Another "my new apartment" thread - Page 2

Will do - I'll track the progress... Awful, isn't it? We call it the war memorial. Seriously, though, I rather fell for it. We had it moved from the bedroom, former, living-room, where it did little work. The slab under it used to be the top of an 18thC chest of drawers, it was just re-cut to go under the stove. Better pics: Yep, very faded palisander, they're a Norwegian design from 1954 called "City". The back and the seat are supposed to be exactly opposite shapes. I like Magistretti, though, he seems to be able to get the most amazing ideas simply out of folding a piece of paper. A couple of different corners; window framing before and after: And then i bought this the other day: It's going here: Exterior shot, it the three top windows:

I'm Norwegian. Edit: Sorry, is that what you meant?

Just did - seems v. useful, thanks. Update; we're debating whether to keep the place-built shoe closet, or get a new one made. The builders are, naturally, strongly in favour of tearing it down. (If we decide to keep it, the cost of fixing it up properly may be higher than having a new one made.) I'm also considering this art deco chandelier (I can buy it for $100, which is a very good price). Excuse bad photo. I also got hold of an art deco table/lamp, originally from a 30s cabaret theatre here in Oslo. Here it is, on its way to restoration (new cloth cord of the original type, frosted glass tabletop and refinishing of the top, where the varnish has "boiled". Other furniture under consideration, all original 30s: Glass table-top must be changed. The bar-stools (2) and the sofa will have to be reupholstered, of course - I'm thinking about a tweed-like fabric, - maroon?

The painters, and the electrician moved out yesterday, actually, - so, the painting and the electric stuff is all done. None of the doors have handles, and there are quite a few DIY projects for me to do for the next weeks. The old structured glass-fibre wallpaper has all been spackled aover and painted matt eggshell white, the door- and window frames are glossy pure white. We had the ceiling in the bedroom put back to its original (~5 inches higher) height, mostly to get hidden lighting strips installed behind the railing which is now ~ 5 inches below the present ceiling height. I really like indirect lighting. The floors were scrubbed with little discernible result, but I think a few more good scrubbings with a hard brush and old-fashoned, gritty soap powder will work wonders. (I don't want to sand it down, as I like the patina.) Ah, and we bought the sofa, table and barstools above, but as they all need to be reupholstered/fixed, we probably won't get them before very much before Christmas.

Yep, something like that. Does that smell like resin? The old window frames are a later addition, and the profiled bits are completely incorrect for the date of the building (1929). These are slightly more correct. We kept the shoe closet - pics to follow. I like projects like this - it's the only way to get things exactly how you want them. Found this chair at a junk dealer's on Monday, still not decided on it: