Retro CoMO

I haven’t had much luck on Craigslist lately, but maybe everyone is waiting for spring cleaning to get rid of their wonderful Danish modern stuff.  You think?

Anyway, here are some pictures from my house.  I’ve been meaning to post some since I started taking them last fall.

I bought the credenza (marked American of Martinsville) on Craigslist, the painting on Etsy, and the lamp from a store in Sedalia, Missouri, called Chelsea’s Antiques.

I bought the chair on eBay and the lamp from Funtiques in Springfield, Missouri.  The table above and the coffee table and corner table came as a set, and I bought them from the Brass Armadillo, an antique mall in Grain Valley, Missouri.  The stuff on the wall came from everywhere- family, Etsy, antique malls.  Most of it I’ve had forever.

The Cromcraft chair is from Chelsea’s Antiques in Sedalia.  The Flanders desk was free from a family member, along with the Olivetti typewriter (my mother’s high school graduation present).

The Dux couch I got on Craigslist, and had it recovered.  The chairs came from my favorite store in the world, The Future Antiques in St. Louis.

A better look at the chairs.  They are marked Moss Bly.

This is my beautiful Lux starburst clock, which I bought on eBay.  I actually replaced the hands on this with the original brass hands, which makes it look slightly different.

A better look at the base of one of the lamps in the living room.  I have to agree with Anchorman: I love lamp[s].  I bought this one at the Brass Armadillo antique mall in Grain Valley.

Generally, my house does not look this clean.  Most of these photos involved a few minutes of styling before I took the picture.  I think all of these photos were taken for my 365 project, which I have exhaustively covered over on my photo blog, if you have any interest in following it.  I may post more details later and maybe pictures of other rooms if they ever get clean enough to deserve documentation!

Danish Modern china cabinet available in Columbia.  It’s hard to tell what the condition is, but the price isn’t bad.  Available at a local thrift shop, which may even have delivery if you’re lucky.

$100 in Columbia (Millersburg exit).  Here’s the link: China Cabinet.

I have been so lax about posting to this blog for the past few weeks!  Here are a few posts from local Craigslists this week.

Barber Chairs!  You were just rewatching The Man Who Wasn’t There, and you were thinking of opening a retro barber shop.  Here are your chairs!  Vintage 1964, in great shape, super expensive, and they probably weigh three tons each.  So the fact that they’ll deliver within 100 miles of Rolla is a big deal.

$475 each (yikes) in Rolla.  Here’s the link: Barber’s Chairs.

Coffee Table.  This is almost certainly a reproduction, but it’s a classic mid-century design by Isamu Noguchi and would look pretty cool in a lot of modern homes.  More info about the design/designer here.

$100 in SW Columbia.  Here’s the link: Coffee Table.

Vending Machine.  I hesitate to post this because it’s missing the coin mechanism and the key lock, but it does get cold and the lights work, so hmm.  It seems expensive (and heavy) to get something like this if you can’t hit the button and have the soda drop out, but maybe it sounds good to you!

$250 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Vintage Pepsi Vending Machine.

I am playing catch-up this week after a few weeks of illness and malaise and recuperation.  Sorry for the absence, though I have done a few searches in the meantime and I haven’t seen that we’ve missed much.  But look what is still available down in Osage Beach!  Why is this still waiting around when it should be all loved up in a new somebody’s house?  Lemon yellow vinyl, folks!  I don’t want to see this one posted again.  It makes me sad because it’s too gorgeous for words.  Go buy it.

Retro Kitchen Dinette Set (Lake of the Ozarks Craigslist).  I love lemon yellow vinyl from the 1960s.

You know what?  I’ll decorate your entire sunroom for you.  Buy this and that fantastic lemon yellow bar down at Funtiques in Springfield, and you’ve got yourself a room.  Then you have to invite me over.  I will wear a beehive and a muumuu and frosted pink lipstick and we will drink lemonade (or, ooh, let’s have Tom Collinses) together while we ignore our children and smoke skinny cigarettes.  And that is a crazy fantasy because I don’t have any kids and I don’t smoke.  But if you bought all this for your house, I would rent a child to ignore with you, and then I would pretend to smoke skinny cigarettes.  We would have a great time, you and me, in your sunroom.

Here is the bar you need:

Ooh, buy that TV too.  We can watch soap operas on it.  I don’t like soap operas, but we can’t not watch soap operas on that TV in this fictional room at your house.  (Like how this is all happening at your house?)  Anything else would be wrong and ridiculous.

And here is a swag lamp that you can hang up in there:

Vintage Swag Lamp (Columbia Craigslist).

This is making me ache for summer!  And I even love winter, so I don’t know what that’s about.  Lemonade and swimming pools and white plastic sunglasses.  I swear, you and I will be best friends because I will want to hang out in your lemon yellow sunroom all the time.

How’s it coming?  Bought this stuff yet?  Let me know the minute you do.

I would blame all of this on lingering effects of the flu, but honestly this is just how I get around lemon yellow vintage 60s stuff.  It makes me giddy with delight.

It might be bitterly cold through Saturday, but temperatures on Sunday should rise to a balmy high in the mid-20s.  What should you do with such a warm weekend day?  You should drive to St. Louis and pick up your new gold sofa!

Gold Sofa.  Okay, so $800.  But it’s gold.  And you have always wanted a gold sofa.

$800 in St. Louis.  Here’s the link: Retro Sofa.

Storage Unit/End Table.  They suggest that it could be used as a TV stand, but that would depend on the size and age of your current TV, I think.  Make sure it can support it, especially if you have other equipment too.  But it’s cute and I like the detail.

$50 in the Warrenton/O’Fallon/Wentzville area.  Here’s the link: 1950s Vintage Wood TV Stand.

Matching Loveseats.  Kidney shaped in orange velour.  What are you waiting for?  Honestly, these look pretty comfortable.  I’m not sure I understand the best way to arrange them, but it looks like the other piece is a corner piece.  The price seems high, but if the fabric is in good shape, it might be worth it.  It costs a lot to get a couch reupholstered (and I speak from experience).

$300 in O’Fallon.  Here’s the link: Mid century modern love seats.

Dresser.  This looks smaller in the picture than I think it is in real life (the seller lists the height at 42″) and I love the detail despite the fact that the veneer is a little beat-up.

$125 in Fenton.  Here’s the link: Retro Dresser.

Sofa Set.  I love this type of set- it’s so cute.  The seller has repaired some of the cat scratch damage.

$200 in St. Louis City.  Here’s the link: Mid-Century Long and Low Sofa and Loveseat Set.

Danish Modern Sofa.  I love this, too.  The upholstery is in nice shape and I like that striped blue color that is typical of this era.  Nice.

$225 in Illinois (suburbs, I assume).  Here’s the link: Retro Danish Sofa.

Welcome to 2010!

I found a few odd items on Craigslist this week that I thought I would share.  Maybe you are in dire need of something like this!

Something like a Detecto Baby Scale!  Maybe you have a plethora of babies that you need to weigh on a regular basis.  I don’t know your life.  It has a 30-lb capacity, so maybe you could weigh small dogs and cats and random household objects.  I just like that it’s blue and kind of stylish and has the name “Detecto”.

$50 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Detecto Baby Scale.

Hutch.  This looks like a nice piece with the glass and the tapered legs, and a bottle of Restor-A-Finish would probably clean up most of the dings and scratches without too much trouble.  And these don’t come up that often in this area, though the price still seems a little high.  But I am not a dealer.

$300 in Eldon.  Here’s the link: Hutch.

Drainboard and Sink.  I recently saw something like this installed in a beautiful new kitchen.  It was integrated seamlessly into the countertops and cabinetry, and looked really cool.  There’s a lot to be said about a nice sink like this with the drainboard.  We had one growing up, and there was never any fear of water ruining the countertops around the sink.  Something to think about!  (And if you buy this and put it in your vintage house, you better send me the pictures.)

$125 in Jefferson City.  Here’s the link: Antique Vintage Drainboard Kitchen Sink.

Waterfall Bedroom Set.  I have a love for the cheap waterfall bedroom sets of the 1930s & 1940s, mostly because I have a set in my own house (some of the first furniture I ever bought for myself when I was in college).  This stuff is hard to refinish because of the veneer, but mine cleaned up beautifully with Restor-A-Finish.  Included in the set is a highboy dresser, a vanity with seat, and a full size bed.

$450 in Hannibal.  Here’s the link: 30′s/40′s Curved Front Bedroom Set.

End Table.  Tiered, with veneer and tapered legs, but I like the hourglass shape to the supports on the top.  Nice!

$10 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Vintage End Table.

Jeannette Carnival Egg Nog Bowl.  You were going to swig the eggnog directly from the cardboard carton, I know, but this is much more festive.  Complete with bowl and six cups.

$20 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Jeannette Carnival Egg Nog Set.

Desk.  Looks like an industrial style with tapered legs, and not too huge.

$30 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Desk.

File Cabinet.  Heavy duty, perfect for craft supplies.

$10 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: File Cabinet.

Orange Sleeper Sofa!  It looks like it’s missing a couple of buttons in the tufted section on the back, but otherwise the vinyl is in good condition.

$45 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Awesome Orange Couch.

End tables available in Columbia.  $20.

Here’s the link: Vintage End Tables.

Here’s a roundup of items from the last few days on Columbia Craigslist!

Vintage Blond Dresser.  Not in great shape, and it looks like the handles are replacements (but they’re from Anthropologie, so they’re bound to be as cute as they look).

$45 in SW Columbia.  Here’s the link: Vintage dresser/chest of drawers.

Set of Black Bentwood Chairs.  I like bentwood designs and this one is a little unusual.  The paint looks a bit uneven, but that can be fixed.  I like the caning too.

$15 each ($60 for the set- don’t break them up!) in SW Columbia.  Here’s the link: Black bentwood chairs.

School Desk.  I like the lines!  Am I crazy, or does it have really cool lines?  I can’t see the base, but it looks like it would go well in a mid-century modern house, especially one with a child.  Or not!  Maybe you need a desk like this for your own art projects.

$20 in Holts Summit.  Here’s the link: Old desk/chalkboard.

End Table.  One sad, lonely end table all by itself.  I like the lines and the handle.  It would be a happier end table with a new coat of paint or at least some Restor-A-Finish.  But you can’t beat the price, especially if you’re already in Jeff city.  It would work in either a bedroom or a living room, too.

$5 in Jefferson City.  Here’s the link: End Table.

Typewriter Table.  I bought one of these for my office a few months ago, and it is perfect for my wireless printer with extra space to store a stock of paper on the side.  I like its vintage industrial style and also its very small footprint.  And if you ever need a tiny table for your laptop, that’s what this was made for.

$15 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Small Metal Table.