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DwellStudio occasional tables for Precedent furniture line

Mid-Century Furniture Updated

by on August 18, 2011 in Allison Shops

A new furnishings line focuses on finishes and fabrics. Although mid-century modern has remained a favorite style for decades, its clean lines leave many of the younger buyers cold — but that’s about to change.  DwellStudio has updated the classic shapes of modern design in their first collection of furnishings for Precedent (a division of [...]

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mid century modern kartell masters chair

Mid-Century Modern Chair

by on July 28, 2011 in Allison Shops

A new chair design destined to become an icon. Designed for Kartell by Philippe Starck and Eugeni Quitllet, the Masters chair melds together three iconic mid-century modern designs – the Series 7 by Arne Jacobsen, the Eiffel Chair by Charles Eames and the Tulip Armchair by Eero Saarinen.  The Masters’ silhouette is characterized by its [...]

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retro black and white wooden tray with gold band from Revision Home

Reinventing Estate Sale Decor

by on February 17, 2011 in Allison Shops

Revision Home finds and reworks 20th century classic furniture and accessories. Owner Katie Ernst finds vintage 1940′s to 70′s furniture and accessories at estate sales and antique fairs and reinvests them with a little elbow grease. During her buying trips for her Chicago store, the former television news producer discovered this mid-century-modern lounger, which was [...]

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jonathan adler and simon doonan shelter island home

Jonathan Adler’s Mod Beach House

by on October 6, 2009 in Celebrity Homes

Tour the modern Shelter Island, NY home of designer Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan Some years ago, (certainly within the last decade) I clipped these photos of an A-frame beach house on Shelter Island (Hamptons, New York) belonging to Simon Doonan (L) and Jonathan Adler (R).  As a New Yorker, it’s hard not to know [...]

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baby room with white shag rug by Angie Hranowsky Design

Chic White Shag Carpets

by on September 9, 2009 in Rugs

Plush rugs are a natural choice for MCM inspired rooms Synonymous with the Sixties, wall-to-wall shag carpeting was a staple of every household in my neighborhood.  Fast forward to the 21st century, and we find today’s shag is hipper, sleeker and very much in style. Less is definitely more in the designer rooms featured, where [...]

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