Retro CoMO

Dresser.  This looks similar to the credenza that I bought to use as a TV stand and media cabinet.  I love it.  I paid a lot more than this, though.  This one looks like it’s in good shape.  I love the detail of the drawer pulls, and that it doesn’t look too much like bedroom furniture.  You could certainly use it for bedroom furniture, though.  Seller is offering delivery if you’re near the MU campus.

$40 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Brown dresser.

Bedroom Set.  I like this style with those feet and the wood design.  I’m not clear about the condition of these, but it’s nice to get a set like this.  Includes one nightstand, a vanity with mirror, and a chest of drawers.

$200 in Jefferson City.  Here’s the link: Chest of Drawers, Vanity and Nightstand.

Dresser.  Another dresser!  But more tapered feet and a little bit of pattern going on there.  I like it.  It’s probably been painted.  You could keep it, repaint it, or strip it down and see what’s under there.

$75 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Dresser.

Green Vintage Chair.  Looks like a nice vintage modern club chair.  I like the color and the design on the vinyl (I’m guessing that’s vinyl).  The price is nice too.

$60 in Columbia.  Here’s the link: Green Vintage Chair.

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.

It’s been a very slow week on Craigslist.  Lots of furniture has been posted, but hardly any of it has been of the style that I love and want to showcase.

I did miss this earlier in the week.

Dresser and nightstand.  It’s been painted and the paint is pretty worn, so it probably needs some love.  But check out those tapered legs and the sleek retro handles!  It would be worth repainting or even refinishing this piece.

$50 in Ashland.

Here’s the link: Dresser and Nightstand– Retro.

I’m going out of town tomorrow, so I will be putting up St. Louis & Kansas City posts later today.

Matching tiered end tables available for $10 in Fayette, Missouri (about a 30-minute drive from Columbia).

Sit these on either side of your couch or bed, and they’re mighty useful with a lamp on the top tier and plenty of space on the bottom tier for your books, cups, remotes, etc.

They’re very early-mid sixties with the tapered legs and brass endcaps.  They’d look pretty great in an eclectic vintage modern home.  The veneer seems to have a few chips here and there, but hey, $10!  If they end up being a little worn, they would look a lot better with some filler here and there, finished with a couple of coats of bright colored paint (just don’t paint that brass- clean it up with a solvent instead).

Here’s the link: 2 Endtables.

This is an example of why you need me!  This post was buried in the Craigslist postings yesterday and there’s nothing that identifies it as retro or mid-century so that it will come up in search terms.  Earlier this week was a Craigslist posting for a very collectible brand of mid-century furniture called Heywood Wakefield, but the poster mistyped it in the post as ‘Haywood Wakefield’.  If someone was using the Craigslist search apps out there to find Heywood Wakefield furniture, they would miss this (very well-priced) table.  Searches don’t always bring up the good stuff.  (I would have done a post about that table, but the poster did not put any pictures on the post.  Lame!  Could be a great deal, but it’s hard to say without a picture.)

I’m going to try to post a few things per week.  If the Craigslist/eBay dries up, I will do some entries about some of the great websites about mid-century modernism (some of which are local) so you can check them out and add them to your blogroll if you like.  We’ll see how it goes!