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Modern Miniature: Chocolate Eames House

8-4-cocoa-eames-1.jpg Chocolatier Thomas Haas created this chocolate shortbread replica of Charles and Ray Eames' Pacific Palisades home for the Canadian magazine, The Block...


 
 

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The Eames built the house in 1949 as part of the Case Study Houses program sponsored by Art & Architecture magazine. (Be sure to check out the Thomas Haas recipe for chocolate shortbread!) Via: notcot.com.

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I love that wooden finish--Eames' chocolate shade is unmatchable. I got that kind of a finish on my lounge chair and ottoman that I bought from Officedesigns.com and I had the hardest time figuring out where to put it because it matched with everything!

posted by JacksonEdge on August 5th 2008 at 5:58am
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