Architecture and interior design thread

Also have a single Santa & Cole Comodin wall light in natural ribbon brand new which I realised we didn't use... £120

Marble Lights by Studio Vit comes to mind

https://www.dezeen.com/2012/04/30/marble-lights-by-studio-vit/

Those are nice but I have a strong preference for bulbs within the housing - much better for task lighting surely

Yup, agreed

Has anyone tried the OMHU Teddy sofa? Not sure if it's quite smart or a mattress/cushion pile on.

We had one exactly like that in the eighties.
Loved it as a kid as you could do fun stuff with the headrest things, can't tell you if it's comfortable.
To me it's both, smart and a mattress pile.

We had one exactly like that in the eighties

Samesies, girlfriend has already vetoed on that basis. I also don't really like stuff that has no lift/my vacuum won't go under.

Next question, budget sideboard recommendations? I already have this that i'm very happy with but would prefer something different for another room. I like second hand furniture but really can't be arsed with that whilst i don't have a car or paying London vintage tax.

Bumping my question in case anyone has any suggestions. Or alternatively will it be weird having the same piece of furniture in two different rooms (in a small house with not much furniture)?

I like second hand furniture but really can't be arsed with that whilst i don't have a car or paying London vintage tax.

I know you've said this - but we've bought a few old Mid C sideboards from Vintique in Peckham, for less money than this chipboard Habitat thing, and they deliver. They have a good stock of ordinary but fine G plan stuff, so you can just go and pick something if you're not super fussy.

Vintique in Peckham

This looks promising, thank you. G plan quality holding up ok?

Yeah totally. Someone more knowledgeable will no doubt chip in, but I believe G Plan was a good 'midrange' brand in the 70s, so there's lots of it about, but quality is solid. We paid £200 and £250 for our sideboards. Delivery to SE was £20 but that was a few years ago.

Does anyone have any budget friendly dining/kitchen chair recommendations?
We have 4 of these (actually 6 over the years with replacements) but they've all broken in the same place so they're all being collected and refunded

They're to match this dining table

Solid wood please. No fabric/leather. No arms.

Ikea's version (ish) for a shade under half the price?
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/roenninge-chair-birch-10422504/

^though looks like finding some in stock might be your issue here

Left field, but I've seen quite good ikea hacks mounting units to walls with a nice top in marble /similar.

Have a search.

Are those from Tikamoon? We had very similar from there and one arrived broken at the top the leg.

Edit: just saw the link.

S/h ercol?

All the where to buy stuff questions, I just spend time I should spend otherwise on the most popular used sales site of Germany, and then spend time I don't have collecting stuff/pay people to collect.
I give it a few more months after 20 years of furniture collecting/selling and I'll be happy.

Famous last words...

Definitely. But we won't renovate the apartment, and there's loads of nice stuff now, so we're not missing much to be happy.
Still quite a lot of restoring to do though.

They are yeah. All of ours have broken in the same place. We bought 4, 2 broke and were replaced, then the other 2 broke, and now the replacements have broken!

A little too inelegant for me

Could be a good shout

Ha! We got a Tikamoon timber garden table & chairs set as a gift; the chairs immediately began disintegrating and were replaced several times only to fall apart as well. Then the table spectacularly collapsed. They refunded the whole lot eventually.

On this topic, is there a cheaper Palissade-alike metal garden furniture range?

this table looks close (if you squint) https://www.litfad.com/contemporary-style-metal-patio-table-rectangle-shape-in-green-s-4198517.html