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Quote of the Week - Alfred Hitchcock

on August 08, 2011

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Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

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Vintage Honda Motorcycles

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See more vintage Honda motorbikes from the archives here.

How To Wallpaper with Newspaper

Ace Hotel - Portland

The Ace has drawn attention to boring walls by using a material not usually associated with wall coverings - player piano music. The look is achieved by using common papers such as comics, sheet music, maps, blueprints, magazines cuttings, newspaper, paper doilies, or heavy foil. The more creative the better.

image © 1974 General Publishing

How to wallpaper with newspaper and other stuff.

Materials:
Glossy polymer medium sponge brushscissorsyour selection of papers, magazines or other ephemera(optional) glossy water based polyurethane (clear or tinted)paintbrush
The polyurethane can be omitted. However, it gives a protective glossy coating.

**If you do decide to use polyurethane make sure it's water based or it will smear and run the print and the picture from the other side will show through.

The polymer medium can be used as an under coat and as a final coat.

image © 1974 General Publishing Steps:
Cut the strips of paper you want to use and turn them face down on a…

I could use this right now - Oscar Niemeyer Chaise Lounge - from the archives

originally published July 6, 2013.

So, Oscar Niemeyer made cool furniture as well as buildings? Of course he did. Seems like most architects are budding furniture designers as well (Frank Lloyd Wright, Ron Thom). Niemeyer passed away in December 2012 - 10 days short of his 105th birthday.

The Rio Chaise Lounge was designed in 1978 in collaboration with his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer.

Features a bent wood frame, woven cane seat, and leather headrest pillow with weighted straps.

The image shown is a 2001 reissue for sale on 1st Dibs.

1978 original for sale at $28,000 in 2013
1978 original sold at auction $22,000 in 2008
1978 original unsold at auction $5000 in 2003

images © R 20th Century

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