Showing posts with label patio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patio. Show all posts

Friday, July 1, 2011

Three little chairs in three charming styles

Three petite chairs for you and your young ones to enjoy:

3 child chairs


1) Small, blue, wooden chair: $25

child chair blue



2) A storybook disguised as a metal patio chair featuring an elephant seatback: $45

Seat ~12" high, back ~25" high.

child chair elephant



3) Handcrafted, rustic, bentwood twig chair: $95

Seat ~10" high, back ~24" high, width ~20"

child twig chair    child twig chair back

Oh! And a long coffee table, just because:
Long coffee table 64 x 22 x 16
It's 64" long x 22" wide x 16" tall. That's a lot of coffee table :^)

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Too chilly to garden? Try adding some sculpture...

girl and cat, 14 pineapple finial, 14

Two charming, cast resin garden sculptures, ~14" tall,
ivory paint chipping off in a shabby chic sort of way.

A happily day-dreaming young girl with her cat, $12,
and a hospitably large pineapple oops! it's an acanthus finial $18

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The first day of spring and patio furniture has arrived

A lovely day to be out of doors, and here's the spot for it. New from the box, consigned for $125:




This set folds flat for winter storage:

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Learning about "basket twist" in wrought iron

Cynthia has consigned two elegant floor candelabra. Each stands 55" tall and holds 3 pillar candles.

The pattern of twisted iron in the upright arms seems Celtic to me, but I can't find that it is. However, I did stumble upon the correct term to describe this type of iron work: "basket twist" or "blacksmith's twist". There's even a website that describes how you can make it yourself, if you happen to have a forge handy:

http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/btwist/index.htm

Here's a view of half the pair, full-length. One thinks of floor candelabra for weddings, but these would also serve well in many other settings, indoors and out: