Monday, June 8, 2009

Object of Lust: Alphabet Chest

This Alphabet Chest of Drawers from the U.K.'s Kent and London had me at hello. But the price -- £2,700, or about $4,335 -- had me choking on my coffee.

I wonder if you couldn't make a mini version by affixing some vintage letterpress blocks (there are tons up for grabs on eBay, for instance) to a set of inexpensive cubby drawers, like the Fira Chest from IKEA. It's an idea, anyway ...

(Via Designers' Block.)

4 comments:

Leslie/Squid said...

This post was cruel. Seeing the chest of drawers and then the price. WHY DO YOU DO THESE THINGS.

I do like where you're going with the making of one. I think it would be cooler to scramble up the letters and maybe use number and punctuation blocks too. Different fonts?

Carlene said...

OMG! I just pee-ed in my pants!!! I want this so bad. Ugh!

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monaluna said...

I have that very ikea drawer set - I think I might just peel off the tape-and-sharpie labels and try the letterpress idea! Still, the expensive one is way cuter...

Unknown said...

oooh. I wanna see this accomplished. Maybe I should have a go... hmmmmmmmmm.

 

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