Featured Deals: Our Top Picks for the Annual Sample Sale

We are halfway through our biggest sale of the year! The showroom is still packed with incredible deals at once a year pricing. Below are a few of our favorite designs that are still looking for a new home.

via Cassina

The LC6 Dining Table was designed by modernist pioneers Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand. Originally presented at the Salon d'Automne in 1929, the LC6 still remains an icon of modern design. Corbusier, Jeanneret, and Perriand took inspiration from the wings of biplanes, and designed the base of the table based on ovoidal profiles. Steel threaded shanks support the tabletop, allowing dining height to adjust nearly 2 inches. 

 Presenting a new take on the classic Club Chair, Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams have created this unique transitional design. The Kazan chair combines plush cushions with substantial acrylic panels for an eye catching piece that doesn't skimp on comfort. 

via David Ross

A vintage credenza is a great way to ground your room while adding a well-curated and acquired feel. Upgrade your living room for a fraction of the price with pieces like this American of Martinsville walnut credenza, a classic design with plenty of storage and incredible finishing.

 Our Annual Sample Sale continues through January 31st. Visit our Highland Avenue showroom, or browse a sample of the selection online at www.weisshouse.com

Weisshouse Stages Friendship's Glass Lofts

Weisshouse was recently asked to stage a unit in The Glass Lofts, a modern and vibrant green building in Pittsburgh's Friendship neighborhood for a photo shoot for Pittsburgh Magazine. Weisshouse designers, Ron Reinheimer and Stan Adamik teamed up to create a funky stylish feel that enlivened the space and complimented the architecture.

Ron Reinheimer provided some insight into the process that was staging this space...

"Approaching such a large empty space can seem a bit daunting at first.The challenge at the Glass Lofts was to turn an industrial environment into a warm place to call home. We started our color inspiration from the bright green color of the balcony wall, which is very visible inside the living space due to the two huge glass garage doors. The concrete floors were warmed up with beautiful rugs. The living room showcases a turquoise over-dyed rug from Turkey. It was a great anchor to define that space. The use of rugs in an open loft space is a great way to achieve the feel of different areas.The dining room is home to a hand-knotted Tufenkian Tibetan rug. It boasts many clear colors in a grid pattern. We also chose large graphic, colorful artwork to stand out against the industrial walls. You have to be very conscious of the scale of things when working with this type of space..THINK BIG! The sofa we chose is a large Italian-made sectional from Bontempi Casa. The sideboard in the dining space is extra tall and very appropriate for the scale of the space. It is an amazing vintage piece that looked great against the wooden wall behind it. We topped it off with a large colorful piece of artwork by Karl Mullen. We also selected a beautiful glass dining table by Cassina to insure a light and airy feel. The black Cherner chairs offer a very comfortable dining experience and only get better looking with age and wear. The playful piece of artwork over the sofa was created by local artist Jack Weiss. We pulled  colors from it on the multi-colored striped pillows below it. We incorporated more glass with the coffee table in the living room in black (Calvin Klein Home).  We placed a sculptural chair in vibrant apple green for a wow factor (Papilio from B&B Italia). It also has a very cool zipper up the back. The entire kitchen is all white and minimal. We gave it some personality with a collection of miner's bottles that are hand woven from detonator wire in many colors and intricate patterns. We also topped off the cabinets with an old colorful foundry mold. We wanted the balcony to feel like an extension of the interior space when the doors were up and we used the same color palette and made it even more fun with the pop-art styled flower table and bright green "S" chairs that can stay outside all year round. The bedroom space was split up to accommodate an office area. A modern Scribe desk from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams is the focal point. It was paired with a white leather desk chair on wheels. For the bed we decided on a large, simple white slip-covered headboard. The bedside lamps are vintage...a bit quirky and unexpected according to Stan Adamik. For another shot of color we liked the patchwork area rug also from Turkey. We wanted a nice mix of masculine and feminine in this room".

 

Warm Days, Cool Nights...Sweet Dreams

When purchasing new furniture for your home, you may often think about a cozy and stylish sofa, a comfortable chair to read in, perhaps...a new television. The last room that we often consider is the bedroom. A room that most people spend 1/3 of their life in is often considered an after thought time after time. The bedroom is a sanctuary. It is a place to lay your tired head and body after a long, stressful day at the office or a particularly tough work out with your trainer. Having said all of that, Weisshouse is here again to rescue you and your bedroom and ensure that both form and function are addressed equally in the bedroom of your dreams...literally. See above for bedroom design inspiration no matter what your budget allows complete with pieces hand picked by Weisshouse interior designers.

A LIFE Magazine "Dream House" Realized in Pittsburgh

"In 1986, LIFE Magazine invited six well known architects to design a 'Dream House', the plans for which would be available to anyone who wished to build them and one of whom was Hugh Newell Jacobsen".

This "Dream House" is located at 2975 Beechwood Boulevard in Squirrel Hill and overlooks Frick Park. The view from Lou and Amy Weiss' (home owners) backyard is second to none. It may even be one of the best views in Pittsburgh. This home is an architectural delight and it's on the way to becoming LEED Platinum Certified. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the standard for earth-friendly construction. The main emphasis is always focused on and around energy efficiency.

The site of this home is a former brownfield slag dump.  When the lower Hill District was demolished to build the Civic Area, the debris was dumped on the current site of this home. Special excavation was necessary to prepare the land for this home.

Just to name a few of the green features of this house...

1. Follansbee Steel provided the standing seam steel roof. The roof is recycled and recyclable. It reduces heat absorption and should last 100 years.

2. Bayer Material Service provided open and closed cell spray foam insulation allowing the home to be sealed and in turn, producing very low heating and cooling costs. There is no roof vent but fresh air is brought into the home at a rate of 3,000 cfm.

3. All of the rainwater is harvested that falls on the roof into a river rock cistern, which is then pumped into the house for use in the home's toilets, hoses and drip irrigation.

4. The site's windmill provides power (through storage batteries) for exterior lighting and the outdoor water feature.

Furniture....

Almost every piece of furniture inside the home is from Weisshouse. Lines featured are Cassina, B&B Italia, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and Artemide Lighting.

The kitchens (first and basement level), bathroom and closet cabinets are also from Weisshouse. The cabinetry is from Weisshouse's Modulo Cucine line in CITY (refer to past blogs for more details).

It was truly a pleasure to spend three days at this incredible home. I must agree with both Lou and Amy, being in this house makes you feel like you are on vacation every day.

living room (MET sofas)

dining room (Modulo Cucine wall-hung buffet)

view from backyard

water feature

windmill

swing

exterior and raised bed vegetable garden

kitchen (Modulo Cucine)

butler's pantry

powder room