Comments on: The Restoration of Restoration. http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/08/restoration-of-restoration.html live your life beautifully. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anonymous http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/08/restoration-of-restoration.html/comment-page-1#comment-7724 Anonymous Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:23:20 +0000 http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/?p=964#comment-7724 You can find all of this stuff for a lot less if you search around online. I've seen the product first hand and it's grossly overscaled and not all that in terms of construction and quality. The leathers remind me of a southern californian, 60+ year olds decolletage maybe it was grafted from the hide of their perma-tanned CEO... Regardless this stuff is Bastardized-Belgian at best and suited to the McMansion set. You can find all of this stuff for a lot less if you search around online. I've seen the product first hand and it's grossly overscaled and not all that in terms of construction and quality. The leathers remind me of a southern californian, 60+ year olds decolletage maybe it was grafted from the hide of their perma-tanned CEO… Regardless this stuff is Bastardized-Belgian at best and suited to the McMansion set.

]]> By: Lynn http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/08/restoration-of-restoration.html/comment-page-1#comment-7693 Lynn Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:30:26 +0000 http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/?p=964#comment-7693 It bugs me that RH is pretending that the brickmaker's table is at all unique... Their product description: "With help from a European antiques dealer, we've unearthed a limited cache of one-of-a-kind brickmaker's tables" Gimme a break!!! Sundance Catalog has carried the exact same table for for probably 2 years now. Same exact dimensions at Sundance yet it's $400 cheaper there... http://www.sundancecatalog.com/PRODUCT/For+the+Home/Living/Tables+%26+Cabinets/41744.html<br /><br />I'd been debating getting that table for a while, but now that it's ubiquitous I can't bring myself to get it.<br /><br />I do think some of the other items are gorgeous, but I question their design integrity. It bugs me that RH is pretending that the brickmaker's table is at all unique… Their product description: "With help from a European antiques dealer, we've unearthed a limited cache of one-of-a-kind brickmaker's tables" Gimme a break!!! Sundance Catalog has carried the exact same table for for probably 2 years now. Same exact dimensions at Sundance yet it's $400 cheaper there… http://www.sundancecatalog.com/PRODUCT/For+the+Home/Living/Tables+%26+Cabinets/41744.html

I'd been debating getting that table for a while, but now that it's ubiquitous I can't bring myself to get it.

I do think some of the other items are gorgeous, but I question their design integrity.

]]> By: Angie Muresan http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2009/08/restoration-of-restoration.html/comment-page-1#comment-7597 Angie Muresan Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:17:36 +0000 http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/?p=964#comment-7597 This is Restoration Hardware??? Wow! I was under the impression they were more cookie cutter... This stuff is gorgeous! This is Restoration Hardware??? Wow! I was under the impression they were more cookie cutter… This stuff is gorgeous!

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