Retro CoMO

Bedroom Set.  It looks like a Danish modern set, and the price sounds good if that’s the case.  Dresser, mirror, chest, headboard & footboard.

$175 in Chamois (southeast of Columbia on the other side of the river).  Here’s the link: 4 pc Dark Bedroom Set.

Metal Lawn Chairs.  It looks like they need some attention, and $25 seems high for chairs that will need work.  But these are fetching good prices, so maybe they’re worth it.

$25 in Sturgeon.  Here’s the link: Old Metal Chairs.

Pyrex Pie Plate.  Pink!  I like it!  The price is good and it looks like the seller has a few other pieces.

$12 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: 1950s Pink Pyrex Pie Plate.

Planning your road trip to Kansas City this weekend:

Dinette/dining set with chairs and table. This is admittedly very 70s and a little past my preferred style, but it is modern.  And vintage.  And kind of awesome.  I bet these chairs are super comfortable.  You need a big stained glass hanging light over the table too (something like this, but maybe bigger and more gaudy- lots of jewel tones.  But that’s just in my mind).

$45 in the Kansas City Northland.  Here’s the link: Kitchen Table Set.

Nice looking curio shelf. I love the atomic star detail.  I bought something very similar to this a few months ago and I’m planning to hang it up this very evening and fill it with my vintage cameras.

$50 in Prairie Village, Kansas.  Here’s the link: Huge Retro Wall Hanging Mirror with Shelves.

TV stand from the 1950s, complete with casters.  The seller says it measures 27″ wide.  You could use this as a TV stand if your TV fits, but you could also use it as a spot for your printer or as an end table.  The possibilities are limitless!  Well, they’re not limitless.  But there are probably more possibilities than you think.  This is the second time I’ve seen this one posted.

$20 in Overland Park, Kansas.  Here’s the link: Retro 1950′s TV Stand.

Stereo console with working turntable.  I like these as furniture- you can use the top for decorations or as a television stand (depending on how heavy your TV is, anyway), use the turntable if it works or strip out the nonworking electronics and retrofit some new speakers and an iPod dock inside.  Pretty cool.  But this one works, so don’t break it.  It does appear to come with a few old albums.

$60 in Richmond, Missouri (about 30 minutes northeast of Kansas City).  Here’s the link: Cabinet Stereo with Albums.

Full bedroom set, all matching 1960s, and a good price.  I’ve included photos of the headboard and the dresser with mirror.  The seller also lists a matching footboard, additional chest of drawers, and 2 nightstands (along with the full-size mattress & boxspring).  Though most vintage headboards are full-sized, there are people who can retrofit them to queen- or king-sized mattresses, and that might be worth it.  (I would find the footboard unnecessary- perhaps you could use it to extend the headboard.)  This was posted a few days ago, but check into it anyway.

$400 in Overland Park.  Here’s the link: Queen Bed Set.

How you doing, St Louis?

King-size Danish modern headboard, $75 in Highland, Illinois (on the far outskirts of the eastern St. Louis suburbs).

What did I just tell you?  Wait it out for the chrome table with the matching vinyl chairs, because they’re out there.  Looks like these have been upholstered.  $150 for all!  Looks like the same seller as the one above, same location in Highland, IL.  Still, I just had to point out this out.

I’ve seen this one posted a couple of times, so though this posting is a few days old, it might be worth trying.  $135 for armchair and ottoman in an early 70s design.  In St. Louis.

Poorly photographed, but $65 for this sixties-style dinette table & chair set in the Overland area of St. Louis.  The top is laminate, but I like the Danish lines and detail, and that’s a pretty good price.

Two Lane Acclaim tables for $135 in St. Louis with the inlaid wood feature, tiered tops, and tapered legs.  That’s pricey for what is clearly rough condition, but they might clean up pretty well without a total refinish (I’d try Restor-A-Finish before you go all the way with it), and they are solid wood.