Showing posts with label interiors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interiors. Show all posts
Jun 9, 2014
Jun 4, 2014
One of The Most Important Chairs of The 20th Century
my chair
my chair
If you've been following my adventures on Instagram and Facebook, you're already aware of my dream kitchen dining area and my three chairs for $25. The chair above is one I sold last year. If you follow me on Twitter, you know we're moving again (ADHD or sane decision - you decide). I also decided to sell my mid-century dining table and chairs - which has left us - once again - without a table or chairs.
So, now is the perfect time to acquire my dream kitchen dining area! Out with the old, in with the new!
As I was perusing Craigslist for Best of Craigslist Vancouver content, I thought, 'There sure are many of those Marcel Breuer Cesca chairs around. How can I tell what's a fake?' Well, it turns out the Cesca chair was never patented (blame it on Mart Stam) and is, therefore, in the public domain. Le Corbusier is turning in his grave.
There are actually two Cesca chairs—the B32, manufactured and mass-produced by Thonet from about 1930 to the end of WWII (stay tuned for my Thonet tubular steel rocker adventure), and the cheaper version manufactured by Knoll from the 1950s to the present.
1928 designed version:
- warm beech patina
- back and chair, each made of a single bent piece (bentwood)
- back has a marked curve
- caning was done by hand and sewn into the bentwood frame
- slight incline to the front edge of the seat
- curves of the tubular steel frame are even
- large bolts
All that's left of the more expensive original 1928 design:
- hand-caning
- chrome plated steel caps on the tubing
- rods inserted to maintain the curvature of the tubular steel shape
last image: B32 version via the V&A
May 27, 2014
16 Best of Craigslist Vancouver May 27th 2014
Collection of 1970s Hornsea Bronte pattern ceramic tableware (I had this too - it's fabulous sold mine for $300 about ten years ago).
Mid-century king size teak bed and side tables (what appears to be teak in the photo anyway)
May 7, 2014
12 Best of Craigslist Vancouver May 7th
Percival Lafer leather sofa and arm chair
Glass and chrome table with chrome cantilever chairs - and sumptuous ruby velvet cushions
Mid-century red tweed teak love seat
Bentwood antique theatre chairs
An old door - throw some wheels on the bottom and voila - a table.
and a 1971 VW van-cum-juice bar
Apr 29, 2014
Marie Antoinette Blue
or maybe Versailles blue - not so much Wedgwood blue. Ice blue?
Whatever the colour is it reminds me of Marie Antoinette so let's do a search of Marie Antoinette blue shall we.
hair image via the very cute blog Cute Colored Hair
room image via Wikipedia
Apr 22, 2014
100 Dollar Decor Style Steal
Rattan peacock fan chair and macrame tables from Macrame Enchantment, 1979
Wicker glass top table and four chairs $100
Personalize and spray paint it black
Pop by Stacy Reynaud's Instagram for more style inspo
Apr 16, 2014
8 of The Best Decor Finds on Craigslist Vancouver April 16
mid-century mirrored fireplace screen | Josef Hoffmann Prague dining chairs | the folding screen I've dreamt about since I was nineteen | free ficus tree
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