This is one petite sofa! You wouldn’t know that from the pictures, but it measures a mere 51.5″ long (although the seat height and depth is average). It’s a “Petit Confort” sofa designed by Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, who was fascinatingly odd) and made by Gordon International (a company that apparently bold-facedly charges an arm… [Read More]
Found: A Perplexing Piece
This piece is perplexing because a) I’m back at the old conundrum of whether to call it a sideboard, credenza, buffet, dresser or credenzboard, b) I have no idea what to call those crazy cool cutouts, hence I’m stymied in my research for any further information on this piece, and c) last evening after I… [Read More]
Found: 1970’s Credenza/Sideboard
Let me preface this by saying I’m not 100% certain (or even confident) of the distinction between a credenza and a sideboard. So I shall henceforth refer to the piece in question as “credenza/sideboard” or “credenzboard” for short. Everything looks uglier in a thrift store. It’s a fact. There are so many things I have… [Read More]
Burl Laminate Coffee Table
I have patiently waited for this coffee table for months. Before we moved to our new place in March, I found it listed on Craigslist for around $60, and being the tightwad financially savvy person that I am, I didn’t buy it. It sold. I thought about it and wished I had purchased it. Some time… [Read More]
Found: Vintage Industrial Medical Card Catalog
Not quite as stunning as the 100 year old wood versions I’ve had before, but I’m still drawn to the industrial edge of the steel blue/gray leather-textured metal and chrome pulls of this one. The labels have an alphabetical name system on one side, but when I flipped them over I discovered that they’re cut… [Read More]