This past week Clean+istry was in Los Angeles, visiting the home of a very smart, stylish and clean friend, where we were introduced to the Tibet Almond Stick.
Furniture gets scratched, even highly valued mid-century modern pieces in the hands of responsible stewards. Our friend demonstrated the Tibet Almond Stick in treating such an infraction. Here’s [...]
Today’s q&a…
Question: What do you call friends that spill red wine on your B&B Charles Sofa?
Answer: Ex-Friends
Not so fast… Simply Spray Fabric Paint is paint that can be sprayed onto soiled furniture transforming the disfigured into something, well, “different”. According to the The New York Times, it is specially formulated not to rub off on [...]
Is it just us, or is the Arthur Coat Rack one of the best coat rack/landing strip combos we’ve seen in some time? And the box mounted on the white wall feels very Donald Judd.
$400 up @ wintercheckfactory.com, via bltd
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Diplomatic design is a useful skill when one member of a couple is a minimalist and the other has a lot of stuff.
Read the entire article at The New York Times
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Clean+istry has decided to expand its mission in covering all that is clean to include that which is practical, especially when ‘the practical’ is so well designed. Laminate is the source material from which many of our childhood nightmares come. The Mash Studios LAX Dining Table, however, constructed of English walnut topped by a white [...]
CableDrop grasps your power and peripheral cords and prevents them from plunging behind your desk into the abyss each time you unplug your laptop.
size: 1-1/8″w, sold in packs of six. Each package includes 3 different colors, either muted or bright.
via better living through design
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Whether it’s a weekday dinner or a special event for 8, Clean+istry attempts to save cleaning time by minimizing the number of serving trays or bowls. Sagaform oven-to-table serving bowls do exactly what they say with a minimum of mess and maximum style. Form meets function. We like it when that happens.
two sizes: 7.25″ diameter/4.25″ [...]
Excellent post on removing water ring stains from wood furniture in last week’s NYT’s The Fix. In it, Tim McKeough gives step-by-step instructions on eliminating white rings (relatively easy) and black rings (not so much).
Of course, unprotected beverage vessels are the bane to any fine piece of furniture’s existence. Prevention is essential. Placemats or coasters [...]
We love this grass green lambswool felt coaster, but our first instinct was to dismiss it outright because coasters are the first line of defense for spills and how would we ever clean it?
Felt is naturally stain and dirt resistant, which makes it good for coasters and placemats. According to Canoe, these felt coasters can [...]
Why feature nt lamps, from Nicolo Taliani? Because a) they are amazing looking, and b) they are the perfect combination of function and form. Cord clutter is doomed.
Have you ever stopped to notice, when gazing at shelter porn, that cords of lamps are never to be seen? It’s true, they’re airbrushed away, like wrinkles from [...]