I am writing a post today, because if I don’t post something soon, I never will, and this blog will join the ranks of the many projects I’ve started and then abandoned, including but not limited to: countless opening chapters of novels (mostly fantasy), a little barrel chair that is 98% reupholstered, a scrapbook of… [Read More]
Found: Hollywood Regency Burl, Brass & Chrome Dresser
A new photography angle for once! My paltry skills simply do not do this piece justice. I am making it my mission to really learn how to use my camera. These pictures convince me how necessary that is! Ah, back to the tried-and-true shooting from next to the front door angle. And on to talking about… [Read More]
Found: Black Leather and Chrome Goodness
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]
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]