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That headboard is bone-chillingly beautiful.

My reaction exactly

Gorgeous and kinda creepy at the same time.

Agree with everyone above.

Does anyone know where that blanket/bedspread came from?

They have some beautiful things - I wonder if they do custom work?

That headboard screams early 1970's Marin County to me. All it needs is a matching coffee table and wall clock.

I am afraid to look at the cost because I want it so badly!

Pretty good knock off of the late reknowned designer George Nakashima's original concept (http://www.nakashimawoodworker.com/about_george.htm).
Nakashima's original pieces sell at auction for serious money ($500,000-$millions) to collectors worldwide and are seen in museums.

Katy
http://fengshuibyfishgirl.com

Stunning. Kind of looks like an animal and its going to eat the table on the left...very cool, I love it.

While the piece itself is probably wonderful as a stand alone sculpture, as a headboard it is a nightmare.

I love the headboard. If it's finished with fine furniture finishes, as it most likely is, rather than that thick glossy bar coat, it stops resembling Marin County 1970's hippie furniture (which actually was pretty global). This piece has gorgeous wood grain and a wonderful organic shape. It would be splendid in a zen environment. Like my room! ;^)

http://liveedge-prefab.com/ is a more local outfit by Paul Discoe, the zen priest and woodworking architect. He salvages local urban trees (different climate, different species here in the Bay Area) and creates beautiful furniture as well. His work creating Larry Ellison's estate is well-known but on the small scale he's just as good. Wabi sabi.

Wonderful... now how do we do the rest of the room???

Responding to fishgirl and her describing Urban Hardwood's work as knock offs! What is so unique about urban hardwoods vs other of the MANY people who have done natural edge burl slab furniture in the past is that Urban Hardwoods uses only reclaimed wood and trees and does no butcher trees just in the name of design and art.

They do custom work, and the store manager is very nice. It's worth a stop by to see the pieces in person. There's a dining table that is to die for. Their commitment to reuse is amazing, to the extent they even reuse the water that results from drying their wood.

I meant no disrespect. Let me clarify: dmanciniaz had posted "afraid to look at the price"...I pointed out this was a pretty good "Knockoff" (ie: alternative to) the totally unattainable Nakishima pieces (and therefore a good value). Also, isn't it a bit naive to think the designers at Urban Hardwoods are not aware of the art world's acknowledged greatest and most successful designer in this genre? Kudos to Urban Hardwoods for using sustainable processes that were not part of the zeitgeist when George was alive.
Katy
http://fengshuibyfishgirl.com

Seconded on the bedspread. Where do I find something like that!