"I furnished my last design studio with bespoke Danish shelving, three Eames desk units, nine glass tables, 12 chairs, etc. When I closed the studio I moved the furnishings plus a few hundred design books-including books I'd written, foreign translations of my work, books by other designers that I'd published, translations of some of those books, oversized and rare design books, books signed by their authors and sent to me, and so on."
"I could not fit the Danish shelving into my apartment-hell, it's too large to fit into the elevators in my building. I gave away the Eames Desk units and fancy chairs. I managed to drag home my tulip chair and ball chair. Everything else went into a storage unit in Chelsea. It was an easy walk from my old studio to the Chelsea storage unit, and a healthy walk from my apartment to the unit."
I furnished my last design studio with bespoke pieces and moved hundreds of design books, including my own and rare signed editions, into a Chelsea storage unit. I could not fit some large items into my apartment and gave away others, keeping only a few chairs. I paid about $400 monthly for storage. The storage company was sold twice, and the final owner relocated the belongings without informing me or obtaining consent. The new company raised the monthly rate to $500 and charged my closed studio card, then sent unpaid charges to collections when automated payments failed. A collection agency later called claiming I owed several thousand dollars.
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