{"id":6158,"date":"2013-09-26T07:08:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T11:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:19:57","slug":"sit-down-stand-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2013\/09\/sit-down-stand-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit Down. Stand Up."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For timing sake this blog post is regenerated from my other site but still applies for design.<br \/>\nThis is not your usual blog post for <a title=\"Slipcovers for your walls, casartblog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slipcovers for your walls, casartblog<\/a>, but &#8220;Sit Down. Stand Up,&#8221; keeps ringing in my ears. I&#8217;m doing this a lot lately trying to get our new website ready. <a title=\"YouTube Radiohead: Sit Down Stand Up\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Zaw7jucFn4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radiohead&#8217;s song<\/a> keeps playing in my head with its slow staccato beat building up with a frenetic crescendo to a sudden and unexpected drop. I was making steady pace and with a frenzy to be live by today but hit a sudden unexpected setback when I uploaded our 6,000 ! product variations with an importer and discovered, while on vacation mind you, that my 2,000 images had multiplied to 19,000!! It took 3 days, 10 hours each day, to remove these and to be able to start with a clean slate. I&#8217;m back on track but unexpectedly behind my original goal. Goals, I&#8217;ve decided are meant to be changed.<br \/>\n<object width=\"450\" height=\"253\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3wATLZYmfyY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>All this sitting has got me I&#8217;m thinking about getting a better office chair. Where to start? I started following <a title=\"Sayeh, Office Stylist on Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/officestylist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sayeh&#8217;s Office Stylist Office board on Pinterest<\/a>. Maybe I&#8217;ll get some good ideas here. I need a drafting chair that is comfortable and one that raises and lowers height because I have both an office desk and a drafting table. The chair needs to accommodate both. I keep coming back to this one, seen in <a title=\"Le Mirage Interiors on Houzz\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/photos\/3469598\/Le-Mirage-Residence-contemporary-home-office-miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houzz Interiors by Maite Granda <\/a>but comfort is key. I believe this one if from Skolas, which I thought I saw listed or maybe that was the name of the person who first commented on it, but now I cannot find the source of course.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/photos\/3469598\/Le-Mirage-Residence-contemporary-home-office-miami\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/st.houzz.com\/simgs\/1361b228015f5892_3-3093\/contemporary-home-office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #444444; text-align: center;\"><small><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/photos\/contemporary\/home-office\">Contemporary Home Office<\/a> by <a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/professionals\/architect\/c\/Key-Biscayne--FL\">Key Biscayne Architects &amp; Designers<\/a> <a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #444;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.houzz.com\/pro\/maite23\/interiors-by-maite-granda\">Interiors by Maite Granda<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n<p>I want something white with chrome so this <a title=\"Airgo Pottery Barn Desk Chair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.potterybarn.com\/products\/airgo-swivel-desk-chair\/?pkey=cdesk-chairs&amp;cm_src=desk-chairs||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Airgo one from Pottery Barn<\/a> fits the bill and will go nicely with my lavender Venetian Plaster and magnetized walls. I know, it&#8217;s a crazy artist thing but this color with white works for me. The one drawback (besides price) is it has to be cleanable so leather would be preferred.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11394\" src=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Pottery-Barn-Airgo-Swivel-Desk-Chair.jpg\" alt=\"Pottery Barn Airgo Swivel Desk Chair\" width=\"446\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I even like the one we used in our <a title=\"French Peacock Damask Pattern\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/patterns.html#damask\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peacock Damask<\/a> photo shoot. I have to go back to <a title=\"Homebody DC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.homebodydc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homebody,<\/a> where we took the photos, to ask about it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8788\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Damask_Desk-Chair_web_casartblog-e1350075622415.jpg\" alt=\"Casart coverings_French Peacock Damask, as seen on Slipcovers for your walls, casarrblog\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casart coverings&#8217; French Peacock Damask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back to sitting down and standing up and starting and stopping due to setbacks&#8230;We&#8217;re nearly there and can&#8217;t wait to get it up and going, so stay tuned while work progresses behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll just get an <a title=\"Yahoo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/l1.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/ckhdzqIGRmIks14P6RY38A--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/blogs\/thesideshow\/DeskTreadmill.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/blogs\/sideshow\/treadmill-desks-might-next-office-health-trend-221114393.html&amp;h=474&amp;w=630&amp;sz=90&amp;tbnid=_SpgN-Qvgx77LM:&amp;tbnh=90&amp;tbnw=120&amp;zoom=1&amp;usg=__-IBNsf5zako4v1t2ivNdTSFy-lQ=&amp;docid=xlxTfJanj6qNLM&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=odE9Uq3sJ7T_4AOGq4BQ&amp;ved=0CHcQ9QEwBA&amp;dur=467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">office treadmill desk<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DeskTreadmill.jpg\" alt=\"DeskTreadmill\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Ashley<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For timing sake this blog post is regenerated from my other site but still applies for design. This is not your usual blog post for Slipcovers for your walls, casartblog, but &#8220;Sit Down. Stand Up,&#8221; keeps ringing in my ears. I&#8217;m doing this a lot lately trying to get our new website ready. Radiohead&#8217;s song keeps playing in my head with its slow staccato beat building up with a frenetic crescendo to a sudden and unexpected drop. I was making steady pace and with a frenzy to be live by today but hit a sudden unexpected setback when I uploaded our 6,000 ! product variations with an importer and discovered, while on vacation mind you, that my 2,000 images had multiplied to 19,000!! It took 3 days, 10 hours each day, to remove these and to be able to start with a clean slate. I&#8217;m back on track but unexpectedly behind my original goal. Goals, I&#8217;ve decided are meant to be changed. All this sitting has got me I&#8217;m thinking about getting a better office chair. Where to start? I started following Sayeh&#8217;s Office Stylist Office board on Pinterest. Maybe I&#8217;ll get some good ideas here. I need a drafting chair that is comfortable and one that raises and lowers height because I have both an office desk and a drafting table. The chair needs to accommodate both. I keep coming back to this one, seen in Houzz Interiors by Maite Granda but comfort is key. I believe this one if from Skolas, which I thought I saw listed or maybe that was the name of the person who first commented on it, but now I cannot find the source of course. Contemporary Home Office by Key Biscayne Architects &amp; Designers Interiors by Maite Granda I want something white with chrome so this Airgo one from Pottery Barn fits the bill and will go nicely with my lavender Venetian Plaster and magnetized walls. I know, it&#8217;s a crazy artist thing but this color with white works for me. The one drawback (besides price) is it has to be cleanable so leather would be preferred. I even like the one we used in our Peacock Damask photo shoot. I have to go back to Homebody, where we took the photos, to ask about it. Back to sitting down and standing up and starting and stopping due to setbacks&#8230;We&#8217;re nearly there and can&#8217;t wait to get it up and going, so stay tuned while work progresses behind the scenes. 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