Oh boy. This is going to be a really unpopular post. In theory, I love Target. Tarr-jzzhaay. The Targster. I love the idea of it: design for all. I love the ads. I love the logo. I love goofy Isaac Mizrahi and his goofier little head wraps. But I don’t love bad quality. And I…
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Crate & Barrel article in NYT: Buying furniture in a down economy
Today’s New York Times has an article about Crate & Barrel‘s guarded optimism as the economy continues its downward spiral. Crate & Barrel CEO Barbara Turf reports that “Anything storage related and multifunctional – a desk that can be a console table or a sideboard that hides clutter – is selling really, really well.” That…
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Product placement in the movies: Financial Times article
The Financial Times had an interesting article in its House and Home section today about “design-aware interiors” (love that phrase) in movies. The big news, to me, isn’t that there are designer products in feature films, it’s that most manufacturers are not aggressively pursuing movie producers to get their products placed there. The impetus for…
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Thanks, Seattle Times!
Bossy blog loves you Pacific Northwesterners! Thanks so much for the mention in The Seattle Times today – that post about upholstering seems to have struck a nerve. Thank you for reading.
You asked…about upholstering two different chairs
Q: I have two chairs, one from each grandmother…Their small scale will fit my small living room perfectly, and they are both quite comfortable for a 5’3″ gal. My dilemma is how to pick fabric for them since they are clearly two very different looking chairs and will be set on the same wall separated…
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Go-to chair: Design Within Reach’s Antica
I know, I know. There are modernists among us who feel about DWR the way some feel about Pottery Barn. Something about, “one-stop shopping makes it too easy for those with no real design sense to appear as though they have some, blah blah blah…” What a nation of whiners. ;) I understand why DWR…
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Pueblo Revival Survival Strategy #3: Minimalist
And for the final installment in the 2008 “Blogger at Large” series: minimalism is yet another viable tactic for coping with Pueblo Revival architecture. Everything belonging to the owner of this condominium – an absolutely delightful scientist at Los Alamos – is functional and attractive. (You’ll recognize DWR’s Cubitec shelving, of course, and the dining…
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