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Triode: I think first prize is actually a $2500 Design Within Reach store credit (look below the photo). I guess they're just showing what you could get with it. If you had a bigger apartment.
Why thank you, Specklet! Those books look awesome. I would definitely appreciate your help - I'm not moving until May, but I'm taking very little of my current furniture with me. I am looking forward to starting from almost-scratch. Unfortunately, I will still be poor, but that almost makes decorating and furnishing a more fun challenge.
Specklet: It is an Eames Chaise that belonged to my grandparents.
IMO, Le Corb did more to ruin 20th century architecture than the rest of 'em combined. I'd sooner recline on cinderblocks. ;-)
(I really hope it was indeed submitted as a joke, or somebody's going to be crushed.)
My serious favourite is this one, because it just embodies a total fantasy of stripping down one's possessions to a minimum and creating a serene space for working. Sigh.
And yea, jokeefe, I wish I could make my home look like your serious favorite.... but it's hella (:-P Fris) hard! I'm horrible about throwing away papers and stuff- I find stuff months later and think, why did I not throw this away when I first got it?
Triode, that chaise is fantastic. And although Corbu is basically a concept architect and therefore completely impractical, he did have some great ideas about form...
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
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