Vintage shower doors, toilet tank lids & more at Second Use in Seattle

by pam kueber on October 12, 2009

seattle-second-use-toilet-lidsIt’s very cool to know that there is now a small legion of retro renovators out there stalking Re-Stores and estates sales and Second Use’s — taking pictures of all the great little features of mid-century homes to share with others. Vanessa spotted three great items at the Second Use in Seattle. Like: Look at those toilet tank covers. Can yo believe how many different shades of beige and pink and blue and…beige? :) She sends in these photos, and writes:

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Hi  Pam!

I love your blog and although my current house is craftsman I love Midcentury design :-) I was at Second Use in Seattle and among other wonderful things I saw this amazing Tappan range with the upper ovens and pull out cook top. And it’s only $95 so I just had to share the info.  It’s a great place and they also had a large collection of colored toilet tank lids, it made me wonder where the rest of the toilets went but looked like a good resource for finding a replacement.   Also some great lighting!!!  And vintage shower doors too. A really fun place to check out!! Thanks for blogging! I really love to read your blog and imagine living in those beautiful and fun houses.

Vanessa

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Readers, take care regarding old shower doors, doors and windows — as another reader recently pointed out in a comment, they may not feature safety glass. So this is another issue to be aware of and to think through. Vanessa: Many thanks. And you don’t even have a mid-century home?! Arts & Crafts style has been a love of mine in the past, too. I had a 1912 Colonial Revival in Michigan – with an interior that was very heavily A&C influence. I loved it very much.

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Candice October 12, 2009 at 11:47 am

Ha! I was going to send the tappan in this weekend and forgot!
Great eye Vanessa. I’m another seattleite with a craftsman (that loves mid-mod too).
Shoot me an email if you want to talk craftsmans, I already love second use, but am always looking for rescources.
baileydotcandiceatgmaildotcom

NishiKM October 24, 2009 at 5:33 pm

We love SecondUse!! We bought our first (yes we have two) Frigidaire Flair there for such a deal at $145. I just saw this ModernMaid pull-out toaster on their website.
http://www.seconduse.com/node/34395
It may be more of a late 70’s model but still so “kitchen of the future”-like. I love RetroRenovation and all the great info. everyone shares. It’s so nice to find others who share the same love of all things vintage.
(I’d include a pic of our Flairs but I’m not sure how to do that.)

NishiKM October 25, 2009 at 11:06 pm

I love Second Use! They also have a ModernMaid pull-out toaster–or at least as of yesterday they did. And new today they have this crazy drop down cooktop–very cool http://www.seconduse.com/node/35088. Check it out. I’d be interested if anyone knows what it is.

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