"I love to look at modern rooms, but I don't want to live in them: I abhor a room that demands such perfection that the only thing out of place in it is you." - Mark Hampton
Well, actually, that's our sentiment
mostly. For while we appreciate a Saarinen table (or Saarinen anything) as much as the next lover of great design, right now we're going through a JUST SAY NO to West Elm, CB2, DWR phase. We're revisiting our roots -- once again pouring over The Antique Trader and trying to remember exactly which period pieces -- Early American? William and Mary? Queen Anne? Georgian? Pennsylvania Dutch, Chippendale (YES PLEASE), Federal? Sheraton? American Empire? Arts and Craft? Scandinavian Contemporary? -- we once coveted.
To that end, we're passing this book around our staff as the stuffy old stuff isn't making us remember the smell of mothballs: it actually feels like a breath of fresh air.
Postscript: Now this Saarinen-meets-country-modern interpretation of Saarinen floats our proverbial boat! Picture by Eric Piasecki of CocoCozy.
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