Mid Century Modern Atomic Indy: Mid Century Modern Chair Score
When you score, you score.
BAZ has a nice list of San Francisco MCM shops, too:
Mid Century Modern Atomic Indy: MCM Furniture San Francisco Bay Area
Includes one - Farnsworth - I haven't been inside yet myself.
Apartment Therapy DC | Crate and Barrel Living Room - $700 Washington DC Scavenger
The lousy economic climate is putting a lot of good stuff on the auction block at very attractive prices.
LivingEtc: Child size Eames rocker?
My son has just had his first birthday and I was thinking of using some of the money he got to buy a child size Eames rocker for his bedroom as I have seen various other designer chairs in mini sizes. But I can't find one. Anyone got any ideas?Sure. I dunno if Herman Miller ever actually made any, but you can get one from Vitra that looks pretty good today:
Lushpad - Pair of 1961 Charles & Ray Eames La Fonda Armchairs.
These chairs have never been my favorite Eames pieces - something about them makes them seem as if they were put together using leftovers from other projects - but compared to a lot of the dreck flooding the so-called "modern" market today, they are still works of genius. These have been at Lushpad since mid-summer, priced quite reasonably at $700 for the pair. I'm surprised somebody hasn't grabbed them. As I say, they are fairly hard to come by.
If you have the financial wherewithal to buy whatever you want, and are looking for one-stop shopping for licensed editions of iconic MCM pieces, you can do a lot worse that checking out this place. Free shipping on everything, and lots of good pics.
The things you find when you're looking for something else!
Here is a great resource: A list of stores specializing in mid-century modern furniture and artifacts all over the country. The listings for the stores in San Francisco with which I am familiar seem dead on. This list is large enough, and geographically spread out enough, that most people will find themselves within a couple-hour drive of at least one of these places.
