Furniture

Man Caves are Heating Up This Winter

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Over the past few years Man Caves have been becoming more and more popular. If you don't know already, Man Caves are places designed for the married man or family man as a place to have their space, decor and design. A Man Cave can be found in an addition, basement or even in a garage and have a number of styles whether it be the simple garage with a mini ba[...]

Designer Stools

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Lately we have seen a growing trend with designer stools as a way to include a small, yet functional piece to your decor. Here are some of our favorite stools that we've seen recently: The Balloona stool was designed by Natalie Kruch who has taken a solid wood stool and tied over 500 balloons all over it in her own design. Designer Natalie Kruch has a pen[...]

Creating a Vintage Space - Vintage Interior Design

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A vintage look has been a very popular style lately with so many people renting and buying beautiful old apartments and condos with tons of character. Here are a few products to consider when designing your own vintage pad: Vintage Seating - Vintage furniture is a must if you are going for the vintage look. A good place to start is with seating, and there [...]

The New Design of the Office Chair

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This past Sunday I was watching Sunday Morning on CBS when they had a very interesting story on office chairs, and how the office hierarchy used to be determined by the different chairs that people were sitting in. (View the whole story here: Please Be Seated - Daniel Sieberg takes a look at the new generation of office chairs that are threatening to usurp t[...]

Culver City's Helms Bakery - A Designer's Paradise

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This past weekend I took a trip over to Culver City with the family to pick out some new toys for the tots at the Lakeshore Learning Center Store on the corner of National and Venice.  I  couldn't believe how nice the area has become in the past few years and noticed the numerous furniture, decor and designer stores (plus a few restaurants) that now occupy[...]

Slice Chair - Innovative Design

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Have you ever been looking for a chair that doubled as a piece of functional art? Or are you like me and love the comfort of a footrest or ottoman, but hate the way its looks and clutters up a space? In these cases this wooden slice chair - available on GrayPants.com - is the perfect fit. This handcrafted chair uses sturdy sheets of plywood to transform two[...]

Funky Chair Designs

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In our travels we find all kinds of funky furniture designs, and lately many stylish chair designs. Here are just a few of our favorites, which we’ve seen recently: This i b pop chair is not only unique and chic, but sustainable too as it is made from 98% recycled materials to form a single sheet of recyclable plastic. It is made without the use of adhesiv[...]

Shades of Red - Using Red Products in your Designs

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Red can be a very difficult color to get right. Use it too much and its depth and saturation can be annoying, use it too little and it looks out of place. However, red is an exciting color to use in your interior design color palette because it leaves a lasting impression and definitely garners attention. The trick is using the right shade in the right spo[...]

Rediscovering a Designer - Philippe Starck

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Have you ever been surfing the Web, looking at new and interesting designs, and just been taken aback by something which forced you to look at nearly everything a designer has done? A few days ago I found myself looking at hundreds of designs by one of my favorite designers, Philippe Starck, when I found an amazing yacht that he had been working on recently [...]

MotoArt - Turning Old Aircraft Into Functional Art

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MotoArt creates high quality furniture out of vintage airplane parts. They are based in Los Angeles and use old aircraft parts such as rudders, flaps, stabilizers, engine cells, fuselage, windows, and even galley carts, which they make into mobile mini bars. The owners of MotoArt have a love for these old aircrafts, and are saddened when they see these mag[...]