Posts filed under 'LIVING & DINING'
From Sarah:
Summer is in full swing in Napa, the hammock is up and I just bought a couple of extra chairs for the garden from Snow Peak, whose high style camping gear we recently featured. The chairs (somewhat reminiscent of the Butterfly chair) are great additions, and although they can be easily folded up and stored off season, I plan on using them in a guest room or office.
Below: Bamboo Chair Long available from Snow Peak for $129.95. Stainless steel and wood with canvas.
Below: Bamboo Chair available from Snow Peak for $109.95. Stainless steel and wood with canvas.
Below: Another great Japanese design now available in the US is the Ny Rocking Chair. It is supremely comfortable; my sister had one in Japan and she used it both indoors and out depending on the season. They also fold flat, making them easy to store, but like the Snow Peak, why would you not want to use it year round? Available from DWR for $450.
Below: The director’s chair was the inspiration for the Ny chair above. A classic chair and useful for adding extra seats to an outdoor dinner table. Low Back Director’s Chair by Telescope in a selection of canvas colors for $99.
June 6th, 2008
Related posts:
- Snow Peak
- Furniture: West Elm Chair
- Outdoors: Adirondack Roundup
- Antiques & Vintage: Wright Now
- 10 Easy Pieces: Cafe-Style Outdoor Seating
From Julie:
Bicycle as sculpture, in a room from Flickr’s Amsterdam Living Room group. Read about the Dutch public transport bicycle program, OV-Fiets, which allows members to borrow bikes at train stations for the journey to the office.
May 22nd, 2008
Related posts:
- House Call: He’s Cool, We’re Not
- Storage: Bicycle Basket
- House Call: Brooklyn Heights Remodel
- Office: Otto Furniture
- Remodeling Redux: Outdoor Showers
From Julie:
We recently came across the new Amsterdam apartment of the mysterious Minimalist Flickr Guy from the Netherlands. He’s got a turntable, we don’t. He has no sentimental clutter. He painted the beautiful old wood floors high gloss white (”before anyone comments on how painting wood floors is such a crime, my decision is made,” he says). He has a Vernon Panton Topan Suspension light, a hard-to-love brown shag rug by FM Janssen, and a Euro airport-esque Lotus lounge chair, by Dutch designer Rob Parry (a former student of Gerrit Rietveld) reissued by Bränd Furniture. Also an Eames wire-base table and an Eames-like armchair. See his old Amsterdam apartment at Flickr, which we first spotted on the excellent Reference Library.
May 19th, 2008
Related posts:
- House Call: Amsterdam Office
- House Call: Brooklyn Heights Remodel
- Outdoors: Wood Slat Chaises
- House Call: Ladbroke Grove White House
- Dutch Kitchens: Piet Boon
From Julie:
Below: Fluted Glass Table Lamp with an antiqued gold glass base and natural linen shade; $149 at West Elm.
Below: Stoolen Lamp of reclaimed wood from Brooklyn-based Uhuru Design.
May 12th, 2008
Related posts:
- Lighting: CB2 Overnight Table Lamp
- Lighting: One Table Lamp
- Kitchen: Icestone
- Lighting: Roost Clear Glass Cylinder Lamp
- Lighting: Lindsey Adelman Lights
From Julie:
Designed by Japanese collaborative Leif.designpark for Atlantico (the slightly more afffordable line from London-based furniture maker De La Espada), the new Lin Bench in oiled oak or walnut, upholstered in felt or cotton. About $2,000; go to Atlantico for retailers.
May 12th, 2008
Related posts:
- Furniture: Matthew Hilton for De La Espada
- Furniture: Dining Bench
- The Pink Bench
- 10 Easy Pieces: Simple Wood Beds
- Outdoors: Ikea’s Vadero Line
From Janet:
A white tabletop is the definition of adaptable. It fits any occasion, indoor or out.
Below: Matteo Table vintage wash 100% linen napkins and tablecloth. Highest quality Italian linen sewn in Los Angeles. $95 for 4 napkins; $575 for tablecloth and eight napkins at Bobby Berk Home.
Below: Heath Ceramics Chez Panisse Shallow Salad Bowl in jicama, $130 at Heath Ceramics.
Below L: Jasper Conran for Wedgewood large milk jug , $75 at Chef’s Corner. Below R: Sophie Conran for Portmeirion white pitcher, $21 for the large size at Home Click. Also check out 10 Easy Pieces: Perfect Pitcher for more.
Below: Line up a suite of Glassybabies in shades of white. Although they’re most commonly used as votives, Glassybabies work as gorgeous water glasses (and they’re dishwasher safe). $40 each at Glassybaby in Seattle. (Also see our Shopper’s Diary: Glassybaby post.)
Below: A Simple White Cake Plate makes a great table serving dish. $14.95 to $24.95, depending on size, at Sur La Table.
Below L: White Artisanal Candle Holder, in two sizes for $12.99 or $19.99 at West Elm; Below R: On the other end of the spectrum is Ted Muehling’s Branch Candlestick, sculpture for the table; $1,299 at Rose and Radish in San Francisco.
Below: Or a pair of Harry Allen Ristorante Candlesticks, a subversive take on the traditional Italian trattoria wine bottle (also available in chrome); $70 at Design Public.
May 8th, 2008
Related posts:
- Kitchen: Weck Glass Jars from Heath Ceramics
- Shopper’s Diary: Glassybaby
- Belgium Week: Libeco Linens
- 10 Easy Pieces: The Perfect Pitcher
- Summer Linens
From Julie:
For those of us who are fans of Swedish designer Pia Wallen’s beautiful but high-priced Crux blanket, an alternative presents itself in the Sundance Catalog’s new Four Winds Throw for $98; reversible red and gray wool with whip-stitching.
May 6th, 2008
Related posts:
- Bedroom: Pia Wallen Crux Blanket
- Palette & Paints: Gray
- Steal This Look: Swedish Cabin
- Cross Purposes
- Perfect Pair
From Julie:
New from Boston-based Lekker Home: rough-finished teak and stainless steel dining room storage pieces imported from Belgium. We think these would be equally at home in an urban or rustic setting.
Below: Teak Rough Sideboard (58 by 18.5 by 33.5 inches); $1,950.
Below: Teak Rough Storage Cupboard (46 by 18 by 63 inches); $2,700.
May 6th, 2008
Related posts:
- 10 Easy Pieces: Dining Benches
- Galvanized Cube Storage Table
- Kitchen: Storage to Go
- Belgium Week: Libeco Linens
- Office: Otto Furniture
From Sarah and Julie:
We have fallen hard for this Volata dining table by Joerg Boner, especially paired with charcoal Eames shell side chairs and a chartreuse rug. Unfortunately, the table, produced for Swiss company Tossa, is not available in the US. But you can recreate the look using the elements below.
Below: Centerbrook Table, designed by architect Mark Simon for Curran. Handcrafted from solid Appalachian black cherry with a choice of five stains; 96 inches long, 48 inches wide, 30 inches high. $2,900 at Curran Online.
Below: Another option: Matthew Hilton’s oak (also available in wenge) Cross Extension Table for Design Within Reach; expands from 79 inches to 116 inches long. $2,750 at DWR.
Below: Eames Arm Shell Dowel Base Chair; $399 at Modernica. Available in 16 colors (charcoal shown) and with maple or walnut dowels.
Below: Swedish company Kasthall, designers and manufacturers of woven and handtufted rugs, recently opened a showroom in NYC. The 100 percent woven Bloc/Cord Olive 32 rug can be ordered in any size, with stitched edges.
For the thrifty, Flor Fedora Carpet Tiles in chartreuse, $6.99 for each 50 cm square.
May 1st, 2008
Related posts:
- 10 Easy Pieces: Simple Wooden Dining Tables
- Furniture: Matthew Hilton for De La Espada
- 10 Easy Pieces: Metal-Base Dining Tables
- Dining Room: Belgium Storage
- Our Houses
From Sarah:
Berkeley-based architects Fernau Hartman designed this modern rustic space for a house in Bolinas, the Marin County bohemian coastal enclave. When retracted, the garage door dissolves the boundaries between indoor and outdoors, and the daybeds on wheels can function as lounging areas in either locale.
April 25th, 2008
Related posts:
- Architect Visit: Alex Scott Porter
- Architect Visit: Barns
- Architect Visit: Annabelle Selldorf Kitchen
- Architect Visit: Jerome Buttrick Kitchen
- Architect Visit: Built-in Beds and Bunks
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