and a bigger apartment. But if you've got loads of cash just sitting around and you can't figure out what to do with it, might I suggest that you pick up these one-of-a-kind skull chairs currently on Ebay? These are from SultanChic, who scours the globe for rare vintage pieces of unusual shape and form and refashions them into show pieces. You can't even imagine what my house would look like if I had unlimited funds.
Pair of French Provinicial Skull Gothic Wing Chairs - $6,475.00
Pair of King and Queen Victorian Skull Chairs - $6,400.00
Or, if you're like me and have just about $11.95 you can part with, I ran across these really cute skull mugs at my local Barnes & Noble store.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
I Could Sure Use $7000...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Skeleton Chair
How amazing is this chair? I stumbled across Olde Good Things, a store that carries antique and architectural artifacts, just two blocks away from my office. 
The picture is not the best since I took it through the store window with my cell phone. The sign on it said something about a Masonic Lodge and Vincent Price movie? So I had to investigate...
The inspiration for this distinctive chair is perhaps a known Russian example, signed and dated in Cyrillic, "Ivanovic Cheshcevi to Nickolai Ivanoovic Kolemin, Chair from Masonic Lodge 1838", which sold as lot 278 at Christie's, New York, January 25, 1992.
Vincent Price owned a whole set of skeleton chairs. At least four variations of the large, scary chairs have been sold in recent years. A few were painted white, one was dark mahogany and one was a rocking chair.
That Russian chair sold in London in 1980 for $36,300, sold again in 1992 for about half that, then sold in 2009 for $3,198 at Jackson's Auctions in Cedar Falls, Iowa. I believe the price tag in the window of Olde Good Things was $3500.
I covet this chair. I don't care how uncomfortable it probably is.
Go check out The Worley Gig for another great skeleton chair that Gail posted just today. Obviously, great minds think alike.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Skull Island Bed & Bedding
Well, I wished in a previous post that someone from the U.K. would send me some bags of Walkers Crisps and that wish came true (thanks Simon!) so now I'm gonna wish someone from Germany would send me this bed - 
The Skull Island bed from Burning Beds is only €799.00 (about $1000) and I don't know anything else since the site is mostly in German.
This awesome bedroom ensemble is also named Skull Island -
Unlike the bed though, the Skull Island Bed-in-a-Bag® from Domestications is totally affordable and super cute. Only $59.99 twin or full and the matching skull curtains are only $29.99. If there was Queen size available this would be mine already. I do wish they sold the pillowcases separately though. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I only have one bed and there's only so many places to stash sheets and pillows.
"That's all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That's all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time." - George Carlin
Monday, February 9, 2009
Custom Skull Chair
If you've got money to burn (what recession?) and a desire to have one of the coolest skull chairs that I have ever seen, go directly to Tom Spina Designs. Tom Spina Designs provides hand made, one of a kind custom sculpture, furniture, movie props and other unique items for collectors, home theaters, museums, etc.
When I win the lottery I'm totally ordering a set of chairs and a dining room table to match. And I don't even have a dining room!
P.S. You should also check out the desks, they're crazy!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Pirate Furniture Company
The Pirate Furniture Company, owned and operated by Pirate Artisans out of Hood River, OR, makes some seriously cool skull furniture. If you are a fan of rugged, rustic, hand-stained and hand-painted, wooden furniture with a good measure of "Pirattitude" then these guys have got you covered. This ain't your moms coffee table. And if it is, I want to meet your mom.
Check http://www.thepiratefurnitureco.com for more designs. I just have a weakness for skull tables and skull chairs. What can I say?
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