In my neighborhood… a perfect coffee table
I’ve loved the shop window of Flessas Design from the first day we moved into the neighborhood. It turns out that the store has been in the family for a hundred years (most of that time as a florist). The owner always has just perfect objects in her window and last weekend, I fell in love with a little white leather bench that would be the perfect coffee table to the blue couch (!!). One of my core requirements of a coffee table is that it be padded so when my feet are up on it inevitably, there isn’t a harsh edge cutting into my leg. Which really eliminates 80% of coffee tables on the market so I’ve had my eye out for something lovely, small and padded.
Flessas is only open by appointment in the summer (love the lifestyle, sign me up!) so after an almost sleepless weekend full of anticipation I called first thing Monday morning to see if the bench was still for sale and if so, what the damage was. Daria, the owner, couldn’t have been nicer or more helpful. $1250 was definitely more than I wanted to spend on a bench, no matter how beautiful. However, she did tell me that the legs were vintage 1960s Danish modern but she’d had it recovered in white leather (sheer genius if you ask me and worth every penny… just to someone else). Never one to let money stop me for achieving style, I turned to my faithful foot solider Ebay and the hunt began.
And last night, the ebay delivered! After watching this for a painful week, we won an identical bench for (yes, I’m bragging) $103. Granted it’s not white leather (but we can get it re-upholstered…). Somewhereintime2 is a great seller — check our her stuff!
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August 7th, 2007 10:23
What a great table! And what a good shopper! I’m inspired, as always… time to visit ebay!
August 7th, 2007 11:59
It\’s so fun to find furniture and I can\’t wait to see what you\’ve done with your home! Send some pictures of your new kitchen so I can post them.Â
August 7th, 2007 17:32
Ah! Very sexy! Love it!