Room to Improve (v2)

FFVII

FFVII wrote: »

Ah now lookit, this is tat.

If you went in to home store & more tomorrow you'd struggle to give 30 euro for that.

Mass produced AliExpress piece if ever I saw it!!

Stick a massive price on it and suddenly "ohh la la"

Look , I’m saying I like the design, not the stupid price - ok?

FFVII

http://www.eileengray.co.uk/products/non-conformist/

£2500.

It's like something Id do!!

A mess.

Ah she must have been having a great laugh to herself selling these.

iamwhoiam

FFVII wrote: »

http://www.eileengray.co.uk/products/non-conformist/

£2500.

It's like something Id do!!

A mess.

Ah she must have been having a great laugh to herself selling these.

Emperors New clothes springs to mind

FFVII

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Emperors New clothes springs to mind

I'm the little boy

Effects

FFVII wrote: »

http://www.eileengray.co.uk/products/non-conformist/
£2500.
It's like something Id do!!
A mess.

Yeah, but could you have done it 100 years ago? Doubtful.

Effects

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Does anyone know where Buster works or is he a sole prop with a website? He does need his own show to be fair, he was great!

I couldn't find any link to him when I looked. I'd like to see his other work too.

Muahahaha

FFVII wrote: »

http://www.eileengray.co.uk/products/non-conformist/

£2500.

It's like something Id do!!

A mess.

Ah she must have been having a great laugh to herself selling these.

You dont have to pay 2,500 for one, lots of good copies about for under 200. I have one at home several years now and its the best table in the house, the legs slide underneath the sofa perfectly so that the glass top hovers neatly over the sofa cushions to provide a convenient coffee table. Its a fabulous thoughtful design that mixes style and function really well.

The ones going for 2,500 are also copies but licensed and authorised by her estate. I know aram.co.uk has the reproduction rights in the UK, they have the right to reproduce a lot of mid century furniture whereby royalties go back to the designers estate. Was in their London store last weekend and the Eames chair was £6,500 odd. But theres always more manageable alternatives provided the quality is good.

Muahahaha

meeeeh wrote: »

Is that true though? You don't hear much about record amounts Irish artists go for like they did during Celtic Tiger years. I wouldn't be surprised if value of some fell in subsequent years.

The high end of the art market has been booming for years now with new records constantly being set and then broken soon after. The global recession didnt seem to effect it at all.

High price ever paid for a painting back in 2012 was Edward Munch 'The Scream' for $119m and the art world went berserk . Then 2013 saw that record beaten by a triptych by Francis Bacon at $142m and they went into shock again.Then in 2015 a Jackson Pollack sold for $200m, cue more shock. As new billionaire money flooded the market records kept falling and today it stands at the $450m paid for a da Vinci last year, with the ruler of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman supposedly the new owner. The top end of the art market has basically become a plaything for billionaires trying to outdo each other.

As for prices paid for Irish artists I think the Tiger made a bubble for the local Irish market, some people 'had' to have a well known Irish artist hanging in their house and they drove prices up I remember Kevin Sharkey was selling paintings during the boom for 5k+ and he had a gallery both here and in London but then during the recession he was doing 500 euro specials out of a shop in Temple Bar !

meeeeh

That's what I mean, a lot of boom in Chinese art is because of Chinese buyers flooding the market. A good recession in China and some 300k vase will be suddenly worth a lot less. Top top artists are different league although I think there is still some controversy about DaVinci.

Banana Republic.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'd be willing to bet a fairly large amount that Diarmuid Gavin had absolutely nothing to do with the planting of that garden! And not a whole lot of involvement with the eventual design of it either.

Yea I couldn't disagree there, they usually show him sculpting the garden and putting it together, none of that this time, conspicuous by its absence. The budget is another mind bender watching this programme.

HeidiHeidi

Banana Republic. wrote: »

Yea I couldn't disagree there, they usually show him sculpting the garden and putting it together, none of that this time, conspicuous by its absence. The budget is another mind bender watching this programme.

I just wonder why on earth he lent his name/ profile/ reputation to it, and then let it turn out like that!

Effects

Muahahaha wrote: »

I remember Kevin Sharkey was selling paintings during the boom for 5k+ and he had a gallery both here and in London but then during the recession he was doing 500 euro specials out of a shop in Temple Bar !

Ah Kevin Sharkey. Ireland’s most bankable artist.
The boom also has a lot to answer for in terms of people decorating their houses with Knuttle paintings. Horrible stuff.

jos28

Deleted User wrote: »

Thanks NSAman; I didn’t know that. But I still like the piece nonetheless

The Eileen Gray piece I really like is the little side table that used to be in the Aer Lingus lounge at the airport way back when. http://www.eileengray.co.uk/products/e1027/

I got a present of a copy of that table from here. I love it.
https://www.salternativefurniture.ie/collections/tables/products/eileen-gray-side-table

jos28

jos28 wrote: »

I got a present of a copy of that table from here. I love it.
https://www.salternativefurniture.ie/collections/tables/products/eileen-gray-side-table

Brilliant! Many thanks

20/20

FFVII wrote: »

The highest amount ever paid for a piece of furniture was €27.5m -- paid for an 18th century Badmington cabinet in 2004.


Nearly feel sorry for rich people, trying to find a hole for their millions.

A fecking chair.

Maybe it was worth so much because of the misspelling.
Iam now thinking about putting my Badminton cabinet up on Adverts.

brav

Any idea why these episodes are going from RTE Player with first gone already? Thought RTE own this programme

freshpopcorn

brav wrote: »

Any idea why these episodes are going from RTE Player with first gone already? Thought RTE own this programme

Certain programs go after 30 days! (Well they used.)

appledrop

For any of you interested in practical extensions to houses I'd recommend Kirsty & Phil love it or list it. Very good episodes in last 2 weeks with extensions/ refurb done on normal houses with 40k-60k budgets.

Very enjoyable + no over the top bling in sight.

Muahahaha

Looks like Bannon is in a spot of bother with the DCC planners over his garden shed

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/planners-probe-dermot-bannon-s-garden-bath-den-1.4178421

Celebrity architect Dermot Bannon has come a cropper with Dublin City Council over his own high profile extension, which was the subject of a recent RTÉ series.

The target of the council’s ire is the rear garden structure under which Bannon famously shared an outdoor bath with celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin. While a bumper Sunday night viewing audience watched the two chat in the (unfilled) bath under a moonlit sky, eagle-eyed council staff were drawn instead to the structure that Bannon fashioned at the end of his Drumcondra garden.

Following investigations and a warning from Dublin City Council, Bannon retrospectively applied in recent weeks for planning retention for his two storage sheds joined by a covered external space at the rear of the garden.

Rule no.1 of breaking the planning laws- don't go showing what you've done on national tv :pac:

prunudo

The episode with Joe and his pillars is back on rte1 now. Some light relief for these mad times.

Glebee

Never seen this one before. I like joe already.

HeidiHeidi

Muahahaha wrote: »

Looks like Bannon is in a spot of bother with the DCC planners over his garden shed

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/planners-probe-dermot-bannon-s-garden-bath-den-1.4178421



Rule no.1 of breaking the planning laws- don't go showing what you've done on national tv :pac:

He won the (bath)day!


https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/dermot-bannon-wins-open-bath-tub-planning-battle-with-neighbour-990573.html

Glebee

Glebee wrote: »

Never seen this one before. I like joe already.

I haven't seen this one.

A house surely designed on the back of a fag box in '79, he seems a likeable chap.

Budget. LOL!

Muahahaha

Lol from that article it seems like Dermot has a neighbour who wouldnt be a fan of him and his outdoor bath tub!

In response to the planning application, a neighbour on Valentia Rd, Susan Taylor lodged an objection with the Council against the retention of the two storage sheds covering 17.3m2 and the covered external space covering 20.2sq m.

Ms Taylor told the council that “the structure is not in keeping with the character of the area constructed of corrugated metal roof”.

Ms Taylor also argued that “the use of the proposed development is not in keeping with the residential amenity of the area as evidenced by the exposed and open bath tub”.

Ms Taylor told the Council “the application for development should be refused”.

Anyway one of the best episodes of last season is on RTE right now, its Tipperary Joe and his done dealing

*spits on the hand*

"Fair play to you"

Purple Mountain

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

*spits on the hand*

"Fair play to you"

You wouldn't get away with that carry on now

freshpopcorn

The kitchen guy annoys me!

Happy4all

with not much new on the tv, I watched tonight's re-run of a couple, Nigel & Frances from Ashford. They seem a nice couple, but I found the whole episode a journey of vulgar spending. Not much for the common man.

Atlantic Dawn

I see Channel 5 are currently showing RTI each weekday morning at 11.15, currently showing series 9.

JP Liz V1

Bannon has new show starting tonight about small spaces