Archive for the 'modern furniture' Category

Summer decorating tips – Part 2

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

notNeutral Apples Pillow
As promised, I’m continuing on the earlier post…
The first post suggested adding flowers to brighten up a space and ad fragrance. Another way to help set the mood of a room or bump up energy levels is to add a splash of color or a funky graphic detail to steer your eye to […]

More from Gorenje (and Kevin at Renomart)

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

Ok, I just saw this over on Kevin’s kitchen design website (Renomart.com.au) and since I’m basically stealing his post I figured I’d give him a free plug so he doesn’t get mad at me!
As you can see, Gorenje has really kicked their design dept into high gear with this Ora-Ito modular kitchen! […]

Almost like the real thing

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Two Level Coffee Table - $1000

IKEA – LACK - $39.99

Cubic Bunching Table - $350

IKEA – KLUBBO - $59.99 (set of 3)

Glo Ball Floor Lamp - $796

IKEA – MANSKEN - $59.99

Tolomeo Floor Lamp - $600

IKEA – ANTIFONI - $39.99

Don’t you just love those iconic pieces of furniture that adorn every 3rd page of just about every […]

Wiggle it, just a little bit…

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Photo by Frank O. Gehry & Associates.and borrowed from This Page
Remember the song? How about the chair?
Frank Gehry designed the Wiggle Chair as part of his “Easy Edges” series (1969 – 1973) and in doing so created one of the most striking pieces of furniture ever… out of ordinary corrugated cardboard!
The cardboard chair is really […]

Milk, it’s good for you!

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Picture stolen from www.milk.dk
We all know that Milk “does a body good” but who would have thought it would have looked so cool!?
Of course I’m talking about “Milk” the table by Soren Kjaer and not the white stuff you put into your body… or at least you should because it’s healthy, tastes great and is […]

Pictures, as Promised

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

If you are a regular reader of this site, you’ll already know that the prints from Doug arrived on time (as promised) and now, here are a few photos… as promised by me!
My two are “The Surrealist” and “Golden Girl 2” as pictured below (they look way better in real life by […]

A must see…

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Eric at modernself.com was kind enough to show off his beautiful DIY coffee table.
Part modern, part antique… all style. It’s actually totally modern but you can get the details direct from his site, heres the link.

Living with style…