In the midst of all the Obama inauguration frenzy, I have decided to take this moment to inaugurate Pleasure Finds Friday. Each Friday, I shall highlight a cool new discovery that I have made. Or at least that is my hope. We’ll see how well intention survives reality. There are no parameters for these finds, other than that they bring me pleasure. Hopefully, they will please you too! So, without further ado…
Table
I discovered this table while trolling through Jo Meesters’ creations, and fell in love with its whimsy. While it would most definitely be a challenge to have a meal, or do much of anything else constructive, while sitting at it, as conceived, just add a durable, high-quality sheet of edge-polished glass on top and you have the perfect centerpiece for a minimalist dining room. Jo Meesters collaborated with Marije van der Park – don’t you just love Dutch names – to design the table, and used waterjet cutting technology and traditional woodworking skills to construct it. Beautiful, no?
Leigh
/ January 16, 2009Beautiful, yes. If you have the taste and (probably) the wallet for it, you probably eat out in a lot of fancy restaurants. No take-out.
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LiLu
/ January 17, 2009It’s absolutely gorgeous! I love stuff like that… can’t wait until someday when I can afford it!
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emmajames
/ January 17, 2009Leigh: So those people can use it as a display table. But really, who wants to eat out all the time?
LiLu: Just put it on your wish list. It’s most definitely on mine!
egan
/ January 18, 2009How would you put a table cloth on this table though?
emmajames
/ January 18, 2009Egan: Quelle horreur! You would NEVER put a table cloth on this table! Just a slab of glass and perhaps a runner or some raw silk placemats or something, but you don’t want to hide the design. Silly man.
egan
/ January 21, 2009Oh, perhaps I was kidding with my silly question. Tu parles bien!
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emmajames
/ January 23, 2009Egan: Merci beaucoup! Maybe I’ll take another jaunt to France one of these days.