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Posts tagged “seating - dining & sidechairs”

Look!: Unexpected Chair Detail

Check out the schoolhouse style of this chair. We like the wood even though it's fairly worn out and beaten up. We love the metal brads, lined up in an arrow formation as if to say, "Take a seat." ...

Roundup: Green Seating

July is Green Month at AT and while we will celebrate everything green all month long, we momentarily turn our attention to the original green -- the color. And since we've always had a thing for cha...

Pottery Barn Queen Anne Chair

We usually think of the Queen Anne as being a bit highfalutin -- like our stuffy cousin who "lunches", personified. Still, we love how Pottery Barn's Queen Anne chairs, in a variety of bright colors,...

Disk Chair by Karim Rashid

Designer Karim Rashid is no stranger to the outdoors. Grobal, his self-watering planter, cares for our delicate floras but the Disk Chair was made to cradle us. Made of fiberglass over a steel frame...

Gubi at Morlen Sinoway Atelier

One of our favorite pieces in our home is a second-hand Gubi chair we found through AT's Scavenger column. We love the molded plywood shape, which references classic mid-century modern forms but als...

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: ...

CHI Good Questions: Chairs to Go With this Table?

Sarah Beth sent us an email: "I recently moved to a much larger one-bedroom in Lakeview, and finally have room for a proper kitchen table. I bought a very cute vintage table that I love, but I'm havin...

Brad Pitt's New Furniture

This morning we covered a lot of important online news territory - and a little fluff, too. As we process news about the economy, the future of politics, and overwhelming natural devastations, we also...

Indoor/Outdoor Hee Chairs on Sale at DWR

"Inspiration can come from anywhere, and in the case of Hee Welling, it was the interior of a refrigerator. More specifically, the shelves inside the refrigerator caught the eye of this industrial de...

Hot or Not? Dolce & Gabbana Mademoiselle Chair

Dolce & Gabbana Mademoiselle Chair by Philippe Starck for KartellSurvey below: ...

Anni Albers and the Tulip Chair

Take one part Anni Albers fabric and one part Tulip chair, put them in a blender and what do you get? Well, probably a lot of threads, fiberglass and some aluminum -- so don't do that. Instead, jus...

ICFF 2008: Chairs from Arper

I guess I was subconsciously seeking a task chair at ICFF - as I look through my photos there are plenty of images of chairs on wheels. So after posting the new Sottsass chair for Emeco this morning, ...

Orbit Furniture from Crate & Barrel Outlet

Crate & Barrel Outlet is having a big sale - up to 70% off during their "out and out outlet sale." Online we spotted the Orbit set, which is made up of some great pieces. Check out the hot (stackable)...

Maple Chairs by Iker

Spotted in the current issue of Chicago Home + Garden, a teeny tiny photo of these Polish designed chairs made a huge impression. We went digging through IQMatics website (store post on this Schaumbur...

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...

Chicago Design: Roscoe Jackson's Recycled Plastic Chairs

These are some of the coolest chairs we've seen in a while: green, ultra-versatile, and made right here in Chicago. Local designers Roscoe Jackson (aka Caleb Dawson, Shawn Gnann, and Thomas Fowler) ...

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...

Vintage Chair Refurbishing Ideas from Etsy

We love searching Etsy for DIY ideas. Today, we found several refurbished vintage chairs that gave us a few ideas for our own projects, if we ever get around to them... ...

Best Modern Indoor/Outdoor Chairs

Our search for the perfect outdoor chair continues. This time, we're looking at modern chairs that work both indoors and outside. Double-duty outdoor furniture is important in Chicago, since the goo...

Multi-Colored Side Chairs

Browsing the Maine Cottage website, we spotted a few photos of dining chairs painted in array of colors. We really like the look - with the right chairs, it could be a good way to do something diffe...

Hot or Not? Patterned Chair Legs

Patterned Chair Legs Click below to vote: ...

Outdoor Chairs Under $200

Our apartment search is over and we found a space with an even bigger deck than our old apartment (yay!), so now we're thinking about summer. We're starting our search for possible new outdoor chair...

Shopping in Chicago: Spring 08 at Jayson Home & Garden

We just got the Jayson Home & Garden Spring catalog and really liked what we saw. Jump below to see our top ten (be warned, lots of metallics and black below):...

French Metal Cafe Chairs from Pottery Barn

These new French Cafe Chairs from Pottery Barn are almost identical to the Marais AC Chair (the 1934 design) from Design Within Reach, and at $199 they're $50 less. We haven't seen them in person, s...

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