Well we finally got a chance to take a peek at Rogue Gallery’s infamous storage locker (check out StyleNorth’s post here)! The first thing that caught our eye was a set of 5 teak stools.
The whole set was only $5o, that’s only 10 bucks a pop. A similar IKEA version of this sells for $16.99
Stamped made in Denmark, the maker is still a mystery. According to my Scandinavian Design Book, Soren Hansen designed a stool that is strikingly similar.
Here’s the before picture, they were in pretty rough shape, really dry and worn with some staining.
It was a beautiful day outside so I poured a bit of teak oil into a handful of steel wool and starting working at the teak following the grain. The results are pretty amazing, now if we could only do the same with our deck…
May 20th, 2009 - 12:44 am
gorgeous! that rogue gallery, always has some hidden gems.
May 20th, 2009 - 9:02 am
What beautiful restoration!
May 20th, 2009 - 1:32 pm
wow. it’s so nice to see things like that brought back to life.
martin has a fantastic shop, though I haven’t been introduced to the storage locker… yet!
May 20th, 2009 - 3:04 pm
Excellent score . . . lovely zinger at the end of the post!
May 20th, 2009 - 3:35 pm
Those are pretty AND practical! I would ignore the deck – doesn’t look like nearly as much fun!
May 22nd, 2009 - 10:55 am
lovely!!!!
June 12th, 2009 - 4:12 pm
I found two identical stools being thrown out on the street in NYC also
in rough shape. They are from the fifties I think–could they be
Arne Jacobsen? There is a set of four on ebay in rosewood.
June 12th, 2009 - 4:24 pm
Molly – Odds are if they are Arne Jacobsen they will be marked as such (Fritz Hansen). If not, there are a lot of copies out there (like ours). Either way, cool looking stools are always handy to have around!