Architecture and interior design thread

I am working on the assumption that all the replicas are from the same Chineese factory and its just how they are resold that effects the price.

Unfortunately sometimes they are, and sometimes they're not. It's a bit like carbon rims.

A fried of a friend imported repro furniture. Idk if it changed with time, but in the early days they had a constant struggle with sourcing quality versions and local contacts seemed incapable of seeing what was obviously shit looking vs the quality stuff.

Also the same factory may be churning it out but the cheap stuff may be the ones that failed QC.

High end Lino flooring, is it a thing? All the floors in my house are thin pine boards (1930s Swedish house) apparently they often had a Lino top layer. Thinking about restoring it if it looks any good.

You mean like Forbo? These days lino is a name given to all vinyl flooring as well as the real thing, Linoleum. That stuff is beautiful and durable imo - our kitchen has linoleum tiles from the 30s or so.

we had marmoleum in our last place - loved that stuff

Any pics? It’s still on my “to use “ list.

Linoleum, marmoleum I don’t know really, just exploring options at this stage but pictures would be good.

https://www.forbo.com/flooring/en-ca/products/linoleum/c89478
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not the best pics for showing off the floor but these are all I could find from a quick search

Looks great.

Yeah that looks dead nice.

Agreed - love forbo - The ‘concrete’ range is great and I like the Classic marbled single colour in smaller rooms.

I suspect Prole is talking about plastic shell chairs rather than Lounge’s. Anyone with a keen eye can tell the difference between a real and fake Lounge - especially a Vitra employee.

@sohi yeah- they’re also not made in the same way full stop, regardless of proportions. The Eames design suspends the fabric like a hammock, between the two struts, hence why they’re so unbelievably comfortable and almost impossible to reupholster (possible, but very few people have tried). Nobody’s copies are made like that.

does every halfway designed house in london have a hay palissade garden set or is the same one brought to every shoot by the modern house's set dressers ?

or is the same one brought to every shoot by the modern house's set dressers ?

It's the same with the Aesop handwash.

in every modern house ever:

• hay palissade garden set
  
• aesop handwash
  
• extension clad in black wood
  
• twyford barbican sink
  
• birch-veneered ply joinery
  
• ligne roset togo
  
• menu JWDA lamp
  
• wood burner / no TV lounge
  
• the la redoute rug
  
• hague blue hallway
  
• IKEA x hay ypperlig dining table
  
• formakami pendant and/or flos IC S2 pendant
  
• stelton kettle
  

Forbo have a showroom in Clerkenwell and will send out A4 samples on request from their website. Marmoleum is great.

Aesop handwash bottles, plenty of empty bottles for sale on eBay... LOL

I get the aesthetic appeal of Aesop bottles - that combo of a clean nostalgic pharmaceutical font in a bottle reminiscent of a mid-90s essential oil shop in Angel. Kinda how I imagine lube in East Germany would have been packaged.

But doesn't anyone else thing it smells fucking awful?

hay palissade garden set ✅
aesop handwash ✅
extension clad in black wood
twyford barbican sink
birch-veneered ply joinery ✅
ligne roset togo
menu JWDA lamp
wood burner / no TV lounge ✅
the la redoute rug
hague blue hallway
IKEA x hay ypperlig dining table
formakami pendant and/or flos IC S2 pendant ✅
stelton kettle

Need to try harder 😔

I get the aesthetic appeal of Aesop bottles

I'm not sure who got there first, but it's very similar to the style Helmut Lang put out in their early perfume/scent stuff, from the bottles to the shops.

But doesn't anyone else thing it smells fucking awful?

I'm sure most of the bottles are refilled with something different.

We have Forbo marmoleum in our bathroom - it is indeed lovely stuff. Not cheap though (unlike 'lino'), and your floor needs to be properly flat to install it on, so you may need to have a ply subfloor laid first.

What's the durability of these bougie linos like?

I'm sold after going to someone's flat for a meeting and being obliged to remove my shoes - so lovely and warm! However, my OH isn't.

Could they stand up to main traffic areas? or is it really best for a bathroom?

I used to work at a big national museum, and for the refurbishment of one of their biggest galleries we looked at marmoleum as an option. We got hold of some 2mX2m samples of the stuff, which we then decided against, and so they needed to be disposed of... They ended up as temporary floor coverings in my kitchen for about a year. We liked it enough to get some properly installed in the bathroom!
I wouldn't be surprised if they do high traffic versions for commercial use and then a more domestic type, but either way I don't think you'd need to really worry about taking shoes off.
The material itself is very durable, and all natural - the smell of the linseed is glorious.

Cheers