster [now known as Poor Louis] in two pieces. The entire back and one arm was broken off [in one piece] :

With a little effort and a f*ck load of patience, I was able to epoxy it back together. Not bad:

I did my best, but you can see where it cracked on the back. Maybe I'll do something design*sponge crafty to hide it, but he is certainly patio glam worthy... And the epoxy so far has passed my fat ass wiggle test. Now, if I were a dick, I would coax one of my drunk douchie friends to 'have a seat' and hope it broke again and they'd feel bad and replace it with a new one [in black perhaps?]. But I would never....

Poor Louis...

So, the restaurant by my place must have had a [wine]bar fight going on last night or something because I found one of their Louis Ghost's by the dumpster in 2 pieces. Of course, being a crafty sort, I grabbed it [big surprise] convinced I can salvage Poor Louis. I'm certain I can get him back together, but it won't be pretty. Could give me an opportunity to do something fun with it without getting any grief from anyone...

ebay mod watch

Techfab?? Ok...DARs with ass cracks, but still kinda cool [sold for $100]

Hans Olsen chairs...so going to bid [relisted for 'buy it now $1200]

4 McCobb fiberglass chairs...nice!

Cute... [sold for $180]

Sexy...

Triangle Building

San Diego has some very good modern architecture. The Triangle Building by Lloyd Russell is quite stunning. I live in downtown San Diego and there isn't a time when I am in the area that I don't stop to admire it...

mmmm....duuuunnnne....

Dune lounge chair

Shamir Shah

One of my favorite designers is Shamir Shah. His organic modern sensibility is soothing.

Cabinet re-do

Well, here is my $7 cabinet with a little lipstick:

Yes, please...

Loving these items from West Elm...

All about hanging wall systems...but not quite obsessing yet...

Wall system from Atlas Industries. Of course mine will have to be the bastard DIY version...I used their 'build it' tool on their website - the layout below is about $10K. Yeah...no...

Or these from Rakks:

covet...

Display unit from Tonin Casa

More weekend thrifties...

Mid century ceramic and brass lamp...$2!

Awesome spoons! 11 cents each!

I am a sucker for orphaned modern flatware! 10 cents/ea.

Earnest Sohn creamer set. Big purchase of $12. Had to have it...

Ok... I either got a fab deal or got screwed for $14. Loved the graphics on this teapot. Can't find any info on this one [Google let me down]. Bottom stamp says 'RC Nippon Toki Kaisha Japan'. Anyway... me likey.

Modern thrifty score!

Had noticed this cool little cabinet [dresser?] at the local SA. Saw a sign that everything was going to be 75% off on Black Friday. So I actually got there before 7am and got it for 7 bucks! The hardware is what got me - thought it was brass that I would need to have to deal with, but turns out it was just dirty stainless[ew]. I am in the process of painting it - we'll see...

Space dividers...

As I was saying, I'm obsessing with space/room dividers. I have the perfect spot for one but I am very particular to say the least [!]. I want something from Erwin Hauer or Richard Harvey but of course anything close is disgustingly expensive. I'd been searching for something vintage, so it didn't occur to me to just design/construct one myself. That is the plan for now...

Richard Harvey room divider [so want...exactly but is about $2000]

Vintage tension pole space divider [would totally settle for this if i can find one]. Probably sold at discount department stores back in the day