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Flickr Finds: La Paracaidista's Found Desk

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One man's trash is another's treasure. This is certainly the case with La Paracaidista's found desk, which she claimed from her neighbor's trash.

An inspiration to us all, that we don't have to shell out big bucks to find our perfect workspace. With a little luck and a bit of touch-up paint, we could all find our perfect recycled desk.

A side note, why does it seem that everyone (including La Paracaidista and ourselves, we'll admit) dream of a Louis Ghost chair in their home office? Anyone out there use one and find it comfortable?

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but what's the name of the chair that's actually in the photo? my boyfriend has 3 in his office and needs a 4th but doesn't know the name of it so he can go looking. anybody know?

danke!

ps. i think i love the print above the desk. who's it by? the framing is perfect.

posted by erin n on 2007-08-07 18:07:09
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i adore the handles on the drawers... were these a custom touch (and if so where can i find them?)

posted by sanna on 2007-08-07 19:30:24
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Ooooh... sexy!

posted by Enrique on 2007-08-07 20:24:14
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Wow so hot, kinda been into white walls lately, great look ya got, and that chair can be found at EUROWAY it looks just like the one in pic thay call it the DELTA CHAIR http://www.eurway.com

posted by moddog on 2007-08-08 00:29:00
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that shot is magazine-a-licious. very inspiring.

posted by Pixie on 2007-08-08 12:24:39
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Thanks! i am La Paracaidista (flickr name) but on apt therapy i am Carolyn's mom. Thanks on the desk, lucky find. The hardware is original to the desk and i agree it pretty much makes the desk. The art is my own work, glad you like it. It just took 20 minutes to make, a chrome poster frame which i painted white, flipped poster over and painted yellow square and later white bird silhouette . The chair you see here, I always believed it was a Marcel Bruer chair (the antique dealer who sold me 3 told me this), but after looking at moddog's link, he's probably right. Yes i do want a ghost chair, and with all the money i saved on the desk i could probably justify it's purchase to my husband. Thanks for all the nice comments!

posted by Carolyn's Mom on 2007-08-08 13:25:49
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Carolyn's Mom, I kept coming back to check out that print. Nice job!!! What kind of paint did you use?

posted by thebird on 2007-08-08 15:48:39
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I agree, that EVERYTHING this La Paracaidista / Carolyn's Mom does is amazingly clever. And all this while a full-time mom to a very active 16-month old, and at next-to-no cost!

Carolyn's Grandma

posted by Carolyn's grandmother on 2007-08-08 15:56:08
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thanks
thebird- used craft paint, it is sold at craft supply stores for less than a dollar for small bottle.

posted by Carolyn's Mom on 2007-08-08 17:25:40
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that's so great that you painted it yourself! from the photo it really almost looks like a letterpress print.

posted by erin n on 2007-08-09 20:53:36
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oh, and thanks to both of you regarding the chair.

"Known as DELTA also, this chair is a simplification of the Mart Stam and Breuer cantilever arm chairs of 1929."

- http://thedesignclub.co.uk/products/delta.html

posted by erin n on 2007-08-09 20:56:45
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