Micheal Smith and his dream job.

Michael Smith has been dubbed the white house decorator. Although he isn't my normal taste, It oozes with what I picture East Coast style being. It makes me long for a laid back weekend at the Greenbrier and horseback riding, tea at my aunts in the woods or hanging out with my uber preppy outfit with my friends.

We all deserve to escape right? I think he will do well in the White House, you can follow the Micheal Smith saga at Domino.

spotted.

The lovely Heather sent me the link to find the faceted table. The Meteor table by Arik Levy. so cool. And the site she found it on is pretty cool design too. Thanks Heather!!

help!

anyone know where to get this groovy little faceted occasional table? spotted at the Downtown Standard LA.

Oh and happy friday! i hope your weekend involves less work than mine!

FLW

I just got back from Chicago, hence the no posts. Although alot of these trips are all work, no play... we busted it so we could do at least one fun thing while there.

We did the whirlwind tour of Oak Park. Which for those of you who don't know is the Mecca for Frank Lloyd Wright. We barely had enough time (after getting on the wrong train) to go to the Unity temple and FLW home and studio. On the in between, we saw a few houses by FLW on Forest ave.

We saw pure evidence what detail he shows to every project from exterior to interior with the arcitecture to the furniture. Some call this unified fluidity, I call it control freak.

However, no matter what your stance on FLW is, he is a mastermind that gave alot to modern design and he has some truly inspiring design. I absolutely loved the design concept behind the Unity Temple and the experience you got from traveling from the outside into the sanctuary. GENIUS... if you have never been, you must go!

You can check out the rest of my photos of oak park here.

craigslist dresser

If anyone lives close to Charlotte, I think this is a pretty cute little dresser for $60 - it's on craigslist here.

2 public spaces at its best

I remember in Iarc we watched this video in Anna Marshall-Baker's class about shared public spaces in urban environments. Since this video I have caught myself being way more cognoscente of these spaces.

While in Atlanta, I spotted this pretty groovy designed space near the Target in Atlantic Station. I love the vividly colored sunshades juxtaposed against the very hard lined concrete seats.

Another cool Public space I saw recently was in Aarhus, Denmark in the middle of all the shopping pedestrian streets. It has several different levels of seating spread out on the steps leading down to the canal.

Craigslist

Looking on craigslist for anything from apartments to furniture is always a little bit hit-or-miss. Great location for me doesn't mean great location for someone who's DYING to find that ideal lot to park their trailer, right?

Same thing for furniture. Looking through the listings tonight I found two VERY similar headings:
1. 1960's China Cabinet
2. 1960's China Hutch

Check out how different these actually ended up being:#1 : on sale for $200



#2: on sale for $140 (ironic because I HIGHLY prefer this one!)

Sleeper-Sofa

FINALLY a nice sleeper-sofa that doesn't look like it's as old and frumpy as your neighbor's grandma!

Saw this on the mid-century modernist... doesn't look all THAT comfortable, but they never are, right? If you're trying to get a good-night's-rest, stay home- sleeper sofa's are part of the experience :)

Keilhauer

Today I came across this awesome chair from Keilhauer- it's called the Felt Chair, and it's made entirely of natural and biodegradable materials. Steel frame, layered felt. Nice..

sweet dreams

How awesome is this bed from Hiveminedesign? 2modern is selling it on their website. It is a green product, love it. However, at the high price I might have to save for a while... or make a DIY out of it. Anyone own a really large lathe?