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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Way It Was
This was recently published in Trump Magazine ( winter 2008/09 ).
It sells for about $ 12 K, and is made of fiberglass and has all sorts of bells and whistles for a techno junkie to appreciate.
But for about $ 400-600 , you can have this an original Victrola.
This however, is what I grew up with in the living room of our beautiful home . My mother did an excellent job on all the interior rooms of the home I grew up in. This was always a fun night .... There is nothing that would stop you from converting this antique Victrola into a contemporary CD player , it could house the CD's as well. Think about lacquering it in a great color !
It could be really fabulous, and as I always am saying, a real conversation piece.
Monday, January 19, 2009
If You Could, What Would You Ask Carlton Varney ?
Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her blog of her Adventures in Design
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The Plaza Makes Me Sentimental ( and makes me laugh out loud ! )
From this post, I think you will see how The Plaza , Central Park, The Horse Drawn Carriages , and all the stimulation of the city would leave a lasting impression .
Here are just a few shots of The Plaza, and Central Park South for you to enjoy.
I know, I know, every body's been there, or seen it in the movies. But , the way business' seem to be failing lately............. I thought what if the places that 'are NYC to me ' disappeared ? NYC was and always be a magical place to me. In ten years of living there, nothing bad ever happened to me ! So much for the some times bad rap it gets.
I know that they are fighting to stop the horse drawn carriages on Central Park South.
Why can't the handlers just be kind and considerate to the horses ?
Does society have to intervene on everything ? Why don't people do the right thing without being told to ?? Why can't they care for these sweet animals. The horses need to work, the carriage drivers need to work, why can't they just be caring ? And Care !
What is up with people ?
Anyway........( deep breath ) this is the original Plaza at the turn of the century.
And now.
About Renée Finberg
I have been in this business since the age of 22.
I love what I do and cannot imagine my life without Design.
Design Challenges are great.
And because of those challenges
I have imported fine antique pieces from Paris,
Designed and Manufactured Furniture,
Created Fantastic Window Treatments,
And solved all kinds of spatial & architectural issues
With my unique style.
If I can't find it, I create it.
My rooms would make excellent movie sets.
I am a visual, tactile and audio sensitive individual.
Creating is what I live for, not math, not spelling, not science.
Just Great Design.
Just imagine how it would be if each of us,
If only for a few hours of everyday,We could be in a space that is our very own.A place that is exactly the way we want it to be
Surrounded by all the things we wanted to see,
The atmosphere we wanted feel, smell and the sound we wanted to listen to.
Private Paradise
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