- Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 10:08
- Dining Room Furniture
Designer Renata Kalarus conspired with NOTI to give us this striking "Comma Chair" that apparently impressed the judged at the Red Dot Design Awards where it received Honorable Mention this year. I really like the profile of this modern chair that is available in leather or fabric over optional varnished steel or chrome legs from NOTI, a Polish design firm introduced by Ryszard Balcerkiewicz in ...
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- Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 10:07
- Dining Room Furniture
Furniture made from reclaimed wood is perhaps the best of both worlds. Not only do you get an aged and rustic look and feel, but you are being ecologically conscious by consuming recycled lumber. The Darjeeling Dining Table from CB2 is made from Rare Saal wood reclaimed from old Indian railroad ties, restored, and pieced together in a natural mosaic plank. The table tops plank ...
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- Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 10:05
- Dining Room Furniture
The Montego is a wonderfully crafted round dining table that is made of solid mahogany wood and some veneers on its table top. The furniture weighs 154 lbs. which speaks to its solid construction. I like the flexibility of dining tables that expand like this model. There is an extra leave which adds another 20" making its overall length at 65". There are 7 choices ...
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- Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 10:03
- Dining Room Furniture
Designer Bodo Sperlein will reveal his shapely Contour Table and Chair at this year's London Design Festival. I find the looping shape rather creative and characteristic of Sperlein's previous works. The chair "exudes a simple elegance, and has been designed to look like a single sculpted sheet. A ribbon-like profile draws the eye effortlessly around a series of loops terminating in slender legs that conceal ...
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- Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 18:12
- Dining Room Furniture
Solid wood dining furniture is always in style as it exhibits strength and endurance in a room setting. "Andover" from Room & Board fits that explanation. Andover is available in cherry, walnut, white oak, and natural maple. Normally in most furniture choices just the stain or color is an option. Here you get to pick the actual hardwood type from which the table is constructed ...
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