| T.R | Title | User | Personal
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| 42.1 | Some of us *do* use our Balans chairs | AJAX::JJOHNSON | Jim Johnson | Mon Jan 20 1986 20:06 | 4 |
| Well, I'm currently using mine :-)
Jim.
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| 42.2 | | GYCSC1::ORA | | Tue Jan 21 1986 06:00 | 2 |
| What's a Balans chair? Never heard.
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| 42.3 | It Looks LIke Teak! | MILRAT::SEGAL | Len Segal | Wed Jan 22 1986 00:09 | 6 |
| The teak Dining Room table that we bought (Scandinavian Design) was indeed
made in Denmark. Looking at it closely, there is at least some pressboard
used in areas that are not visible from the surface. The rest of the wood
looks "real" and the table weighs like real teak (double hernia for two
people!). The top surfaces have thick inlays of teak in a fancy design.
From underneath, the top and leaves appear to be real teak.
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| 42.4 | This is a Balans | VAXWRK::PETERSON | Bob | Thu Jan 23 1986 15:46 | 10 |
| They're those backless chairs you kneel in. Your lap slopes
down. Balans in the original manufacturer (Denmark?) and theirs
is made of wood, using two one piece "legs". The "legs" also
form the curved rocker base. Slick looking furniture.
It's supposed to be better on the back, balancing the spine into
a straight position and self-supporting. I have no idea how
the copies of this chair feel: flat bottoms, metal tubing. They
are cheaper ($20 I've seen) versus the $100-odd U.S. dollars
for a Balans. Currently they are a minor fad in the U.S.
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| 42.5 | It's not all veneer, but veneer's OK too | ISTARI::PETERSON | you can call me Bob | Fri Jan 24 1986 14:48 | 7 |
| True, I have seen solid (teak,rose)wood furniture in SCAN and
FORM-in-TEAK kinds of places. Actually I like the stuff, regardless
of it being veneer or not. I plan to check out the other store(s)
mentioned in another note and compare prices, but I expect they
will cost more. Until getting my first house last month I was
constantly moving and scratching furniture. Alas a couple shelves
chose to split under stress, but they were easily replaced.
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| 42.6 | More Furniture in the Boston Area | REX::MINOW | Martin Minow, DECtalk Engineering | Sun Jan 26 1986 17:31 | 20 |
| Most Scandinavian furniture sold here was designed and constructed
specifically for the American market and doesn't bear too much
relation to what the "natives" have in their own homes. Swedish
and Finnish furniture tends to be in very light woods -- pine,
fir, and birch, and is generally quite graceful. Most designs
have been optimized for typically less spacious apartment living.
Inside (Made in Sweden) in Cambridge MA sells "authentic" Swedish
furniture. Alvar Aalto designs are also available from one of
the shops on Newbury St. in Boston. (They specialize in closet
accessories.)
IKEA (in the USA in Morristown PA) is a major Swedish furniture
manufacturer/seller whose low-cost designs revolutionized Swedish
interior designs. Over 10% of all Swedish homes had one particular
table they sold. They are rumored to be planning a store in Cambridge MA.
Conrans (in Boston on Exeter St.) is similar in style/approach to IKEA.
Martin.
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| 42.7 | IKEA | GYCSC1::ORA | | Mon Jan 27 1986 07:51 | 8 |
| I've bought a lot from IKEA here in Munich (there are 7 or 8
IKEAs in Germany). They are certainly more Scandinavian than
most who claim to be, besides their prices are very low.
You'll have to look hard to find teak (solid or otherwise) at
IKEA. Like mentioned in the previous reply, it's mostly very
light (lots of pine).
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| 42.8 | Only What I Saw | MLOKAI::BEST | | Fri Sep 05 1986 18:14 | 12 |
|
I'm late for lots of these messages, but that's okay. While
I was in Norway, I found furniture by and large to be a lot like
ours. The stuff that's so-called Scandinavian is available there
too, but only to those that are well-off enough to afford it. I
bought a number of items from Scandinavian Design, because I like
the looks, and I look for the sales. They really aren't that much
different from us. They tend to use what they have, or go by their
tastes.
In Sweden however, I did notice a lot of "light" furniture -
as mentioned before mostly pine and birch.
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| 42.9 | 40.0 how "real" is that furniture | CYGNUS::OLSEN | | Thu Jan 15 1987 12:26 | 6 |
| TALKING ABOUT "REAL" FURNITURE I HAVE ALVAR ALTOS KITCHEN TABLE
AND CHAIRS BOUGHT AT DESIGN RESEARCH ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO [UNFORTUNATLY
DR DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE] AND LOVE IT.I HEAR THAT IKEA IS COMING
TO THIS AREA SOON.SOMEONE I KNOW WENT DOWN TO PHILADELFIA[SP] WHERE
THEY HAVE AN IKEA STORE,NICE WOOD,SIMPLE DESIGN.
oops forgot to use lower case letters again [ little early alzheimers]
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| 42.10 | | ECCGY1::JAERVINEN | impersonal name | Fri Jan 16 1987 07:15 | 6 |
| Yes, Ikea is great... I couldn't survive here without it, otherwise
I'd had to resort to German kitsch...
(Hope there are no German readers of this file, could be dangerous
to my health :-) )
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| 42.11 | note 42 how real is that furniture | CYGNUS::OLSEN | | Mon Jan 26 1987 13:48 | 2 |
| correction to note 42.9
ikea is in morristown pa not philadelfia
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