Philip Johnson- house for sale!

The first home Philip Johnson ever designed is now up for sale for cool 2 million.  Built in 1946, the Booth House is another example of Philip Johnson's iconic use of glass and his minimalist style.  It formerly housed two architects who surprisingly made a lot of interior changes to Johnson's original design. 

Johnson is probably better known for his work, The Glass House which was built after the Booth House.  Tours of the home opened up in 2007.  Last year I traveled to the Hudson Valley and took a tour of Kykuit, the mansion that was home to 4 generations of Rockefellers.  This year I would really like to get up to Conneticut to take a tour of the Glass House. It was originally built for the architect himself and like the Booth House, the facade is almost completely constructed with glass.  It would seem that a house of this nature would afford zero privacy but it was built on a private estate behind a stone wall and one side overlooks a pond. The surrounding views are proxies for wallpaper- pretty cool.

Reading Corner

I moved some furniture around and created a lot of space next to my bed.  I decided to make a reading corner, who knows how much use it will get. I bought a cheap chair off Ebay that is pretty similar to the Eames Shell Chair, but mine is made by Chromocraft.  I was a little hesitant at first because this is what Chromocraft produces now (kind of scary), but the chair looked pretty similiar to the Eames one.  It finally came after some stressful email exchanges with the seller, it's in pretty vintage condition, but pretty sturdy and took 3 minutes to attach the base.   On top is the real deal, below is my purchase.  My next purchase is a camera that takes actual pictures, these ones are from my phone ugh. 

Since I couldn't afford my obsession with Pendleton, I bought a pillow from an Etsy seller that uses the blankets to make covers.  Here's the chair with the pillow and a sheepskin rug from Ikea.