Wooden task lamp

Beautiful 1980's (although likely imagined in the 1970's) handmade architect's lamp, found at an estate in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. I love how even the nuts and bolts are wood.

Standing ovation to the maker but unfortunately it's not signed.

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If I knew you were coming...

Pastry Bag chandelier, from the book Wary Meyers' Tossed & Found (2009)

Singin' by Eileen Barton, 1950

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Trick

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Hurricane Lamps

Camping Gaz Instalux. 1970's Battery-powered Italian camping lights:

 One of the only things to look forward to when the power goes out.

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Bjorn to Ride

Spectacularly whimsical 20" tall Bjorn Wiinblad ceramic horseman candelabra, new in our shop.
Also in our shop, which, thanks to Remodelista's mention has been recently depleted, are some Patrick Nagel prints, Alessio Tasca bookends, Gunnar Cyren cooking pots, a Gerald Thurston desk lamp, a Jack Russell needlepoint, a brass souvenir of Kuwait Towers, two more oil tankers, a Jens Quistgaard tray, a brass Beverly Hills key tray, and a lucite wine pourer,  among other things.
the Wary Meyers Shop

Below: A Gump's of San Francisco's incredible Bjorn Wiinblad display from the mid-70's. Notice the giant fountain overlooking a chrysanthemum-bordered reflecting pool. wow

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Apartment tweakery

-back door-

Farewell old gradient rug (below) from Bloomingdales, 1965 (via a yard sale)- you served us well.

Hello new rag rug (above) from the Crate & Barrel outlet in Kittery. 

Also goodbye dangerous little Saarinen table (below) and hello old Giotto Stoppino tables (above), which are empty for climbing on/making into forts. 

And hello new (old) track lighting, 46 more of which are in the basement.

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Think minimalist. It's more intellectual.

And other state-of-the-art advice from 1984's The Yuppie Handbook.

click to enlarge.

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From the sublime to the ridiculous

1954 Gerald Thurston table lamp on brass stand with walnut hand grip; 3 sockets and linen shade with baffle above and diffuser below, from a church thrift shop. Marked down to $5 from $8.

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Double Happiness

Two awesome old Chinese lamps from a yard sale, $5.

Related: "The Lover":

featuring more happiness and really beautiful production design.

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Domestic Landscape Bliss

Designer Fantastica Ettore Sottsass, from a 1974 Oui magazine article on the new domestic landscape, photographed by Giuseppe Pino. 

And relatedly, really enjoying all the fascinating posts

lately about Poltronova at the excellent blog RoLu.

Sottsass' luminous mirror, a photograph of which doesn't seem to exist without a half naked or enraptured woman in front of it.

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The O.C.

Great old cast iron O.C White task lamps, from a yard sale. Pin It

Are you ready for some football, task lamp?

Superbowl Sunday project from the book Wary Meyers' Tossed & Found

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Flea & Easy

Miscellaneous things we found at yard sales, mostly last summer. 

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