This is just the start of a whole new section on mid-century furniture we love to collect. Readers, send me an email if you have a favorite furniture line you’d like to see featured!
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Okay, this is the last day of my little fixation with retro laminates. (For now.) As you know, I am a devotee of the Sherwin Williams Suburban Modern palette, both interior and exterior. So, I have gone through Arpa’s line of solid-colored laminates and for the most part, been able to line up 10 colors [...]
The new crop of laminates suitable for mid-century kitchen countertops continues. Reader Jon gets snaps for spotting this new “Motion” series of laminate from Pionite. Jon writes: Hi Pam, First, I love the site. I’ve been reading it since December when I purchased my teeny tiny 1946 house (originally a summer home) on the shore [...]
I’ve written before about mixing countertop surfaces in your 40s 50s or 60s kitchen. But I recently came across these great photos and thought they would be very helpful. The photos show: How to lower cabinetry to create a place to roll out your pie dough (of course). Put a slab of marble here — [...]
Many thanks to Whitney, who just tipped me that Wilsonart has introduced 11 new colors of boomerang laminate. There now are a total of 14 colorways — the most of any manufacturer. I am quite liking the “butterscotch” above — looks like you could use this in a kitchen with yellow kitchen cabinets. There is [...]
Our arsenal of suppliers for metal kitchen countertop edging continues to grow — with the addition of Eagle Moulding, a distributor in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Eagle Mouldings’ large inventory includes a two styles of aluminum countertop edgings, in a variety of sizes.Eagle Moulding is the direct supplier to many furniture manufacturers and, in fact, I see at [...]
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http://www.urbanoutfitters.com has some Danish style furniture that was so popular.
http://www.allmodern.com has sunburst wall clocks. However, the George Nelson designs are expensive, but designer Kenneth Wingard has a sunburst wall clock that looks just as good as Nelson’s and is cheaper. I bought the small Wingard clock and it is large enough. I think I paid 79 or 89 bucks for it and you have a choice of metal finish.
http://www.oldtelephones.com.
They have vintage telephones and this is where I bought my yellow Bell wall phone for the kitchen. Most of the phones from the late Sixties up until they were discontinued, have never been used and come in a variety of colors. The owner of the site also offers repair service on old phones.
We have a Drexel Declaration dining set we’d like to sell. Our set has the rectangular table with 2 leaves, 2 captains chairs and 4 side chairs, all with rosewood accents and ORIGINAL upholstery in wonderful shape! We are the third owners of this set, we live in Walla Walla, but would be happy to bring it to Portland for the price of gas. Email me at vnorsworthy@q.com if you’d like pictures or more info. Thank you!
Shelly,
Passing through Walla Walla in October. Please recommend any cool retro lodging and restaurants in the area or along the way to Portland. Coming up from S.F. Bay Area, through Klamath Falls, Bend, etc.
Thanks,
e.j.
Hi Pam -
I’m not sure if you’ve ever featured Ryan’s Relics in Baltimore, but it might be a great thing for your east coast readers. His prices are truly outstanding for all kinds of fabulous furniture, including some MCM and MCModest
Take a look!
http://ryansrelics.com/New_Items.php
Midcentury modern furniture includes many wonderful pieces woven with reed, Danish rope, fiber rush, cane and leather. Are made of the finest woods, walnut, rosewood and teak and were designed by some of the worlds leading architects. Sadly these materials don’t last forever and have reached the end of their life-span. There is a small but growing group of professional seat weavers able to restore these gems. visit http://www.wickerwoman.com/furniture-repair-directory/seatweaving-experts to see if there is a weaver in you area. Some of the weaves are very difficult and restoration can be expensive but a significant number of pieces are museum worthy and deserve restoration!
Can anyone give me advice on how to refinish an eames fiberglass shell chair? I found a couple that have been primered, but that’s flaking off and I don’t want to ruin the fiberglass underneath.
Hi Allison, this is not a DIY site. We do have some cleaning info provided by Knoll for Saarinen tulip chairs: http://retrorenovation.com/2008/09/24/san-francisco-troy-finds-a-saarinen-treasure-needs-cleaning-advice/