TWITTERPOLL: 08/28/09
This week’s TWITTERPOLL was inspired by my post, An Ode to IKEA. It didn’t get many comments, but I was thrilled to see it was a big RT (retweet, for you technical Luddites) in the Tweesphere, and that many other 20-somethings sympathized! After stressing (whining) about the gripes of moving and assembling furniture, I decided to ask what everyone actually likes in their place.
This week we asked:
aaaaaaaaaand all the cool kids said:
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The perfect red chair
Over at Uhuru, they have what they’re billing as “the perfect red chair,” and indeed it is pretty sweet and looks to be in great condition. Somebody better go buy this before I do, because seriously I need no more vintage, neat-looking, too-fancy-for-my-level-of-cleanliness chairs.
Also, there’s this sofa from the 1930s, which looks a bit dingy at the moment but could look very nice indeed with a bit of work.
WTF is this amazing sparkly thing at Uhuru?
I love Uhuru, the used-furniture store at 12th and Spruce, and thought I’d put it out there as a public service for anyone looking for cheap furniture but unwilling to venture outside to browse that they have a blog, which they update pretty frequently with new stuff that is donated.
Although I’ve done quite a bit of browsing at Uhuru during my time in Philly, and while I’ve seen a lot of neat chairs and couches and tables, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this completely insane sparkly thing, which they appear to have just gotten in. Here is Uhuru’s description:
This etegiere is super awesome.
The prisms are great and the detail is super funky.
This thing is definitely older.
There is a matching hanging lamp with electrical already supplied.
Seriously, you will be the only person you know that has this.
Call for price of etegiere and lamp.
Oh, price on request, eh? And they are correct: I have never met anyone who owns this particular piece of furniture. The closest thing I can find on M-W is
Main Entry: éta·gère
a piece of furniture consisting of a set of open shelves for displaying small objects and sometimes having an enclosed cabinet as a base.
It also comes with some sort of chandelier lamp, which must attach somewhere above where the picture ends. I kind of want to wander over there today and figure out how this thing fits together before someone with a taste for the sparkles gets it.
Kitchy and Fantastic Etegiere and Hanging Lamp @ Uhuru blog