Eames Chairs: Real or Replica?

image via estmagazine

Hello bloggers!
How's everyone's weekend? Hope you all have a great weekend!

Last Friday I blogged about how much I love Josh and Jenna dining room with the trendy eames chairs as the focal point for the dining room. On Sunday, I was popping out to my local Officeworks and guess what I saw?! The exact Eames DSW side chair, selling for a mere $39!! well, perhaps it's not the exact same one as what Jenna and Josh used (because they used the Eiffel DSR eames chair).

images via nattie's iPhone

The more popular this chairs are, the more mass-reproduction/replica ones out there. For me, it starting to lose its exclusiveness as it is become more and more accessible and cheaper to the public. Eames chairs are famous for its timeless beauty, its rarity and hefty price tag (Just like a Chanel bag ;p)

Moreover, when I checked out Officeworks website, it actually on sale online for $19 @_@ (I'm starting to wonder how much does it actually cost to manufacture it?!).

I have seen the real one, the good replica and a bad replica of this chair, and what Officeworks sell is just right smack down in the middle between the good and bad replica quality. For those who want's the looks but not the sturdiness nor the price tag, this is the one for you. It's looks good from a far, but when you touch it and inspect it more closely, it far off from being perfect.

Here's a review on real vs replica from EST magazine

I have always love the Eames chair and actually was thinking of buying one for myself too. But with the original come with a hefty price tag of +$500 and the replica being only a fraction of the price +$79 at Matt Blatt: it gets me thinking on whether or not buying a replica is actually worth it?

What do you think bloggers? Yay or Nay for Replica Eames Chair?

PS: I was planning to blog all my 'Royal show' weekend adventures first thing on Monday, but unfortunately my laptop decided to die on me. It has the 'BSD' - Blue Screen of Death. Yes, the blue screen that appear when you just started in your laptop that telling you that the hard-drive is failing ... was failing ... has failed.

Oh well ... hopefully it will fixed itself out soon .... T___T

Have a good day bloggers!

Friday I'm in love: Typography

+ via friendsoftype

Au revoir : "YAY! Friday" ...
Bienvenue : "Friday I'm in love" ...

Friday; I am in love with Typography ...
A simply word, sentence or even a letter can make a world of difference when you paired it with awesome typography. and friendsoftype have daily dose of awesome typography: baked fresh daily ;)

Images source via friendsoftype

Harvest Textiles - Print and make your own xmas decorations!

If only I live in Melbourne - I think I will attend to every one of Harvest Textiles workshops ;)

Harvest Textiles is having Print and Make your Own Xmas Decorations workshop!
And this is not your ordinary xmas decorations, you learn how to screen print them and assembled it all together to make this cute xmas ornament!

You have to say: OMG! That's just super cute! Totally gonna go and attend their workshop! :p
To attend and more for details, please click here.

Oh a little background of Harvest Textiles:

"Harvest textiles is a team of three women who share a passion for quality handmade textiles, the joy of learning, community and sustainability. We run screenprinting and toy making workshops and host guest talks and seminars from two fantastic studios in Melbourne: our own studio in East Brunswick called Harvest Workroom and the other venue is at the Ink and Spindle studio in Kensington. We also produce a label where we use our screenprinting prowess to make hand screen-printed clothing, homewares, yardage handmade costumes and handmade DIY contemporary toy kits" - Harvest Textiles 

Some of their product that I heart so much! :

1.Owl softie kit 2. Cloud softie kit 3. Gorgeous Hand printed jersey fabric

Images courtesy of Harvest Textiles.

All new Math by Craig Damrauer

This 'new' math equation by Craig Damrauer made me lol-ing so bad!

Have a nice Tuesday everyone! ;)

iChocolate

First there's an iPod when it becomes the must have of the centuries. Then there's iPhone which revolutionize how we use our mobile phone and become a benchmark of mobile phone technology. The newest one is iPad, the latest must have of the iGenerations.

So is the iChocolate is the next standard for chocolate?

Yes, you heard it right, iChocolate!

For a chocoholic that I am, this is just so tantalizing! Unfortunately, it seems that the shop that sell it don't sell it anymore. But who knows keep an eye on the shop, it might start selling again in the near future! and if they do, I'll be the first to queue up to buy it ;p

Stanislav Orekhov studio

OMG! Drooling alert!
I just have to share this with you guys!
Just quick one before I head off for the weekend and also to leave you guys drooling over the weekend :p I just stumbled upon this gorgeous site fill with gorgeous home decor or more like luxury homes!

Well, I guess this is how the other half live...

 

 

and to make my home feels like so much better than the above pics *sarcastically* while I was blogging this, the radio played Billionaire by Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars ....



oh yeah... I wanna be a billionaire so freakin bad ....
in that note, I'll be buying a lottery this weekend ;p
Have a good weekend everyone!

Paper Wings

I stumbled upon this interesting website couple weeks back when I was looking through kids clothing inspirations for my kids weeks called Paper Wings. It's such a well thought website with a concepts of children story book. Surprisingly with such a flash interactive/integrated website, it's really fast to load up, with very minimal loading time, which I like!

Paper Wings is a unique children clothing collection with a touch of historical, practical with contemporary and vintage feel. Browsing through the website, reminds me of reading an old children book with a twist of modern feel. Plus the range of the kids clothing is such a whimsical eye candy!

Images: Paper Wings

Decor Inspirations ... & TUMBLR!

Yay! Weekend's here!

Anything interesting happening for this weekend bloogers?

Anyhoo, I've been surfing around the net for inspiration for home decorating, since I've so craving to do some decorating around the home and make my home a bit more artsy homey! ;) I found lots of awesome decoration inspiration pics, blog, suggestions, DIY and everything in between.

So bloggers, I leave you to enjoy several decor / architectural inspirations pics that I HEART ...

via one hour

via designismymuse

via gingerella

via rikshaw design

I wish my front door looks like this! how inviting!

via poppytalk

via skonahem

nattie's drooling over this sunroom! want it!!

via design*sponge

how stocked and organised is this pantry?! WANT ONE! 

Okay okay, I think I've made my point :p 

Anyhoo *drumroll please* ... I've created a tumblr account! woohoooo!!

Basically I'll be updating my tumblr accounts with daily inspirations that I found inside and outside the net aka the above mentioned decor inspirations and others inspirations as well, including food, quotes, fashion and etc. So don't forget to drop by and check it out @ www.simplynattie.tumblr.com

Do you have a tumblr account? if you do, let me know and share the love!

Have a good weekend bloggers!