LiveModern: Your Best Modern Home
Check out my new Modern Mailbox...Richard Neutra
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Hector, just wanted to say thanks for the mailbox we got a couple of months ago. It looks and works great. The Seattle rain does tend to leave it looking a bit spotty but it wipes up fine. I probably need to try more turtle wax. Great to see someone [...]
From carport to Garage in two weeks!
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The instalation method was simple, but time consuming. 4 x8 sheets of 1/2 partical board first, cualked and sealed edges and gaps, primed and painted. Then, using a concret blade on your circular saw, cut 4' x 8' sheets of 1/4" Hardie Board into 2' x [...]
Hanging Mobiles
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I think light color is the best, to enhance the beauty in your home. Simmons World Class [...]
FreeGreen's Who's Next competition...
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Thank you for that shout out here. If any Live Modern folks can take the time to link over and vote for Matt and myself it would be greatly appreciated. I know Matt's design is one of my favorites and I've already voted for it. [...]
Advice on restoring coating on Bertoia wire chairs?
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I have a set of four ca. 1959 Bertoia vinyl-coated side chairs which I grew up with and would like to restore. The problem is the wear and discoloration of the white vinyl (I think) coating which has suffered from 50 years of daily use. There are areas of [...]
Recycling options for a newly cut fir tree
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Hi all, I just had a very large olf fir tree cut down on my lot in North Vancouver, and now I am looking for ideas to use the wood for pprojects either for my home or our cabin in the okanagan rather then just using it as firewood. It was cut [...]
Paul McCobb Reading table from the Irwin Collection
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Thank you for the suggestion! I'll check it out. Previously Tonia Pryor wrote: Check out www.1stdibs.com and find someone in your local area and pay them a visit and see if you can get an opinion or call up your local auction house and [...]
a composition in Black and White
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A local restaurant needed a rear stair for egress into an urban alley. Since the site is very visible from a one way public street, our goal was to make a striking sculptural form that reads like a silhouette against the existing white painted [...]
LineBox Studio - Mini House construction begins
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This blog will discuss everything that is involved to design, build and complete a custom modern home. We plan to post the major highlights, phases, challenges and make notes as the project develops in order to educate anyone that is interested in [...]
modern residential design with a focus on our planet and your health
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Hello all, A few months ago I posted to mention my almost finished website. Well, it's all done and shiny now. I invite you to have a look, and be sure to bookmark and return. I will updating often. Thanks for looking! [...]
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