coffin couches

one of these would be perrrrfect for my IH victorian living room or my IH gentlemen's club. plus, they are made from recycled (unused) coffins, so that ups the sweetiddity

the "red baron" (I am not kidding that is what they call it)

the "green lantern"

o hai there $3,5000 couch!!!

I really want one of these for my IH!

I think there is something star wars-related coming out soon, b/c I keep hearing things about star wars (aka carrie fischer boned harrison ford), and this is the latest thing --- I guess in the late 80s/early 90s there was a huge panasonic/star wars ad thing going on in japan, some amazing posters/billboards came out of it, and somebody recently made a top 10 list of it.
here are my favorite ones.


I really would love any of these to frame and put up at my IH, especially the first one:

I just ordered this off of amazon for $25

lately I have been a hater all things manhatten and by extension brooklyn and am just not into it nor am I into how into all people who live there are so into it. that was a v. complicated sentence. however, I came across this book and I am into this.


it is a collection of innovative and unique ways people have updated their apartments, and I think will be v. useful to me for my IH (imaginary house). plus, I am swayed by looks and advertising and I am way into the freestanding bookshelf on the cover.

http://www.rizzoliusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780847830435

what is modhaus? this is!

I am so into this (if I wasn't poor). ModHaus is an online furniture/houseware/clothing/jewelry store based in Boston run by 2 antique roadshow-esque peeps that specializes in carrying unique pieces from the 1940s-1970s. I'm assuming their name is a play on bauhaus, but unfortunately my knowledge of architecture is limited, so there might actually be a style called modhaus that I've just never heard of before. Here is a sample of their ware:

Space age ceiling light w/ enameled metal frame ($95)

Deco brass ashtray in form of stork ($45)

Pair of lounge chairs ca. 1940s ($475)

Now, don't get me wrong, I don't exactly have the dough to drop $500 on a pair of chairs (and that is on the cheaper side of their furniture), but! if money weren't an issue, I do think some of the pieces are quite lovely. this is all part of my imaginary house. I daydream about my IH a lot. I could give a shit about my wedding, but my IH! I'm always thinking about what the kitchen will look like (1950s) and what my garden will look like (raised flower beds and vegetables growing out of a wheelbarrow) and I want a gentleman's club in my IH where everything is mahogany wood and dark red leather and we smoke cigars and play cards and there is a bar and a pool table and darts. oh. not like I think about it that much.

(sidenote to kd: we should give some serious thought to the online store thing)