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For any Herb Ritts fans, there is a great exhibit currently at DUMBO's Wessel + O'Connor Gallery.

http://wesseloconnor.com/

Hi,

I recently purchased a few red Modernica Eames reproduction fiberglass chairs. However, I was unpacking them recently and see a few small thin black marks on the red shells. They look almost like small pen marks, very thin, around a half an inch long, noticable when you get up close. I called Modernica up and they suggested that these were all "imperfections" that come natural from the whole design process and are all to be expected.

Does anyone else own or otherwise have experience with Modernica on this front? Any way to safely remove this from the fiberglass? I just want to know whether I'm being too critical or whether I should try to get Modernica to repair or replace the shells. Thanks.

Nick

Hi Nick,

I own a white Eames fibreglass shell chair from Modernica. I also have a few marks on it. It looks to me like the marks are fibreglass that are a little closer to the surface, rather than pen marks. I chalked them up to natural imperfections in the manufacturing process. I hope that helps.

click on P2's link and you immediately know why he recommends it!

When I was in design school I designed an apt. for Herb Ritts. If only he knew about it. At least I got an A.

anne--
Ha!

Actually, that first shot is not my favorite of the lot. I like a little more meat on the bones. :)

And to all, the Ritts images on the W+O'C site are not all "office friendly."

Which seems so sad and archaic to say.

I'd been looking at this LLBEAN outdoor lantern which got mentioned in the NYTIMES:
http://tinyurl.com/nh52r

But I might get this from REI instead (with a 20% member discount):
http://tinyurl.com/gb2mn
(is the lesser-cost worth the tradeoff in cuteness???)

Incidentally, I saw a very pretty 'vintage glass' table lamp (for indoor use) at LLBEAN:
http://tinyurl.com/obyoe

Hi - I posted a few weeks ago looking for comments on the CB2 "baseline" bed, which is not on display at their stores. We went ahead and ordered it anyways, since the minimal profile of that bed was the only way we could get our coveted king.

It arrived Wednesday, and so far it's great! Required assembly, which took perhaps 45 minutes MAX, with the included allen wrench. There are no sharp corners (which I had been afraid of, with a metal frame) and the wooden slats are very sturdy.

Best of all, I can report that the bed looks *exactly* as it does in the photos online, which you certainly can't say for most products that you order sight-unseen...

Happy to answer any other questions if people have them!

Totally off the topic, but has anyone been to the 2006 Kip's Bay Decorator Showhouse? Is is worth going?

I went to Kip's Bay. It is very "Upper East SIde" traditional, with few exception (Larry Lazlo's, Thom Filicia's, Eric Coleman's, Richard Mishaan's, and Christopher Maya's some exception.)

Worth the (charitable) price of admission A) just to see the odd/weird home it is staged in this year, and B)for the "Ladies Who Lunch" people watching, and C) for the rooms themselves.

There is also an audio tour this year, but I did not do it so can't comment.

JenPDX: What a great blue glass lamp. I would like it in other colors too. I never thought to look in LLBean.

I saw a Rowe loveseat today that had the right dimension, etc. that I need.
Does anyone have a Rowe product? Or know anything about the quality?

since it's chatty art show friday . . .

"Snap Judgements" up at the ICP right now is STELLAR. Contemporary African photographers of all sorts,
fashion, photojournalism, fine art
http://www.icp.org/
until the end of May

and

ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City
runs through August 20, 2006
at the Queens Museum
fun, smart show about urban life

guido-baby. Is there a catalog available for the ABC DF show? Really curious to see some of those images. [PS I downloaded the Gnarls Barkley album on iTunes last night (since street date on the CD isn't until next week). You should check it out. The whole album is fan-frickin'-tastic.]

Thanks Patrick. Maybe I'll stop over this weekend.

JenPDX, Rowe is considered, I believe, middle of the road in terms of quality. But, the retailer Storehouse/Storehouse.com is owned by Rowe. Rowe in the past used to own Mitchell Gold (think that was until 3 years ago). So, if you want to see the product, try visiting Storehouse if there's one near you.

rsw--
Dress cool when you go. Some of the upper floors were REALLY warm, and that was on a much cooler day than we're having now.

It's also open late on Thursdays.

Enrique, amorcito y pinche fresa
There is a big fat fabulous brick of a book from the original show in D.F.
It comes in a red cardboard suitcase with a handle, avail at MOMA and of course at the Qns Museum.
GOR GE OUS
and
thx for the music tip!

p.s. amorcito y pinche fresa

Gnarls Barkley...sounds like kin to Chocolate Genius
or Al Green doing Cramps covers. Fun!

plus, there's a song called Feng Shui . . .
but I like The Boogie Monster better

Does anyone know any good online resources for house numbers? I want to spiff up the front door of my condo (hallway door) but I need the letter A as well as numbers. Thanks for any direction!

I wonder if this might work for some of these minuscule apartments

http://www.flyingbeds.com/14.Euro_BunkBed/Euro-ComputerBed.htm

Silli -- House Industries [a font company] used to make big silver letters out of their NeutraFace type. I can't find a link to it on their site any more, but you might want to call them and ask...

http://www.houseind.com/

Silli:

http://abodeplaques.com/products/index.html

They are from the UK - but they do ship to the U.S.

Couldn't find a similar product in the U.S. but they are quite common in the UK.

With all this talk about tables ...

I was in the East Village and came across a book that I've been hearing about online.

So for all your tables: coffee tables, antiques, special finds - don't let them be without the perfect COFFEETABLE BOOK:

boy with an 'i' - by David Montalvo
(barnes & noble link)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=1425917933&itm=1

... i need a new coffee table, actually!

Jen PDX, I don't know about Rowe ownership of Storehouse, but I know they have quite a few sofas made by Rowe as well as several Mitchell Gold+Bob Williams. I'm not sure of the manufacturer of the model I ended up with, though i'm pleased with it (from storehouse). The daphne model is definitely one made by Rowe...I consider it kind of sad that it's nearly midnight on a Friday and I just rattled off a bunch of useless facts about storehouse sofas!

I'm in NYC trying to find this ecclectic shop I once stumbled upon a few years ago. Here's what I remember, it was in an old historic building, it had lots of chandeliers and other shiny objects, it was not modern, more old world feel, and there was a tapas place around the corner that served amazing Sangria. I think it was down by Washington Square. But, I can't remember. Can anyone tell anything by my cryptic description?

MichnCheese
was it enormous?
ABC Home on Bway at 19th St, just north of Union Sq
they have a rotating cast of restaurants flanking the store

Guido,

Yes, yes, yes! Once again, thank you much AT :)

MichelleNCheese

guido - you're good! I would never have come up with ABC from her description. "Shop" doesn't fit the bill but you must know every store in the city! After you said ABC I went back and read the description and thought "yep, guido's right (again!).

Washington Square threw me, but there is a tapas place in the store -- "pipa", I think!

Silli -- you can find the Neutraface here:
http://www.customhousenumbers.com/all.htm

Question: What is the best solution to fill in space gaps left by a window installed air conditioner ? I would rather leave the little critters of nature to the outdoors instead of visiting inside.

(I attempted searching through the archives but could not find anything.)

For the guys/fans of interesting names: Xavier Lust:
http://www.ddcnyc.com/product.php?id=16278

I think that if anyone invents a truly wonderful item to fill in those voids next to air conditioners, so that they really, truly do not let air in or out and that is available in the same assortment of colors that air conditioners are, that person is going to be a goldang squillionairess.

Because, please let us face it: those lame little accordian things that air conditioners come with are crap, and even on the odd chance that they DO manage to slide over and fit the width of the window, they never seal very well, and they're thin and they tend to become brittle and crack and get very, very sad and dilapidated.

That said, I think that the best way to deal with them would be to put a good piece of plywood, measured to fit the space and paint both sides of it to match the window frames, which, in the city, most of the newer frames tend to be a "bronze" color, which is really a dark brown, and Janovic makes and sells an outdoor paint (possibly even latex?) color just for that.

Otherwise, if it's kind of a really tall air conditioner, how about a really thick piece of serious plexiglas, like about the same depth as the sash? Like an inch or so?

You can buy that crappy foam in hardware stores, but it really doesn't do much either. I used it once in another apartment and it looked good, but my roommate's cat was able to push it out of the way. I grabbed her before she got out, but clearly the foam stuff isn't that useful.

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