Raw City Home Lounge

This gives whole new meaning to the term “Periodic Table.”

'cause geeks need furniture, too...

The top is poured concrete which comes in at about 18 pounds a foot, so this one weighs about, oh, a gazillion pounds, give or take.  The base is reclaimed lumber.

Can someone help me load it onto the truck please?

Anyone?

I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking there’s nothing butch about a floor candelabra.  Man alive, even saying the word sorta feels like you’re blowing a kiss across a technicolor dance rave to a guy in a “Glee” t-shirt.

Napolean Dynomite's nightlight.

But c’mon, this Louis XVI  candelabra lighting has got enough goin’ on in the way of wrought iron badassery that even the gold gilt mounts feel more like a royal manor house and less like a “Project Runway” greenroom, let’s be honest. Decorative Candelabras like this beauty cast light up a wall, spilling it across the ceiling in a profussion of cavelier extravagance, pretty much daring you to call it incautious, or, dare I say, wanton.

“Wanton,” there’s a word that even Louis Ex Vee Eye would’ve appreciated, right up until the wet thunk of the block, that is…

isabella chair from Haute House

My favorite  chair for small space decorating  is this sexy creature from HauteHouse.
The ornamentation on this chair makes it, right?  It feels opulent without having to be upholstered in a tapestry or silk.  In fact, the solid fabric adds an austerity that probably saves it from being over the top.  Now don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of over the top.  But you gotta have some parameters or you’ll end up looking like the Hearst castle.

The animated shape of the back is regal and fun and still sits comfortably.  The arms are rolled and sensual but slim enough to keep her girlish figure.

Yeah, the bow in back is a little granny.  But she’s fully customizable so you can get her with or without.  But remember that the backs of chairs are notoriously dull and often the first part that you’ll see when you walk in the room.  So maybe a little granny detail is just what you need.

And check out those legs!  Shapely, but never trampy… that’s what I’m talking about…

Daniel

Theodore Alexander's Military File Drawers

There is an inherent masculinity in this chest of home office files.  I think it’s the walnut in conjunction with the aged brass hardware.

And the “squareness.”

I mean, it’s sooo square.  Not like a contemporary “block” style cabinet; this one is way too refined for that.  You can feel the artistry in its construction, the details are almost lithe.   But the end result is so clean and stolid that it would work in a modern bachelor pad as easily as in a Victorian parlor. Available at Mortise & Tenon, but never in stock for long!

It’s a Harrison Ford sexy–handsome, no nonsense, get the job done sexy!

Maite