Tag Archives: furniture

World Pieces

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According to Akil Tanriguden, proprietor of the upmarket Re-Unique Art & Antique Center in Old Saybrook, a certain magic happens when someone enters his shop. “Say you come in looking for a statue of Buddha. If you stay just …

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Home Makers

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Albert Hadley Jr. (1920-2012), interior designer to the prominent and powerful—Al Gore, Jackie Onassis, director Mike Nichols—once said, “Design is coming to grips with one’s real lifestyle, one’s real place in the world. Rooms should not be put together for …

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Keyed Up

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Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

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Interior Design

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A photo essay. To view all 34 images, check out the email version.

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Unsettling In

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We have expectations of our furniture: that it will be comfortable, sturdy, beautiful, useful. But…

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Fibers of Being

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In a sunny storefront on East Street, a number of artisans are sitting down, helping the rest of New Haven do the same. …

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Saw and Flame

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When Mike Copela was starting his own eatery, he noticed a lack of taste.

Not in the food, but in the furniture—specifically, the furniture restaurant suppliers were trying to sell him. …

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Lots in Store

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Jordan’s Furniture likes to go big. Its enormous sign, backed by a collage of actual chairs arranged like a tiled computer wallpaper, looms over new arrivals. To the right, another huge sign informs you of the presence of “It,” purportedly …

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Wood Vibes

at the Yale University Art Gallery

A photo essay. Check out the email version of this story to view all 20 photos.

To clear your head, take a walk through the woods.

To do that downtown, head to the Yale University Art Gallery, where the eastern …

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Across the Grain

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Through a fallen tree’s outer bark and phloem and heartwood, a rich story of soil composition, insect life and environmental impact is told. Like a natural lithograph, a cross-section of the timber might reveal where an ambrosia…

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