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Posts tagged “seating - benches & stools”

Best Chicago Pumpkins?

We spent the beautiful weekend downstate acquiring plants, flowers, apples and pumpkins. This is a favorite October excursion, including a colorful drive down and shopping for not-so expensive fresh p...

Hive Bench / Table

Designed by Chris Kabatsi for Arktura, the steel Hive bench (or table) holds a complete, commanding look of bent steel, intricately designed cutout, and a bright powder coat finish. Details below: ...

Audra Line from Home Decorator's Collection

We got a tip from reader Miss Anthropology. She writes, I was recently looking around the Home Decorator's Collection website and came across a new line of furniture. This line, called Audra, is very...

Square Modular Chair by Kubagon

Designed by Jan Jakub Gontarczyk, the Kubagon Modular Square Chair is "an independent geometrical form that can serve many purposes." The joints are made from aluminum hardware, and the seats are re...

New Fall Forecast at Pottery Barn

"New for Fall" but full of Spring life, we think, the Pottery Barn fall furniture line is out. A few favorite picks below (including the Porter desk shown here), but don't forget to check out all of t...

Radiator Seating by JDS Architects

Okay, it's not even close to cold yet, even here in Montreal. But we still love this idea from Montreal firm JDS Architects. It's seating shaped around the fin-tube radiators that line the windows.....

Chinese Garden Stools from Wisteria

Janel uses her Chinese garden stool as a bedside table, an idea we'd love to mimic. These classics prove that versatile objects don't have to be plain, but can incorporate old design traditions, bold ...

NeoCon 2008: Christian Liaigre at Holly Hunt

One of the most elegant lines featured at NeoCon was Christian Liaigre for Holly Hunt. Very luxe materials, with colors and lines reminiscent of the earlier part of the 20th century, it has a flavor o...

NeoCon 2008: TG Couture Launch

Chicago designers Gary Lee and Thomas McWalters launched their brand new line of furniture, TG Couture, for VENU at NeoCon this week...jump below for a first look: ...

Shapely Stools with Storage

Stools typically conjure thoughts of hard lines, angles, and a cube or rectangle structure. Our love of these stools comes from two important features: the dual purpose storage, and the curved, round ...

Cubes by Interior 51

The cube is a great thing - use it for a sofa side table, extra seating, a plant stand, desk surface or for bedside stuff. What we love about these from Interior 51 is the variety of finishes availab...

eBay Scavenger: Vintage White

You can never go wrong with white. All details below:...

Bekväm Step Stool

One of our recent IKEA purchases was this little step stool, which we're using in the kitchen to reach our high cabinets. Originally we thought we'd paint it, but once we assembled it we really like...

Plymouth Congregational Church

It's amazing how often one can find some of the coolest furniture in the most unexpected places. For instance, this past weekend we were at a wedding taking place at the Plymouth Congregational Chur...

ICFF 2008: Judy Ross Upholstered Aalto Stools

To mark the 75th anniversary of the classic Alvar Aalto stool, Judy Ross has created a limited edition version of the stool with Artek. They are upholstered with Ross fabrics and are part of a numbere...

New from Atlantico 2008

We have a lot of love, if not enough money, for Atlantico furniture (by De La Espada). Including designs by Leif.designpark, Studio Hausen, and Marina Bautier, here's a gorgeous peek at what's new fo...

McGuire's New Kitchen Collection

McGuire's new kitchen collection features lots of natural wood and wicker furniture, as well as a few throwbacks to the Danish Modern movement. We love the look, and think it represents a welcome re...

Hot or Not? Stone Stools

Stone stool (polycarbonate) available from Orange Skin, $245...

Chicago Design: Hale

A_StoolChicago furniture designer Jonathan Nesci debuted last year at ICFF. His line features five sleek sculptural pieces made from his current material of choice - powder coated aluminum. Jump below...

Stacking Stools

One of our favorite solutions for a small space is a low stacking stool. If you need to pull out extra seating for a party, they work really well. Plus, these little guys actually look good hanging ...

Inflatable Cushion from Tiny Living

Although we tend to get lazy and would most likely leave something like this out all the time, these inflatable cushions are meant for small spaces and easy storage. When not in use, you can deflate a...

Shopping in Chicago: Bassam Fellows at Morlen Sinoway

Leather DeskBassamFellows furniture is designed by Craig Bassam and Scott Fellows. Tagging their work "Craftsman Modern", they lauched their first collection in Milan in 2003. As of last month, pieces...

Small Step Stools from Target

Not sure how we lived without a step-stool several years ago (okay, we balanced precariously on chairs to reach stuff), the step stool is a must-have for all homes. A small, collapsible one reigns on ...

Lela Line from Pottery Barn

This line of seating from Pottery Barn just screams spring - lightweight rattan, bright, and detailed. We really love those chairs, but we're not sure if they'd be suited for year-round use. Thoughts?...

JK Chicago

The furniture coming out of this local woodworking studio has strong Mission-style roots but the added flashes of contemporary design are just as graceful. More photos, commendable green initiative...