Clearly Not The Bombay Company

November 18, 2008

Back in the day I had this coolio mushroom-shaped acrylic lamp (it matched my orange denin blazer with the contrasting stiching) that made my knotty pine-panelled bedroom look like the inside of a giant pumpkin. I was a terribly hip child. But I digress.

Like everybody else, I went through several decades with the intention of keeping anything acrylic relegated to a tragically naive past. But recently I got over it. Maybe I really was terribly hip, or at least my mom was for buying that lamp on one of her many excursions to K-Mart or Sky City. (I grew up in High Point, remember?)

Acrylic products today are luckily a world away from the knotty pine world of my sparkling childhood. Spectrum West, for example, creates lots of cool accent furniture and accessories, below. Got to their site and check out the clear acrylic beds — they are something to behold.

www.spectrumwest.net

Posted by Wes Kennedy on November 18, 2008 | Comments (4)

January 20, 2010

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Laurie commented:

I like scuff marks from normal wear... Who needs a 'show house' where you can't touch anything? Besides... acrylic seems to have something most fussy furniture items don't... a sense of humor!

January 30, 2009

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ugh! commented:

Spectrum West Acrylics withstand melting up 300 degrees. And, it's called scratching, which happens to all materials.

November 20, 2008

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freewez commented:

High heat? Don't I know it. The bit of the story I left out was the demise of my 'shroom' lamp: It suffered a big melt sometime soon after I dropped my 7th grade algebra book on top for the evening. I can attest the house survived because it's from said house that I now write this epic. Sad though, as I've the perfect spot for that lamp now.

November 19, 2008

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Ronn Ives/FUTURES Antiques commented:

Wes, Quality plastics still have two technical issues that must be faced by the dedicated owner/user: 1) It cannot be near high heat, including major wattage light bulbs, and 2) It scuffs very easily. Pieces that will take various types of abrasion should be considered in that context. Exposed areas CAN be buffed out, but it's a lot of work and messy. FYI. Some people will also mention the oil product issue, but let's skip that. RIDE ON! Gasoline is down again!! Where's my Hummer? Ronn.