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Settee by Louis Fry
Washington DC

The stunning curves of this handcrafted beauty had us swooning, even though our one-bedroom apartment lacks the space or the drama to support this settee by Louis Fry. This Texas-based craftsman cr...

NY Good Questions: Where Can I Find This Stool?

Dear AT, We are looking for a comfortable counter height stool with arms for a modern kitchen. Saw these at NEMO tile in NY, the owner thought they were from Design Within Reach, but I haven't been ...

Hot or Not? Calculator Stools

We love this image! Individual stools arranged and labeled to look like a calculator. What do you think? ...

Rian Cantilevered Stool from Semigood Design Studio

Semigood Design Studio located in Seattle, Washington, takes pride in their heirloom-quailty furniture that is made to last many generations. Made-to-order and crafted of wood from FSC certified for...

Muleh: Moving the Tropics Indoors
Washington DC

Muleh's furniture brings the feeling of the outdoors inside, so it's the perfect furniture store for garden month. Muleh's modern tropical furniture is made from organic materials. The quality is go...

Special Edition Stool 60 by Artek & Monocle Magazine

Monocle Magazine and Finnish company Artek have teamed up to produce a limited-edition version of Alvar Aalto's iconic Stool 60. Designed to celebrate the stool's 75th Anniversary, this new interpr...

Look!: Poetry Benches in Bethesda, MD
Washington DC

While wandering through Bethesda this weekend, we were delighted to find these whimsical benches marking stops for the Bethesda Circulator (a free trolley service running through downtown Bethesda)....

ODDA Storage Unit and Coat Rack from IKEA

This is one of the oddest pieces of furniture we've seen lately — it's the ODDA storage unit that combines a hat and coat rack, laundry bin and shoe storage into a single design. ATLA has looked a...

Hemnes Storage Bench at IKEA
Washington DC

We have been on the lookout for an attractive storage bench for our bedroom, and were delighted to see this new option at Ikea. We like that is has split storage space because otherwise we have a t...

Cognita Storage Bench from Blu Dot & Herman Miller

Last month at ICFF, we were excited about the new Lifework collection of home-office furniture from Herman Miller. Specifically, the Airia desk and media cabinet. Our enthusiasm for these attractive...

Roundup: Garden Bench Swings
Washington DC

Some people play fantasy football; we play fantasy furniture. In honor of AT garden month, we are sharing with you our fantasy item for the garden: a free-standing bench swing. We find swings to be ...

Outdoor Furniture We'd Use Indoors

Outdoor furniture has to be strong, durable and weather resistant. And often times design is compromised to fulfill these requirements. But there's also a lot of great outdoor furniture out there th...

Solids of Revolution: Concrete and Felt Stools by Max Lamb

Remember the chair that Brad Pitt purchased at Design Miami /Basel? The Bronze Poly Chair is by British designer Max Lamb. Lamb's Solids of Revolution collection was also shown at the festival in Ba...

NY Good Questions: Similar Style Barstool?

Dear AT, I love these Delta barstools from Crate & Barrel, but they're the wrong size for my counter. (The short ones are too short, and the tall are too tall.) Does anyone know of a similar styl...

NY Good Questions: Similar, Less Expensive Bench?

Dear AT, I'm looking for two outdoor benches for my outdoor space, and really love this simple Montego bench from Room and Board...but I''m not really liking the price! I've scoured the city and sea...

NY Good Questions: Seating For This Table?

Dear AT, I found some nice, reasonably priced Mission furniture at Staples, of all places. The set includes nesting side tables, a coffee table with a lift mechanism that brings the surface up to t...

Pet-friendly Furniture: Customizable Cat Cubes

Cat Livin, the folks behind The Climber Cat Tree have teamed up with custom furniture maker Viesso to offer durable furniture that can withstand "feline abuse"... ...

NY Good Questions: How Can We Complete Our Apt.'s Look?

Dear AT, We are newlyweds and are furnishing our one-bedroom apartment from scratch. This is our first "real" apartment so we haven't quite cultivated our sense of style and compromising often lea...

Shelter Porn by Wendell Castle & Hugo França

We just got an email from the very cool and very high end shop R20th Century, with a few sneak peeks of stuff their showing next month at Art Basel. You don't see stuff like this very often, and we...

Hot or Not? Artichoke Felt Ottomans by Moa Jantze

We're drawn to these giant artichokes imagined as ottomans by designer Moa Jantze. Made from 100% wool felt, the poufs are both visually striking and cozy. What do our readers think? Survey and more...

ICFF 2008: Offecct

We were easily drawn into the colorful collection from Swedish design company Offect. The entire range of products from furnishings, lighting and modular wall coverings straddled the line between sl...

ICFF 2008: Mio

Last year, Mio captured our interest with their Nomad cardboard room divider. This year, the Philadelphia-based company launched three new concepts at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair ...

BKLYN Designs: Bamba Chair from EcoSystems

This is the Bamba Chair. Its design follows the consideration to be as sustainable and environmentally-friendly as possible. The flat-pack design features a seat and back that are cut from the side...

BKLYN Designs: Kupe Line Repurposed Bourbon Barrels from Uhuru

Red Hook based Uhuru was showing off their new Kupe collection of furniture at BKLYN Designs this weekend. Crafted from used bourbon barrels from Kentucky, the Kupe collection includes various benc...

Timber Block Stool from VivaTerra

We've always admired Brent Comber's Adler Cube Table (above, right). Made from Cedar, Douglas fir and maple branches that would have been treated as waste, the cubes are a one-of-a-kind table that i...

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