(hanging light fixture)





pool table; click to enlarge







It's not like I want everything in my house to be black, stainless steel, brushed aluminum, and glass, but I do like that modern, industrial look (although I don't want my house to look like a factory). I won't be buying a house for another 1.5-2 years, and I'll only be staying there for a few years (although I'll prob keep the house and hire a property manager to rent it), but whenever I start buying nice furniture, I want to start accumulating the things I want for when I get to stay in one house for a while and set it up like I want.

[Edited on June 25, 2006 at 1:19 PM. Reason : [no homo]]

6/25/2006 1:19:01 PM

early fuck?

naw, I think it's just called contemporary.

6/25/2006 1:20:52 PM

Contemporary->Modern according to this: http://www.furniturefind.com/design/1_030_styleguide.aspx

Just keep plenty of windex around.

6/25/2006 1:28:36 PM

Glass is lame.

6/25/2006 1:30:24 PM

you pretty much described it. modern industrial. or contemporary, as digital said. but the pool table, with the xs on it, and the metal desk have an industrial look. if you're trying to google, i'd do contemporary or industrial. contemporary is just the clean-lined look. industrial has pipe, metal, other influences.

i like a lot of that. glass is a bitch to keep up, but i like it. i like the booth/tables too. interesting.

6/25/2006 1:31:09 PM

I had one of those glass computer desks a while back.

it's a pain in the ass to clean.

I'll never buy glass furniture again.

6/25/2006 1:31:57 PM

yeah, my brothers bought a (cheap) glass computer desk a while ago. i still don't know why. you can do modern/industrial w/o SOOO much glass, too.

mmm that furniturefind.com is awesome. love this chair.

6/25/2006 1:36:02 PM

Those are very pretty. Nice find Duke. If TennisAngel and I had our own place then I would look at getting some nice things similar to that. Keep us posted on what you come up with.

6/25/2006 1:43:56 PM

haha, i finally found the price on that pool table...

$15,750. hopefully someone else besides Brunswick makes a decent stainless pool table that I wouldn't have to sell an organ to afford.

6/25/2006 1:46:26 PM

that pool table IS badass tho.

but unless I had millions, i dont' think i'd be able to let myself throw $15k at a pool table.

6/25/2006 1:47:58 PM

good god....

yeah some of the prices on this contemporary furniture i like are giving me a heart attack.

6/25/2006 1:48:13 PM

Yea, that pool table is hot. I don't see why you couldn't make your own out of a cheaper model.

6/25/2006 1:49:16 PM

Yeah, be prepared to spend $texas for anything modern.

Reading Dwell makes me feel so poor.

6/25/2006 1:50:40 PM

i never imagined that pool table would be so expensive. i can see the ones with ornate wordworking (the gothic style stuff especially) being really expensive, but i don't see what about that one commands such a huge price, other than the fact that it looks sweet.

6/25/2006 1:50:53 PM

this one's not QUITE as cool:



it's also a dining table.




Pool Dining Table Prices:
6ft - £1,150 - $2,091.18
7ft - £1,195 - $2,173.00

6/25/2006 1:51:08 PM

do they make it in 8' or 9'?

damn, i'm gonna need a sugar momma for this...plus the cars, motorcycles, boat/jet ski, airplane, ski/SCUBA trips, etc.

[Edited on June 25, 2006 at 1:54 PM. Reason : asdfasd]

6/25/2006 1:52:47 PM

i don't see it. it was the first image that came up when i googled "stainless steel pool table"

but the fact that they make something less than $15000 is a positive start. might be better to find something in the US so shipping wouldn't be so bad.

6/25/2006 1:54:05 PM

cleaning glass tables suuuuuuuuuuck

i love my coffee and end tables, don't get me wrong, but i hate cleaning them

6/25/2006 7:17:18 PM

I have that desk with frosted glass, not so bad to clean.

My fiance is into the real modern/clean look. We have a few pieces of "retro" herman miller (office furniture and two leather chairs).

6/25/2006 7:53:49 PM

the dresser looks like something out of a corporate office, but i like the look of a platform bed

6/29/2006 12:38:12 PM

it's almost azn

6/29/2006 12:43:42 PM

West Elm ( http://www.westelm.com ) is a modern furniture store near me... they have some nice stuff. Room & Board ( http://www.roomandboard.com ) is cool too.

we were cheap so most of our stuff came from ikea, or on sale from other places.

6/29/2006 12:52:19 PM

Go ahead and sign your ikea petition.

6/29/2006 12:55:11 PM

ummm... there's an Ikea a few miles from where i live.

6/29/2006 1:36:27 PM

My wife is an IKEA freak... but luckily we don't live near one... phew!

6/29/2006 1:48:30 PM

<3 herman miller.

and ikea! but i've never bought anything from ikea, since there's none around here.

that platform bed is nice, it does have an asiany feel, but it's really good lookin.

6/29/2006 1:54:07 PM

we have actually found several herman miller pieces at yard sales and in fabulous shape.

6/29/2006 2:12:00 PM

you'd probably like Scandanavian furniture too

check out...

Design Within Reach (most things are WAY out of my reach though)
West Elm
CB2 (Crate & Barrel's contemporary line)
Ikea
Dwell Magazine

6/29/2006 2:14:24 PM

^^WOW. hmm....

6/29/2006 6:16:10 PM

I still want a Aeron

6/29/2006 9:29:46 PM

you might want to check out this place http://www.ambienteraleigh.com/

theres also a pretty sweet store on Glenwood South. I think its called Cherry. Its on the right if you're headed north.

6/29/2006 9:32:37 PM

simplistic, maybe?

6/29/2006 10:00:21 PM

I just bought my first Ikea piece yesterday!!



I really like it!

It's a modern Manad hanging paper lamp, impressed w/ leaf patterns.

6/30/2006 12:51:13 PM

I realize everyone's tastes differ, but I can't stand to see people completely shut out the designs of long ago... please don't overlook the furniture from periods like American Empire, Directoire, or even Art Deco, whose simpler, classic lines can work very harmoniously with "contemporary" furniture. Antiques are a wonderful way to enhance your home with old elegance and a piece of design history... I have a wonderful American Empire mahogany chest of drawers from the 1830s, and a beautiful Art Moderne desk from around 1920.

6/30/2006 9:55:30 PM

brandi please tell me u didnt pay more than $20 for the hanging lamps

6/30/2006 10:14:41 PM

^^Yeah, I'm impressed by people who have the balls to and succeed at mixing styles. It's more difficult than just ordering a room out of a catologue, but the effect is more interesting.

And, I know everyone has said modern, contemporary, etc...I'd like to add minimalist...

[Edited on June 30, 2006 at 10:16 PM. Reason : sss]

6/30/2006 10:16:02 PM

didn't read everything, but I think minimalist should also be in that description
^ obviously I didn't read the last post either

[Edited on June 30, 2006 at 10:23 PM. Reason : i've been out in the sun too long]

6/30/2006 10:20:59 PM

Yea, to reiterate what has already been said.

The first batch of things you posted are modern industrial.

The reason that pool table is so expensive is because it's made of stainless steel. If it were anodized aluminum or painted/electroplated steel it would be MUCH cheaper.

Keep in mind, modern furnture that's worth a shit is EXPENSIVE.

Between Dwell, West Elm and Design Within Reach you can find pretty much anything style-wise you are looking for. From there it's just a matter of finding modern stores in your area. Too bad you aren't still around Raleigh, because I could hook you up with all kinds of places around here.

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"I realize everyone's tastes differ, but I can't stand to see people completely shut out the designs of long ago... please don't overlook the furniture from periods like American Empire, Directoire, or even Art Deco, whose simpler, classic lines can work very harmoniously with "contemporary" furniture. Antiques are a wonderful way to enhance your home with old elegance and a piece of design history... I have a wonderful American Empire mahogany chest of drawers from the 1830s, and a beautiful Art Moderne desk from around 1920."

I don't think it's that most people "shut out designs of long ago", most well designed modern furniture is based on Scandanavian design that is as old or older than the periods you made mention of. It's just different taste. I hate most classic mainstream furniture because it was pretentiously ornate, frilly or just plain decorative.

Quote :

"Yeah, I'm impressed by people who have the balls to and succeed at mixing styles. It's more difficult than just ordering a room out of a catologue, but the effect is more interesting. And, I know everyone has said modern, contemporary, etc...I'd like to add minimalist... "

I think that's silly frankly. I think it's impressive if someone is trying to put together an eclectic theme, but why would mix styles just to make it mixed? If you are trying to put together a modern room, then you would normally want everything in the same style and composition, in which case it would look better in the end to buy it as a suite.

And modern != minimalist. modern furniture can be minimal, and minimal furniture can be modern, but they aren't all-inclusive of one another. IKEA is hardly minimalist

6/30/2006 11:20:53 PM

Yeah, I don't really see the rationale behind mixing things solely for the sake of mixing things. The primary concern there should be that pieces complement each other through color, line, material, ornament, or some other aspect of design. My chinese-influenced cabinet looks perfect next to an art-deco console radio due to the closely-matched hues in the wood.

I don't view the highly-ornamented styles of old to be pretentious, they can be quite beautiful if they have a sense of formal balance about them... but I also can't totally divorce myself from the allure of the historical connotations that styles from the last 300 years carry with them, misguided as they may be, like romanticized nostalgia for the infancy of the United States, the antebellum Old South, or the splendid excesses of America's Gilded Age.

Regarding price, with brand new stuff you definitely pay out the ass for quality craftsmanship and design; a very fine bergere chair from the 1940s in the Sheraton style, on the other hand, can be had for maybe $300, compared to probably $900 or more for a comparable new-manufacture piece of equal quality.

[Edited on June 30, 2006 at 11:33 PM. Reason : ::]

6/30/2006 11:31:03 PM

oh man... I wish I could afford furniture

I furnished most of a house by dumpstering

7/1/2006 12:57:03 AM

Quote :

" Too bad you aren't still around Raleigh, because I could hook you up with all kinds of places around here."

well, i'm into the final phase of flight school, and i'll select my platform in a couple of months (or really have it assigned to me). if i get F-18s like I want, I'll go to SoCal for a year, then back to Beaufort, SC. If I get Prowlers, I'll spend a year on Whidbey Island, WA, then back to Cherry Point, at which point it would be no big deal to check out some furniture in the Triangle area.

7/1/2006 1:21:42 PM

there's a ton of modern furniture around here,

its pretty much the best area to look around, outside of atlanta, DC or NYC

7/1/2006 1:53:39 PM

I furnished most of my apt w/ modern... abstract... and antique/vintage...

Oh yeah and the kitchen is red hot chili peppers... <the actual pepper

It's an interesting place but everyone really likes it who has seen it in the last two weeks (as in asking where I got my oil paintings and decor so they can copy. haha).

I will be showing it this week. jk

Oh and Fry -- I paid 10 dollars for the lamp. BRAND NEW. I love craigslist.


[Edited on July 1, 2006 at 4:08 PM. Reason : ]

7/1/2006 4:05:47 PM

Yeah, I wasn't feeling argumentative before, but whatever...

Quote :

"Noen: I think that's silly frankly. I think it's impressive if someone is trying to put together an eclectic theme, but why would mix styles just to make it mixed? If you are trying to put together a modern room, then you would normally want everything in the same style and composition, in which case it would look better in the end to buy it as a suite."

I don't like the suite look. I think it lacks creativity, originality, guts, intrigue, etc... That's my opinion. You have a different opinion--you wanna fight or something? LOL

Quote :

"Noen: And modern != minimalist. modern furniture can be minimal, and minimal furniture can be modern, but they aren't all-inclusive of one another. IKEA is hardly minimalist"

Did I say "modern = minimalist"? I was just adding another descriptive word for theDuke866 to go on, and I didn't imply that "modern = minimalist."

Quote :

"Noen: there's a ton of modern furniture around here, its pretty much the best area to look around, outside of atlanta, DC or NYC"

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

7/1/2006 6:23:03 PM

I believe it's known as "artsy fartsy"

7/2/2006 2:45:29 PM

YOU'RE SO UGLY YOU COULD BE A MODERN ART MASTERPIECE!

7/2/2006 3:08:48 PM

bttt

4/25/2011 11:32:53 PM

^ thanks

Man, I was up in Raleigh this weekend and went into Restoration Hardware at Crabtree...ohhhh man, they have some cool stuff in there, and even more in their catalogue. It's expensive, but not ludicrously expensive (no more so than lots of other decent furniture, anyway).

4/25/2011 11:34:55 PM