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Sugar and spice…

20-05-2011
Cathrineholm, Eames, Hornsea, John Sylvia Reid, Stag
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…and all things at a bargain price. I’ve been on the hunt for deliciousness and it’s proven to be quite fruitful lately.

Firstly I’ve wanted an Eames House Bird for so long so I treated myself from the ever helpful Momentum in Cardiff with a cheeky little discount.

We were away last weekend for a friends birthday, the Wi-Fi in the hotel wasn’t brilliant but I managed to get my hands on the rather gorgeous eight inch Cathrineholm bowl for £21 on Ebay! It’s in superb condition too. David isn’t keen on it though and said it would look right at home in a Romany gypsy caravan!

I’ve had a thing for drawers recently (the wooden storage kind!) and I came across the Fineline drawers designed by John & Sylvia Reid for Stag in the 60’s. I’m thinking either for the spare room or maybe in my loft/studio. Oh yes, the price….£51! Ebay.

Last but not least the Hornsea Alpine range vinegar pot, the inside of the top and the triangle pattern is a very nice dark charcoal grey and it cost me £7.67. Ebay.

Happy bargain hunting and have a great weekend everyone.

Friday feast…

13-05-2011
Chairs, Eames, Finn Juhl, Friday feast
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Happy Friday!

It’s been a very busy few weeks around here. I’ve been working with a NYC based company on an exciting project and all will be revealed soon. Orders have been flooding in for my Instant series of prints and I haven’t stopped. They’ve sold like hot cakes!

We nearly moved! It was a mad moment on Easter Sunday afternoon after viewing a townhouse but we love our apartment so much that we have decided to stay put and finish it once and for all. So over the next few months you will be seeing us ripping up flooring, ripping out the en-suite (again!) and generally getting it to where we want it to be…at last.

Anyway, happy weekend! have a good one.

A match made in heaven…

16-04-2011
black, Chairs, design classics, Eames, Home
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At last I’ve taken a few pics of our new Eames black chairs from Pink Flamingos. Unfortunately as much as I loved my Arne Jacobsen Series 7 chairs, they just didn’t look or fit right around the Saarinen Tulip dining table. I’m sure they would look fine around the larger version but under ours they looked awkward and protruded out far too much. They played on my mind like nails being pulled down a chalkboard.

These black beauties are perfection. Having the same colour has unified the look and black has really brought out the veining of the table. We will have six of them when the other two arrive but we have discussed (and this surprisingly came from David!) that we get another black Eames upholstered arm shell so that we can have one either end of the table.

Is my chair addiction sated? For the moment yes but one thing that I do want is for that flooring to go! I put it down nearly ten years ago and it’s well past it’s sell by date!

Take a seat…

27-02-2011
black, Chairs, Eames, Home
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…six of them in fact. Since buying the Saarinen Tulip table recently I have been rather perturbed that our Arne Jacobsen chairs just don’t look right with it. It’s the legs, they are quite wide and they stick out far too much for my liking.

So the hunt was on for something new but it was more like day dreaming to be honest because of the expense of the table. I rather stupidly ( it got the better of me! ) wandered over to Pink Flamingos where I’ve bought most of my Eames chairs and rockers from. I knew they had to be Eames, black and I was edging towards dowel bases…..and there they were! My heart skipped a beat as per usual which is part of the course and I obsessed about them all week. They are apparently in immaculate condition and produced in 1969. Black ones are becoming more rare and they were actually produced for the commercial sector. The ever helpful (and very patient!) Justin has been superb as usual, they are currently being shipped from America and I should have them in about three weeks. I recently bought another black beauty from him and it would look great paired with another one at either end of the table. That’s me day dreaming again though because with the table and the six new chairs we are spent out!

If you have something particular in mind then do get in touch with Justin at Pink Flamingos because he will probably be able to source it for you.

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