Retro CoMO

Dresser Set.  Danish style with tapered legs.

$400 in North Columbia.  Here’s the link: 2 Dressers.

Freestanding Fireplace.  I’ve posted this one before, but they’ve lowered the price on it.  This is a good deal, and it’s that time of year!

$150 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Fireplace.

Knotty Pine Bedroom Set.  The pieces are listed separately, which seems like a lot of work for what is clearly a set.  There’s a dresser with a mirror and a tallboy bureau as well as a king-size headboard.  Purchased in 1956.  I like the 1950s vintage knotty pine thing overall, and this set is nice with the detail and the legs.  Very cool.

$250 each for the dressers and $30 for the headboard in Jefferson City, Missouri.  Links are here: Lowboy dresser, Highboy dresser, and Headboard.

Vintage Chairs.  The seller has two listings for these- the vinyl and chrome ones in one post, and the modern 60s chairs in another post (two are pictured, and there are five total).  You should call about the pricing.

In Columbia.  Here are the links: Vinyl/Chrome chairs and 60s Modern Chairs.

Emerson Electric Fan.  Works, could be restored.  I think the price is high.

$100 in Rolla, Missouri.  Here’s the link: Antique Fan 1949.

MU Big 8 Conference Clock.  I like vintage Mizzou stuff.  This is a wind-up alarm clock, though the wind-up part isn’t working.  Needs some repairs, but cute if you’re not actually interested in relying on it to get you up in the mornings.  Seller is willing to ship.

$20 in Chillicothe, Missouri (northwest of Columbia, about 2.5 hours).  Here’s the link: MU Clock.

Last week was slow for anything interesting, but there were lots of new additions over the weekend!  Here are some of them from the Columbia Craigslist:

Bedroom Set (minus a bed frame).  I’m really impressed with this set- it looks like it is in nice condition.  The wood is beautiful.  It has the two pieces above (highboy and lowboy dressers) plus two nightstands.  I don’t like the handles (I can personally vouch for replacements from Rejuvenation instead) and the seller says that the hinges need to be replaced (probably on that top piece with the mirror or something).  It’s probably worth the price and you would pay more anywhere else.

$400 in Midway.  Here’s the link: Dresser w/Mirror, Chest of Drawers, etc.

Chest of Drawers.  Blonde wood.  Looks like a handle is missing, but I feel like we’ve seen a lowboy dresser companion piece to this recently elsewhere.

$20 in north Columbia.  Here’s the link: Chest of Drawers.

Wicker Fan Chair.  Nice!  You should buy this and that Thonet Bentwood chair that I posted about the other week (they’re still trying to sell it).  I love this seventies kitsch.

$20 in Tipton, which is southwest of Boonville.  Here’s the link: Wicker Chair.

Vintage Toaster Oven.  Seller says a knob is missing but it is in otherwise excellent condition.  The price seems high for something with a missing knob, though.

$45 in southwest Columbia.  Here’s the link: Vintage Toaster Oven.

Kitchen Table & Chairs.  More 70s!  Hexagon table, people!  Wicker!  Insane.  Comes with six chairs.

$50 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Kitchen Dining Table and Chair.

Lamp.  Definitely looks retro and pretty weird.  Retro floor lamps can be difficult to find, especially for this cheap.  Pretty entertaining!  This plus the fan chair or that bentwood chair, and love it.

$7.50 in Millersburg.  Here’s the link: Floor lamps.

Danish modern highboy dresser available in Columbia for $45.

Looks like nice clean lines and tapered legs.  It’s available at Hardt’s Used Furniture, a store on Business Loop 70 in Columbia.  It is unusual to see Danish modern at any of the area used furniture stores- they mostly deal with 80s and 90s country and rustic style, and a little bit of shabby chic.

Anyway, bonus!  The fact that it’s available at a storefront means that you can take a look at its condition before you buy it, and you can stop by anytime during business hours.

Here’s the link: Chest.

I posted this earlier, but the post disappeared into the ether.  Weird!

But here it is, a dresser in Holts Summit for $15.  And it looks mighty interesting to me!

Those handles look rather art deco, though I could be wrong.  And it looks like it has clean lines.  But it also looks like it’s in rough shape.  And it’s not a very good photo, so it’s hard to know what’s for real and what’s just a trick of the flash.

But $15!  I use a similar lowboy dresser to hold my television in the living room.  It has tons of storage space, and it can hold a heavy tube television with other electronics and a lamp.  Media cabinets often have very ugly styling, so it’s important to be creative when you’re trying to find the right solution for your television next to your mid-century furniture.

I replaced the hardware on mine (which is a 1960s style piece) with hardware from Rejuvenation.  (The Saturn knob with the star backplate, and they look so great!  Someday I’ll post some pictures.)

Holts Summit is between Fulton and Jefferson City, about 40 minutes from Columbia.

Here’s the link: Long dresser.