Story #4 about planning weebit’s apartment. She has a West Elm nearby, so we went and looked several times. I had not been in one of these for years and years. What a fun store — chock full of midcentury modern-inspired furniture. I was particularly impressed by the lines and scale of West Elm’s Carlo sofa and Carlo chair. Weebit had zero interest in either piece: “That’s your style,” she said. But: Maybe you, dear readers, will be interested in taking a look!
Costs are not “too” high — $1399 for the sofa and, as I write this story, there’s a 30% off sale. They have a 2-4 week lead time for the chair, 8-12 week lead time for the sofa in two color, longer made-to-order times for other colors.
I quite like some of their colors — “dark cardamom” by any other name is: Burnt Orange, my favorite color of all time, yum yum.
You can also get Rust, my second-favorite color of all time.
And Olive, aka dreamy rich avocado dream, also a fantabulous color. I call these midcentury modern *inspired* in particular because of those thin narrow legs. Those would not have been seen back in the day, I think. Maybe West Elm will give you walnut legs instead, since these are made to order?
Velvets were not common either, although I tend to categorize styles by lines, not finishes. The overall lines of this sofa and chair, though: Yes, I see midcentury modern antecedents. I am not an expert on the midcentury furniture designers, but my first come-to-mind is Adrian Pearsall.
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When I first saw the opening photo I thought “weebit’s apartment is looking quite LUXE”. It is nice to see the lines and colors that echo the MCM style.
Throw in some NOS fabric covered pillows and you’ll be in mcm heaven….
Yup!
Imported made to order? Not interested. My mom bought a new living room set that was made to order in North Carolina. The quality and value are both very high. She bought it on Wayfair. They had some mid-century-ish designs.
Hi Joel, your comment made me check what I had written. The 2-4 week lead time colors are not made-to-order, but the other are.
I learned something from the first photograph. The last thing I would think of putting in that charming old world room would be mid-century modern. Much to my astonishment it works well.