Wall art

I picked up this cool vintage-y looking piece of wall art from a local artist. It's made of old square head nails and brass...

It somewhat reminds of Curtis Jere:

When I went to pick up the piece, I was invited into the artist's home. His wife is an artist as well [amazing free-form ceramic sculptures]. Anyway, entering their home was like walking into a mid-century museum. Original Bertoia and Eames furniture, Jere wall sculptures, a Miro original painting, on and on... truly a treat.

Hello scruffy minx...

Cheap Craigslist find. Needs a fair amount of TLC [ok, a lot] but couldn't say no... She will need a good redo [a la chairfag]. Since the base is pretty shot, I'm going to attempt to modify it to the same height as the harder to find lounge base [one is kicking it in the background]. All dimensions appear to be the same so may work out...

Eames cat

Not sure what this is all about but loved the pic...

Scale modern!

So, while I was going thru a bunch of stuff I had in storage I came across something I had the good sense to save when I was a kid - this mid century modern house that was part of my HO scale train town... And would you believe it is still in production [2nd pic]?

Reminds me of this custom home ad:

Sex on the beach...

Rooms I like...

Bramin lounger

My current 'on the hunt for' item... the Bramin swivel lounge chair - love!

New addition...

Well, here she is - my new aquisition: the fabulously fake Selig Lounge/Eames 670 knock-off. Of course an original is disgustingly out of reach [for me anyway] and I was inches away from buying another gorgeous knock-off at Hold It in San Diego [$1500-ish] over the weekend until I came to my senses. I did some research on this faker and although the new reproduction was sweet, this one is more up my alley. My goal is to take her down this road...

But for now, I will enjoy her [and her matching foot rest] as is...

670 Selig knock-off

So, a friend is offering this decent knock-off [not this one, but identical and in excellent condition] to me at a fair price...only to fund HIS chair addiction. I think I may take him up on it.

Sexy vintage...

My new coffee table

Long and low - Origana coffee table from Plummers

Random smartness...

I stumbled upon these sofa's from myfab.com. $699 - wtf??! $1099 for leather...

Whatever...still like my Sater from Ikea.

Orange you glad I didn't say banana?

And I need another chair why?

Who cares, that's why. Checked out this little minx after work. We met on craigslist...I love her. Needs a little TLC but so do I. She's mine tomorrow!

Minimalista

Sofa King nice...

Bora Bora

Amazing reno...

Modern bungalow

Covet...

New sofa

So, I went back and forth on several sofa's for my new place - all of which had to meet the criteria of being modern and able to fit thru my funky front door landing [ugh]. I had to give up my coveted sofa in sexy dark grey fabric. Oh well - after 3 days of mourning and everyone telling me to f'n get over it, it went to a good home. I spent most of last week searching for just the right one and found several - all of which would either not fit or be very close. Not wanting to deal with those issues right now, I decided to get something temporary as I am very much a 'want it/want it now' kind of person. So, until I find just the right one, I bought this one:

It's the Sater from Ikea. I've never been a big fan of their sofas, but I just love the lines of this one. It's super comfortable and seems well made. And at $399 it was well worth it. Or was it?? Time will tell...

Be right back...going shopping for a new sofa!