Thursday, March 12, 2009

Mini Chain Gang

So a little post-bday malaise + jury duty + spring fever = me no bloggy. My bad! I did get inspired flipping through the Grandin Road catalog today, so random. Like with so many of the mail order chains chicness lurks behind layers and layers of fug:


Ashley once gave me a card of two elderly cartoon people. I forget the message inside, but on the back instead of a Hallmark label it said "We are proud supporters of the rotary phone." Love that and love these phones for $69, especially the chrome one with black, and I'm not that into chrome.


I wish Grandin-pa would sell these trays separately because together they're $149. But bleachy mango wood with a mirrored bottom is a great idea, and not bad styling in the photo either. So ready to fill these with frosty goodness and sit out on my terrace-- er, fire escape.

6 comments:

  1. Isn't grandy all that in the photos? But every time I've ordered, I end up sending the stuff back. They need to exercise quality control commensurate with the photography.

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  2. I love rotary phones, I have a real one from the 40's. The trays are lovely but too steep. Glad to see you back.

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  3. This is why you were late to dinner, isn't it. Tsk.

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  4. I love those trays. I always love a mix of nature and glamour. I remember seeing those phones for years in the Pottery Barn catalogues, but always wished that it had a more realistic looking "rotary".

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  5. Oldphones.com has an amazing selection of real vintage phones that I think would be much nicer. I found them originally because Domino featured a great orange vintage rotary phone from them. You need to post more than once a week!

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  6. Hey, we have the white phone in our kitchen. I love that phone - especially when the power goes out (yesterday for example...) and it is the only phone in the house that works!

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