Blomus Mini Torch Set.

I received the Blomus Mini Torch Set last week in the mail. I have to applaud the folks at All Modern, their customer service department found an error in my shipping address and followed up with a phone call and an email. I can't say I've ever had that good of service, amazon certainly doesn't go that far. The torches are extremely little, I'll try and get a pic for scale, they are amazingly detailed as far as how they screw together etc. I had to go buy a miniature funnel in order to fill them with oil, the opening is very small. I was not happy at all with the way the stakes screwed into the torch head. Of the four torches I received three of them did not screw in straight. If it was not a giveaway to review I would have tried sending them back, I would not have been happy paying 90 bucks for them.

A little Time in the Shop

Last week was spent in the shop working on a couple of Mahogany End Tables and six wood cutting boards. I made the projects to be auctioned at a fund raising auction for a friend who has had some pretty bad health care issues lately. Everything turned out great, well all but the buying of my items. The auctioneer started the event by auctioning off my items, actually before many of us knew he was starting. By the time I made it over to that area the items had already sold, and for a little under what I thought they should bring but I guess you can't control that. My mom was actually the highest bidder on the end tables so they stayed in the family. I don't know if she actually wants them so they may be for sale soon. The auction was an amazing site, it was in my hometown of Smithville and I would guess the attendance at well over 2000 people. It was really neat to see how the small town stepped up to support one of their own.

Eames Lounge Chair _ Cushions Finally in the Works.

As long time readers know I've been on the hunt for cushions for my Eames Lounge Chair for some time now. I picked up the chair back in March off of Craigslist, it is missing the seat and ottoman cushion. Jessica and I have been waiting till we saved up the funds to do the chair right. Well I've gone through all of the options available and we are finally going to be having the cushions remade by Hume Modern, they weren't the cheapest option but pretty close and they have all the other various pieces the chair is missing. They are going to replace the side shockmounts which are in need of repair and are the one part of the chair that eventually fails overtime. In hindsight we could have bought a new Eames Lounge Chair with my designer discount for about the same price. I feel better that we are bringing one back from the dead and the chair will look like new once I put it back together, one bonus is the vintage chairs hold their value much better on the off chance we would ever sell it. I'll be blogging about the process of restoration. We are hoping everything gets done before the homes tour in September. Wish us Luck.

All Modern Product Review

I wrote a few weeks ago about doing a product review for All Modern . All Modern has a fantastic selection of modern furniture and home accessories from many leading designers. They have great prices on many classic pieces of furniture. They have a great clearance section with some great deals. I had a tough time finding which product to review. But after losing pints of blood to the mosquitoes by the pool I decided to check out the Blomus Mini Torch set. I'll let you know how they work.

Eames Lounge Chair Cushions

Not a lot going on around here. This past week we refinanced the house and in the process are going to save ourself about 300 bucks a month. The article in the KC Star led to some interesting job interviews last week, if any of them pan out and turn into jobs you will be the first to know. Jessica and I are finally looking to locate the cushions for our Eames Lounge Chair. Not satisfied with the choices available we are currently watching Ebay for a set of used cushions to come up. I think we have decided to have the chair reappoulstered locally in possibly a fabric. Something a little different then the typical black leather. I'm also currently checking craigslist to upgrade my bbq smoker, I'm probably going to have to wait to find a deal or sell some furniture. Jessica isn't to keen on me spending a bunch of money on a smoker.