I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.
This drafting stool reminded me of my student days, when I went to buy a drawing board. Many years before these things went metric in the UK, the imperial measurement for drawing board sizes was the ELEPHANT. So I bought a half elephant. It's the only time I've ever taken an elephant home on a bus...
A message not directly for this item but to generaly make felicitation for your blog. I let you this link who lead to an other Steampunk Home item: http://www.daysgonebyshop.co.uk/609_fluted-dome-dolly-switch-1-gang.html
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This drafting stool reminded me of my student days, when I went to buy a drawing board. Many years before these things went metric in the UK, the imperial measurement for drawing board sizes was the ELEPHANT. So I bought a half elephant. It's the only time I've ever taken an elephant home on a bus...
A message not directly for this item but to generaly make felicitation for your blog.
I let you this link who lead to an other Steampunk Home item:
http://www.daysgonebyshop.co.uk/609_fluted-dome-dolly-switch-1-gang.html
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