I go to Palm Springs every Thanksgiving with the whole family to visit my grandfather and enjoy the sun. The trip for me always entails a day of enjoying the modern architecture and some modern shopping. My very favorite house (and I’m hardly alone in this assessment) is Neutra’s 1946 Kaufmann House. I try to [...]
The Dansk website says that the new Fjord Classic flatware is featured in Oprah’s Magazine, so I picked up a copy at the drug store the other day to learn more about it. I picked up “O at Home” by accident, not even knowing that there was a difference, and was astounded at the amount [...]
An article I wrote for Ready Made magazine a while back is now online. You can find it here. I think this is a new addition to the site, although it may have been there earlier. By the way, that’s not me in the photo, but that is my house. They are also selling blueprints [...]
I popped into the new CB2 store in San Francisco last weekend. It’s Crate & Barrel’s new little brother, and it was really interesting. It was kind of a combination of Ikea, Crate & Barrel, and Design Within Reach. It had amazingly low prices, lots of very colorful homewares and accessories, and furniture. There was [...]
Another weekend, another garage sale score. As I was running errands before running off to Sonoma for the weekend, I couldn’t help but stop by a garage sale in the ‘hood. There was an old plywood table and a quick glance under it confirmed my suspicions: Alvar Aalto. After a quick “How much” and then [...]
There’s a new book out on Danish Modern, and it’s called Danish Modern. I haven’t yet seen it, but it looks pretty good. Don’t know if it talks about Quistgaard or Dansk at all. The book includes photographic surveys of Danish Modern furniture in homes across the Unites States; a market guide with tips, facts [...]
A long time ago, before I even knew who Charles Eames (let alone JHQ) was, I had a guitar made for me by a college friend, Jake Savin. In a example of temporally disjoined hobby convergence, the woods we chose to use were the same woods used by JHQ in his rare woods series for [...]
The second season of Mad Men just started, and I’m glad have an outlet to write about it. From the awesome graphics of the opening credits through the scandalous plot lines, the show is nothing short of amazing. The scenes at Don Draper’s office are peppered with moments of marketing genius – he’s the kind [...]
I scored a pair of rosewood stools today at a garage sale. They are attributed to Erik Buck for OD Mobler also known as Oddense Maskinsnedkeri. They are seen in teak and rosewood, these are richly grained rosewood. A little wear along the legs and footrest, but nothing a little linseed oil can’t make look [...]
I got a postcard from the Eames Office inviting me to a party celebrating the commemorative stamps the US Post Office is going to release next week. Since I don’t live in LA, I won’t be able to attend. But, I will be able to go to the post office and buy some, as they [...]