In the store: Whistle while you work

Remember when the male characters in cartoons (usually a group of shady looking canines of some variety) would wolf-whistle at a beautiful female? That may be considered sexual harassment today, but you have my permission to pucker up and whistle to your heart's content at this gorgeous Brasilia desk, because she's a real dish.

She just came back from the refinisher's after a complete makeover, and she looks like a million bucks...but was priced far less than that. The desk sold yesterday before I could even get this posted, so you'll have to do your ogling here.

Whoever took this baby home is going to be looking for excuses to work!

In the store: Jalk, Brasilia and more

Since we're in transition and have furniture in the old location as well as the new one, we're having a hard time taking photos of everything. It seems that no matter where we are, the camera is always at the other place...or the battery is dead.

Here, at last, is the Broyhill Brasilia dining set, illuminated by a great lamp my SIL found at a recent estate sale.

Broyhill Brasilia dining set, with original upholstery

At the same estate sale, he found a beautiful Grete Jalk sofa that I've already shown you,  but I'm only just now getting photos of the Grete Jalk coffee table he got at the same sale. Both pieces were manufactured by Glostrup.

Grete Jalk coffee table for Glostrup

He also found a Sven Aage Larsen credenza, which was manufactured by Faarup Møbelfabrik. It has amazing doors and lots of drawers.

Credenza by Sven Aage Larsen for Faarup

Larsen credenza, open

An unexpected find was this cute little rolling teak bar with leather trim. I love how it looks when open.

Bar, exterior and interior

Photos to come of the Brasilia side table, the Kipp Stewart side table and the Nakashima style table.

Up and coming

We opened the doors of our store last March in an 1100 square foot location...with my daughter, SIL and two grandsons living in an apartment taking up the back 600 square feet. Right after Thanksgiving, they moved to a large loft much better suited to raising active little boys, and the wall dividing the two spaces came down.

However, my SIL saw an opportunity to expand further in a more highly trafficked area, so the move is on. Here is a peek at our new digs as he is getting it ready. (For those of you in the area, it's the old Century Modern space. Watch for our name to go up soon!) Stay tuned for photos of the finished store.

For the moment, as you can see, we have furniture at both places, as it makes no sense to unload new things at our current location and then have to move them in a few days. And somehow, in between painting and running the store, my SIL is still finding time to keep buying new things! He just called to recite a list of today's estate sale booty, which includes this beautiful turquoise sofa manufactured by Glostrup and designed by Grete Jalk. At the same sale, he found a Grete Jalk coffee table by Glostrup, a Sven Aage Larsen credenza by Faarup, a Nakashima-style side table and a rolling bar. Photos of those will be coming soon.

Grete Jalk sofa by Glostrup Møbelfabrik

In the meantime, here are some better photos of a couple of the Broyhill Brasilia pieces and the American of Martinsville bedroom set from the last buying trip out of state.

Broyhill Brasilia room divider sans estate sale knicknacks 

Broyhill Brasilia buffet

American of Martinsville bedroom set

On the road again: Brasiliafest and more

Once more my daughter and SIL loaded up our two little MCM pickers-in-training and headed out on a road trip in search of more great pieces for the store. And what a profitable trip it was!

They mined an unlikely motherlode of Broyhill Brasilia in the small town of Dexter, Missouri, which is a 10-hour drive from Dallas. They came away with a dining table and six chairs, including two armchairs, all with original upholstery and all in pristine condition. They also got a Brasilia buffet, a Brasilia room divider and a Brasilia side table. As if that weren't enough, they scored an American of Martinsville bedroom set, a Kipp Stewart Drexel Declaration side table and a great sofa from the same seller.

While on the road, my SIL an managed to place a winning phone bid at an auction in Oklahoma for another great dining set, which they'll pick up on the way home tomorrow. 

I only have a few photos, which include the predictable estate sale knicknacks and gewgaws, so I'll post more when they get home and everything is in the store and cleaned up...with our knicknacks and gewgaws on them. :)

Brasilia dining table and four side chairs

Plus two of these Brasilia armchairs...all with perfect original upholstery

Brasilia buffet

Brasilia room divider

Right before they left, my SIL picked up these pieces locally. The coffee table is a 70" long Lane beauty with brass trim. The Brutalist wall sculpture is approximately 30" wide and 20" high, not nearly as large as the C. Jere' pieces we have in the store, but perfect for a small space. He also got a great dresser and chest, but it sold immediately.

Lane coffee table with brass accents

Coffee table detail

Coffee table detail

Brutalist wall sculpture

Unmarked dresser and chest that sold before we identified it
Anyone know what it is?

The delightful agony of craigslist

My friends would tell you I’m about as mentally healthy a person as they know, but I have to confess a secret they haven't guessed.  There’s a tiny masochist in me that comes out and sits on my shoulder and makes me look at all the fantastic mid-century items on craigslist around the country…things that are too far away and too expensive to have shipped to Texas...things that other people can have, but I can't. 

Since misery loves company, I’m going to share these finds with you.  If you’re lucky, I might have uncovered something near you.  If not, you’ll suffer right along with me.  And just to be sure, I’m going to include some items from the Dallas-Fort Worth area that I can get to. 

Read 'em and weep. :)

Broyhill Brasilia bookcase
Seattle craigslist

Eero Saarinen marble tulip table
Nashville craigslist

Paul McCobb Planner Group chairs
Denver craigslist

Mies Brno chairs
Philadelphia craigslist

Edward Wormley Drexel Precedent chest
(This piece is being sold by a dealer
 I've bought from so often that I consider him a friend  now.)
Dallas craiglist

Warren Platner lounge set
(So near, and yet so far...
This set is just a few streets from me in my own neighborhood...
but the seller wants over $15,000 for the set.)
Fort Worth craigslist

 Adrian Pearsall chair
(Still out of reach, unless I put it on layaway...
The asking price is $2500 for this chair.)
Dallas craigslist