31 October 2011

Have a spooky night, everyone ...



Cut him open, scooped out his guts and made a fire inside ... and then we made soup with his innards - now that's proper ghoulish.

oh good.

Found in a lake near a nuclear power plant in Argentina - a 3 eyed fish (left) closely resembling Blinky, the fish caught in Lake Springfield almost 20 years ago ...

Plenty of online reports if you want to know more ... 

Not saying the fish would have been any less ugly if he had the standard 2 eye configuration, but it's just not as funny in real life, that's all.

In other news, so far no reports of mutated wildlife in areas of solar power generation.

20 October 2011

tim-berrr ...

In a perfect world, your nan would call you up tomorrow and tell you that you're ready to inherit her old 'woody' station-wagon ...
Or was she a van driver?

Either way, it's about time that all these designers coming up with sleek carbon fibre mod cars realized that a boxy vehicle with some wood panels is all the world really needs.
Though there are limits ... eg: Lee Stoetzel's wooden Kombi Van.  Not for the splinter-prone.

cabinet craziness ...

Sideboards are always pretty popular in the shop - seem to be the 'must-have' interior item of this end of the 21st century ... perhaps even more than those repro eiffel-base Eames shell chairs the real-estate agents insist on including in every house photo you see.
This past week we have had a stream (or at least a few) people asking if we had any more tucked away in storage (sideboards, not repro Eames chairs).  Good motivation to dig deep into the shed and take some photos.  Now we just wish we had a few more lounge-rooms so we could fit a few more in at home.






And that's the ones we could get to!
So - if you're looking for something really nice in the way of Scandinavian made vintage storage, please pop by the website or contact us and get us motivated to move 'em on!
Thanks.

09 October 2011

mmmm, dark ...

As a 'look' for the interiors of our place, we have been leaning towards the lighter end of the spectrum. 
The main walls are pale mud (mud-bricks made from the clay out of the dam), and this summer we plan to make time to paint out the rest of the place in white.  Most of our furniture is teak, with a mix of olive-greens for upholstery and the ceramics and bits'n'pieces we're collecting up.  We have gradually been stashing away a bunch of chairs in beech and maple timbers to brighten up the front room - which will hopefully give us a pretty breezy feel.
But, gee, seeing this interior makes you think ...

A country house in Nordsjælland, Denmark, the styling is pretty amazing - a timeless sort of 'lodge' look.


You should take a look - the place is pretty nice.  The photos (by Birgitta W. Drejer) are from VartNyaHem, via MyScandinavianRetreat.  We'd live there if we had to ...

06 October 2011

thanks steve ...

Love 'em or hate 'em, apple corporation have become the design touchstone of the current generation.  They have made some very beautiful things and stuck to the 'Think Different' commitment Steve Jobs gave.



RIP Steve, and thanks.