Bare

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

After all the opulence of the booming noughties, designers have shifted and are opting for natural recycled materials – unpolished and a little “diamond in the rough”.Natural bare wood has been featured everywhere in every shape imaginable – from soft smooth curves to beautifully simple angles.

Bare Wood Take interior design inspiration from classic yachts; choose light colours like cool creams and antique white, contrast with navy, slate and fire engine red for a classic nautical look which sits beautifully with bare unfinished pieces.

With a softer, almost gentle utility approach to interior design, bare wood pieces are easy to style and and like any good classic will age beautifully.

Bare Wood With so many different styles available, you can choose something that works for you and your home.

Bare Wood pieces look great with fresh, bright and airy spaces, and/or utility styled rooms. Get the best out of your wood furniture, opt for good hardwoods like oak.

Cool Plastic Chairs (and one bad chair)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

First, a little history…

After the Second World War, interests turned back to design. The latest plastic injection moulding technology was the most fashionable thing to date and designers were rushing to create their latest plastic products.

But one thing eluded designers between the 1940′s to the 1960′s – a one piece plastic moulded chair which is aesthetically pleasing and desirable. Some designers managed to create plastic shells with the chair legs seperately attached, but the practicalities involved in removing the plastic from the moulds and the material’s limited strength meant that a single unit plastic chair was almost impossible to produce.

Cool Plastic Chairs that nearly made it to Plastic Oneness…

Charles Eames’ DAR Chair designed in 1948. The plastic shell is in available in several different colours, mounted on metal legs. More recent designs feature wooden legs. (See also DSW chair).

See Angel Chair http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/dining-chairs/angel-designer-dining-chair-2215828-412368-832081.php

Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Chair designed in 1957. Appeared to made completely out of plastic, however this design has a heavy metal base and the join between the two materials is carefully blended.

See ZigZag Dining Chair http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/dining-chairs/zigzag-designer-chair-2215903-412368-832195.php

Robin Day’s Stacking Chair, designed in 1963. A plastic moulded shell mounted upon metal legs.

See Safi Stackable Dining Chair http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/dining-chairs/safi-modern-stackable-dining-chair-set-of-4-2171208-412368-778904.php

Chairs that achieved Oneness!

Verner Panton’s S Chair designed in 1960 was the first of its kind. Panton ignored the tradtional ideas of a chair having 4 legs, and created a chair as one flowing unit. A design which is undeniably popular today.

See Panton dining Chair http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/dining-chairs/panton-inspired-dining-chair-1990693-412368-817651.php

Phillip Starck’s and Eugeni Quitlett’s Mr Impossible Chair. Designed in 2007.

See Eros Pod Chair http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/pod-chairs/eros-clear-chair-2036753-374764-610151.php

Joan Gaspar’s Lisboa Chair, designed in 2009. Gas injection moulded plastic. Available in several different colours.

See Gio Plastic Dining Chair http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/dining-chairs/gio-contemporary-dining-chair-2176881-412368-787475.php

The one bad chair…

The Monobloc Plastic Chair (or common garden chair), designed in 1980. An unlicensed design, this chair has been copied and reinvented hundreds of times. Some may consider this design to be the scourge of plastic seating, however some have taken this design as inspiration.

Two Colour Tubchair

Posted on February 25, 2012 by admin

The newest microtrend!

The next most fashionable item for your home will be the two coloured chair. Simple as pie! Two block colours which can be tones, matching or clashing colours on the same piece of furniture – for the most stylish and easy look this piece of furniture should be a tubchair.

http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/fabric-tub-chairs/bluebell-designer-tub-chair-2185553-414079-820539.php

As seen on the catwalks at London Fashion Week 2012, the colours the designers chose were far from dull! What an impact can be made by mixing different tones and putting bright colours together.

http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/swivel-tub-chairs/violet-swivel-tub-chair-2201166-405399-820647.php

If there’s one thing I have learnt it’s BE BOLD AND LIBERAL WITH COLOURS! Dont be afraid of the brighter clashy colours, you can easily match these colours with small accessories like glassware and throws.

For best results choose one colour which matches your existing interior and the other to clash, and if you want something less frightening choose a neutral colour (ivory, cream, pale grey, pastels) and then one bold statement colour (sunshine yellow, red, orange, turquoise, royal blue, sea green, purple).

http://www.click4interiors.co.uk/bespoke-chaise-longues/ritz-large-sofa-2127956-399572-723466.php

Colour Pairs that are hot now:

Teal & turquoise, grey & yellow, black & white, orange & blue, hot pink & nude, ocean blues.

Tub chairs, where do they come from?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Nobody knows for sure, but one theory is that the name tub chair has been adopted from the rounded shape of the American bath tub.It might be true, because our AGNES tub chair resembles the American Bath tub.

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Traditional Club chair

But rounded wooden chairs called club chairs were in use for hundreds of years in Europe’s Gents Clubs, were Gents were seeking refuge from their family life. Although the wooden club chairs have been available for many years, the upholstered versions became available to upper classes only in the 17^th century.To make the chairs more comfortable, craftsmen were padding them out, but the introduction of fully sprung, deep-seated, low-back, upholstered chair in the Victorian era hailed the beginning of the club chair known today also as a Tub chair.

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Antiqued leather club chair with a buttoned back

The original club chairs, tub chairs like our MALBOROUGH tub chair were upholstered in leather and with a buttoned back , turned wood legs on castors. Just imagine being in an exclusive Gent’s Club, sitting in a leather club chair, reading a newspaper whilst sipping brandy and being waited on by butlers. Bliss

In recent years upholstered tub chairs became more popular and a desirable addition to our homes. Tub chairs are now regarded as fashion furniture, adding not only an additional seating but also a splash of colour into monochrome rooms.

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Buy a fabric tub chair

Our made to order BLUEBELLE tub chair is an example of such, available in colours of your choice on light or dark wooden legs.The tub chair beech hard wood frame is upholstered in a chenille fabric of your choice.The BLUEBELLE tub chair comes with a buttoned fibre filled scatter cushion. The reversible foam filled seat cushion also features a contrasting button .You can chose one or more contrasting buttons to suite your interior.

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Buy a two coloured chenille tub chair

ANGLEPOISE …..may make you draw………… ?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin

As a school girl, I had a lot of homework to do. I had my own desk at home with a table lamp on it so I could do my work in the evenings. It was a very “flexible lamp” enabling me to turn and twist it to illuminate the area needed. Little did I know that the lamp on my desk was an Anglepoise lamp, a lamp designed by George Cawardine in 1932. Cawardine has designed the aluminium lamp to have flexibility in positioning and that would stay in the required position in which it was put. The Anglepoise lamp directs light much as a human arm would position the source of lighting to illuminate its purpose. Cawardine (a car designer) has developed a system of jointed metal rods and springs attached at one end to a heavy base, (see our CRIMSON or BLANC table lamps), and at the other a shaded light bulb. First this lamp was used mainly in working environments like workshops, doctors surgeries etc .

Part of the charm of the Anglepoise is its anthropomorphic design, most famously celebrated in Pixar Animations, but not everyone has viewed the design so benignly. In 1949 BBC’s Michael Standing issued an edict banning its use in the belief that a man working with light from only an Anglepoise lamp would harbour(wait for it!) illicit thoughts and consequently produce degenerate material (pornography to you and me).

Thank goodness , now we know it is NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Red Anglepoise Desk Lamp

The simplicity of the lamp mechanism and balancing system and the development in engineering and production techniques has made the lamp extremely flexible. Modern design features have been added to it ensuring that the Anglepoise lamp whether a table lamp or giant floor lamp (see TURK or FLORA) available in bright colours, has become a “new classic” to be found in countless offices and now also in our homes.

(base on The Genius of Design by Penny Sparke, “Articulated Lamps”)

Royeroid versus Mellow

Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin

Armchairs no longer have to partner the sofa. Although armchairs do not get as much use as sofas, it makes sense to take your time to find the perfect armchair that ticks all your boxes. The armchair does not have to follow the other furnishings in your home. Armchairs like the Mellow armchair are a style statements in their own rite. Its unusual shape will add visual interest to your interior space. Mellow armchair is worth choosing for its style and cozability factor. The Mellow’s wooden and plywood frame is covered in high density foam, which gives this chair the marshmallow ‘look’. You can get it in a neutral coloured natural jute fabric which highlights the all over buttoned detail. Mellow armchair buttoning is inspired by the Robert Stadler Royeroid armchair, but way more affordable.

Royroid Robert Stadler designer armchair

The Mellow is a The statement armchair that is a brilliant buy , adding the designer feel to your home.

Mellow armchair

Bored with it in the lounge? Take it to the bedroom where the Mellow will offer you a comfortable seat to enjoy reading your favourite book and the occasional space for laying clothes before tidying them into the wardrobe.The natural jute upholstery ensures it is a timeless piece, an instant hit of modern elegance.

New Industrial Revolution Trend

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin

I remember seeing heavy duty industrial furniture in Factories (now museums) of the bygone eras that I have visited as a child. Now as we tire of the flat packed and “perfect look” furniture a new trend of timeworn industrial furniture is emerging. People who aspire to affirm their own freedom of choice in matters of taste and lifestyle buy the “real” industrial diner furniture, however majority of us might not be able to find such pieces or to afford to buy the “original” antiques, hence why manufacturers began to reproduce furniture from the Industrial Revolution era.

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industrial looking coffee table

Our Rydal industrial coffee table is an good example of such furniture. It has been manufactured from weathered timber and has a deceitfully distressed finish. The Rydal coffee table’s metallic effect frame that supports the timber table top and a shelf ,the metallic effect composite corners complete with nuts and bolts and the industrial looking castors ensure that the coffee table looks as if it came straight out of a factory from the Industrial Revolution. The Rydal coffee table has the industrial edge (you could believe that it’s seen a few years) – adding it to your living room is a great way to work this look into your home!

Other matching industrial look furniture available,visit our website.

Platner inspired products

Posted on August 26, 2011 by admin

I am always on the outlook for timeless pieces of furniture , so I was so pleased to find this stunning contemporary Armonica coffee table retailing at £234.00. It’s base is made out of dark finished vertical steel rods with a round tempered clear glass table top. It screams quality and substance.

I wasn’t searching for them but the Bartok table lamps made my day! Their open wire bases are made out of shaped, coloured wire rods . The Bartok table lamps retail at £99.00 on our website, they come in two different styles and two colours. The Bartok Red table lamp base has been created with red coloured metal wire rods. It stands tall and proud and comes with a red trapeze shaped lamp shade.

The Bartok Black lamp has a different designed lamp base that also is made out of shaped wire rods but coloured black. A black drum lamp shade finishes off the look.

The designs of the Armonica coffee table and the Bartock table lamps remind me of the iconic furniture designed by the 60s architect and designer Mr.Warren Platner .He has designed a range of furniture made out of steel rods. The idea to shape steel rods into furniture came to him during a walk through the countryside where a shiny sheath of wheat inspired him to transformed nickel plated steel rods into sculptural furniture that is now considered a design icon. It has won him the American Institute of Architects International Award.

Mr Warren Platner’s prototypes were sold at an auction signalling growing interest by collectors of Mid-Century Modern design and this collection has been in continuous production ever since.

Hello world!

Posted on July 8, 2011 by admin

Thank you for reading our blogs. Hope you will find them not only entertaining but also informative.Happy reading.

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