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Room Service Home's Spool Stools

031108_spoolstool.jpgAhh, Easter. It kind of crept up on us this year, but thanks to a certain someone in the office bringing 2 bags of mini Cadbury eggs to a staff meeting, we're now fully prepared for the onslaught of chocolate and pastel hues.

 
 

In light of this, we're spotlighting these pretty Spool stools from Room Service Home. They're a dead ringer for the Eames Time-Life stools, but in delightful candy-colored hues and half the price.

Available at Room Service Home for $199.

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love the blue and pink

posted by LaDonnaNichole on March 11th 2008 at 9:00am
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Love it!

posted by SandraDee on March 11th 2008 at 9:08am
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Again with the knock-offs! Seriously AT, I'm losing respect for you guys and fast. Knock-offs are horrible for lots and lots of reasons - from stifling new design, to hurting the American economy. That a big site like AT continues to post and legitimize them is a real disappointment, especially when so many of your big sponsors sell the authentic pieces.

posted by Modfan on March 11th 2008 at 10:03am
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Second that, Modfan. I'm fine with 'inspiration' pieces, but these are BLATANT. Quite sad.

posted by MattPDX on March 11th 2008 at 10:25am
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I have a certified Eames stool sitting in my living room and the shape is EXACTLY like the blue one pictured above. (Not saying that to be snobby or anything, just that having one and seeing these copies irks me to no end.) It pisses me off when companies steal in an attempt at blatant copying. Isn't there some sort of trademark infringement? It's not "inspired by" it's "Xerox-ed by".

posted by trishb on March 11th 2008 at 11:06am
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I wonder what third world country these are made in - and what's in the paint?

posted by bepsf on March 11th 2008 at 11:48am
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Always a naysayer harshing our buzz. I love 'em.

posted by DWF on March 11th 2008 at 4:20pm
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Modfan and others,

I will buy the original if you spot me the $600 difference. In my opinion, Herman Miller, Knoll, and others are ASS RAPING their customers. Within the last five years, HM has jacked the price of their products up by at least 25%. Every time I have an interest in purchasing an “iconic” piece, I notice that the price has gone up another couple hundred dollars since the last time I checked. Reproductions may seem unethical, but it’s hard for me to sympathize with companies guilty of such egregious price gouging; a plywood chair is not the Mona Lisa, and annual price hikes only perpetuate the problem of crappy reproductions.

posted by lifeiswithpeople on March 12th 2008 at 5:25am
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Lifeiswithpeople... So you are saying – because something is expensive, it's ok for someone else to rip-off the original artist's intellectual property and make money off it?

posted by MattPDX on March 12th 2008 at 7:13am
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