Archive for August, 2008
From Sarah and Julie:
We are long-time devotees of the aesthetics of Heather Frazier (we haunted her San Francisco clothing store Heather, where she stocked the city’s best assortment of off-the-grid labels). When she moved to Portland, OR, and closed her store, we were heartbroken. Now we have to content ourselves with online visits to Frazier & Wing, where she offers her handmade mobiles (we included one in Palette & Paints: Green Children’s Room); we especially like this colorful Child’s Mobile for $85.
August 29th, 2008
Related posts:
- Palette & Paints: Children’s Room Green
- Childrens Rooms: Beautiful Mobiles
- Helene Ige mobiles
- Lighting: PB Teen Paper Lantern
- Windows, Floors & Walls: Round Rugs
From Sarah:
The London Wallbed Company offers an extensive selection of foldaway beds for both adults and children. Prices start from around £700, and the company ships worldwide.
Below: We particularly like this simple children’s wallbed.
Below: A self-install children’s model.
August 29th, 2008
Related posts:
- Children’s Rooms: Nordic Table and Chairs Set
- Children’s Rooms: Simple Swedish Style
- Children’s Room: Harmonie Interieure
- Outdoors: Jennifer Newman Pink Table
- Children’s Rooms: Chalkboard Table
From Julie:
An economical alternative to the dramatic (and dramatically priced) modernist pendant lighting in the rooms featured in today’s Architect Visit: Children’s Room Roundup: Pottery Barn Teen’s $19 30-inch globe Paper Lantern (also available in pink, blue, or green). A similarly sized Noguchi original (below) is $370 at Akari Store.
August 29th, 2008
Related posts:
- Style Theft: PB and West Elm Strike Again
- Shopper’s Diary: West Elm Globe Pendant
- House Gift: Noguchi Silver Spoon
- Lighting: Verner Panton VP Globe
- 10 Easy Pieces: Clip-on Lights
From Julie and Janet:
Architects are notoriously allergic to frill and furbelow; here’s a roundup of some streamlined children’s spaces by some of our favorite aestheticians. Note how the spaces usually involve a dramatic modern pendant light and a midcentury chair—an Eames rocker, a Platner chair, a Saarinen womb lounger.
Below: A blue and green boy’s room, by Steven Harris Architects.
Below: A single wall painted red, in a Park Slope child’s room by Delson or Sherman.
Below: Architect-friendly furniture from Oeuf.
Below: A woodsy nursery by Will Meyer, via Domino.
Below: A green and pink girl’s room in Manhattan by Deborah Berke & Partners.
Below: A child’s room in LA by David Netto (one of the more minimalist interior designers around); via Domino.
Below: Clever built-ins maximize space in this architect-designed room.
Below: A Calder-esque mobile punctuates this child’s space by Lisa Mahar, via Domino.
Below: A bedroom in Moscow for three boys, by Kate Hume.
Below: Another children’s bedroom by Lisa Mahar, via Desire to Inspire.
Below: A bedroom in a New York loft by Deborah Berke & Partners.
Below: A hardworking homework space by Japanese architects Takeshi Hosaka (via World Architecture News).
Below: A study space with plenty of shelving opportunities by Platt Dana.
Below: A translucent Icon Pendant Light punctuates this space by Steven Harris Architects.
Below: A boy’s bedroom in London by Annabelle Selldorf.
Below: A playroom by Tel Aviv–based Liani Pritzki.
Below: Francesca’s Brooklyn Heights children’s playroom.
Below: Built-in architect-designed bed from Living Etc.
Below: A playroom in Manhattan by Diana Kellogg Architects.
Below: This room in Brooklyn via Cookie features a rocking chair from Thos. Moser, a Tord Boortje light fixture, and the B Blanket from DucDuc.
Below: This children’s playroom from the portfolio of Gentl & Hyers features a Paul Smith–designed carpet for the Rug Company.
Below: A children’s playroom with built-in captains beds.
August 29th, 2008
Related posts:
- Architect Visit: Modern Bedroom Roundup
- Lighting: PB Teen Paper Lantern
- Children’s Room: Built-in Beds and Bunks
- Architectural Elements: Sliding Barn Doors
- Architect Visit: Attic Roundup
From Janet:
The proliferation of cords and chargers has given birth to a new industry of accessories to help detangle this mess; here’s a roundup of our favorites.
CHARGING HOLDERS:
Below: Tired of tripping over the phone while it’s charging? Drinn Mobile Phone Charger Holder
; $9 each at Amazon.
Below: Same functionality, sleeker look—the Blomus Movo Mobile Phone Charger Holder; $18 at All Modern.
CORD CONTROL:
Below: Organize cord slack with the CordHog; $6 for a six-pack at CordHog. Available in six colors.
Below: Spotted by Julie and Francesca at the ICFF in May, the Wall Cleat “for mooring the many ropes of technology.” The Brooklyn-based Wall Cleat designer Karl Zahn informs us that it will be for sale in about a month through charlesandmarie.com.
Below: Conceal unsightly cords with the CableBox from BlueLounge. “Simply place your power strips or surge protector inside CableBox. No need to unplug anything first. Then stow away the surplus cable lengths, close the lid, and done.” $29.99 at BlueLounge.
Below: Tired of snarled cords under your desk? The under-desk-mounted Sombrero Wire Manager is a cheap and effective solution; $4 at Mockett.
Below: The sleek SpaceStation, another BlueLounge product, is an extended desk organizer for laptop users featuring internal coiling pins; $79.99. Go to BlueLounge for more information.
Below: In our house, we keep a tangle of spare cords in a shoebox for lack of a better solution. At last, a great idea: the KangaRoom Cord Keeper with several compartments to stow extra video cords, phone cords, and USB cords. In cherry, green, or yellow for $25 at KangaRoom.
CHARGING STATIONS:
Below: BlueLounge’s Sanctuary Charging Station; $130 from A + R Store:
Below: A real space saver, the Wall-Mountable Phone/PDA Charger is $40 from KangaRoom.
Below: The Chargepod is sleek, simple and enables charging of up to six mobile electronics with one cord. $39 for the base and $9.95 for adapters for your particular products from Callpod.
Below: Lacquer Charging Station; available in white, mushroom, or espresso for $49 at West Elm.
August 28th, 2008
Related posts:
- Office: Cord Manager
- Office: DWR Tools for Living Desk Accessories
- Office: Wall Mounted Desk
- Appliances: Crosley Retro Telephone
- Office: Instant Wallpaper
From Julie:
Matt of Farmhouse Modern and Barnhouse Modern sent us a link to this reconditioned 1960s Siemens rotary telephone from Three Potato Four. At $195, it’s no bargain, but it’s been outfitted with new wiring, microphone, and cord. And it’s got a Euro retro appeal.
Below: More cheer via Urban Outfitters Classic Kitchen Phone from Crosley, a reproduction of the original Henry Dreyfuss design (based on measurements from more than 2,000 faces to determine the average distance between the mouth and ear). $54 at Urban Outfitters. See more retro phones at Crosley.
Below: Rotary Dial Phones sells both reconditioned and new (vintage but never used) dial telephones, starting at $69.99.
August 28th, 2008
Related posts:
- Appliances: Crosley Retro Telephone
- Storage: Urban Outfitters Jewelry Rack
- Lighting: Urban Outfitters Pharmacy Lamp
- Comparison Shopping: Scandinavian Modern Chair
- Steal This Look: Urban Outfitters
From Julie:
Equally suited to a child’s or a grownup’s work space, these magnetized glass memo boards from Danish Design are available in 15 colors, ranging from light blue to leaf green to rose, and come in several sizes (starting at about 16 by 20 inches and going up to 47 by 79 inches). For ordering information, go to Suite NY.
Below: Alternatively, Ikea’s frosted glass Kludd Noticeboard is $19.99. Uses whiteboard pens and comes with 4 large paper clips.
Below: Topdeq’s Nice Notice Marker Board of enameled glass is not cheap: it starts at $340 for the 35 by 24 size, but it’s appealingly sleek, especially compared to the traditional office whiteboard.
August 28th, 2008
Related posts:
- Back to Work: Wooden Magnetic Memo Board
- Steal This Look: Instant Office Space
- Accessories: Future Maps
- Slow Design: Vintage-Inspired Laundry Essentials
- Office: Message Board and Pushpins
From Janet:
A few chair choices to scoot up to a student desk; these are full-size chairs appropriate for full-size desks.
Below: The Ikea classic Jules Desk Chair is available in six colors, including pink, red, blue, black, and white for $39.99.
Below: Or consider the Jules Visitor Chair in the same colors for $34.99.
Below: The Kyoto Chair in natural is a good choice for a child’s desk; $110 at Design Within Reach.
Below: Conran’s Cherish Chair in yellow lacquered wood is $225.
Below: The Eames Fiberglass Shell Chair is available in 16 colors (as well as with different bases); prices start at $259 at Modernica; and at $249 at Room & Board (limited color selection).
Below: The Jake Chair is available in several cheery colors as well as wood finishes; $79 at Room & Board.
Below: Ikea’s Norvald chair, $69.99, is available in black, white, and red.
Below: The lacquered Bentwood Window Seat Chair in black, green, or white is $79 at CB2.
Below: Maine Cottage Furniture makes heavy and well-proportioned chairs that are available in 40 different colors. The Cokie Chair, shown in white and hot lime, is $490.
Below: The Oval-Backed Chair in white is $159 at West Elm.
August 27th, 2008
Related posts:
- Furniture: Folding Chairs
- Antiques & Vintage: Black Oak Chairs
- 10 Easy Pieces: Dining Chairs Under $160
- Steal This Look: Instant Office Space
- Children’s Rooms: Nordic Table and Chairs Set
From Julie:
These mod (and moderately priced) fixtures from Austin, Texas–based Hip Haven would work well in a child’s room, especially the cheery reading-light sconces available in blue, yellow, orange, red, pink, green, and turquoise. Via More Ways to Waste Time.
Below: Single swivel bullet-shaped wall mount; $55.
Below: Single swivel tapered bullet wall mount; $85.
August 27th, 2008
Related posts:
- Furniture & Accessories: Yellow
- Lighting: PB Teen Paper Lantern
- 10 Easy Pieces: Kitchen Faucets
- 10 Easy Pieces: Traditional Wall-Mounted Faucets
- 10 Easy Pieces: Retro Bath Sconces
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