This is one for the Thrifty! It did come with some unfortunate Thrifty! – A broken spider base…look at that aluminum peel. -Missing seat buttons and some wear and tear on the leather. -The urethane coat was flaking off the molded plywood panels. -Deep gauges, scrathes and paint on the wood. -White paint on the seat. -Dry and FILTHY leather. The bad boy could be fixed up a bit to restore some of it’s original luster. I sanded off the urethane and treated the molded plywood with Danish Oil and eventually buffed with Feed-N-Wax. The spider base had snapped in two places. I used JB Weld to epoxy them back together. Still not sure how to handle that peeling aluminum base… The chrome got buffed with some steel wool and the leather got treated and cleaned with a spray on leather conditioner. So here is the best part. I was driving to the lumber yard near my work and of course was keeping an eye out at a couple of the weird thrift stores on the way.
I drove past this small thrift store (I can NEVER remember the name) called the Help Center something or Earth Aliens or something weird and SLAMMED on my brakes. Backed up (on the main road through town) and pulled into the dirt lot. Sitting outside was the saddest dusty but very obvious Eames lounge chair. I waited patiently next to it while the owner chatted on the phone and after he was done I casually asked after the price.I just picked it up a half hour ago”. Then this other lady owner shouts. “Hey, ain’t that one of those Eames chairs?” Then for like five minutes everyone discussed that yes indeed it was an Eames chair, and wow those are pricey, and what a nice chair, and oh we should clean it up it’s so filthy… Then the owner man was like “Well do you know who’s chair this is? It’s Richard Page from that band from the 80’s, oh you know – Mr. Mister. He’s a wonderful artist, you should see his work. I know you like the chair don’t you?
I saw you in the road stop and back up…” I have to confess, I had NO CLUE what Mr. Mister ever sang (it’s Broken Wings BTW), but it just seems like such a weirdly specific thing to lie about that I’m inclined to believe it may have actually been the lead singers from Mr. Mister old Eames chair. Finally the topic of price came up after an excruciatingly long time… “Why don’t you give me $60 for it.” I countered with $50 because of the poor condition. “Alright sweety, $50 it is. You got yourself a good deal.” FUCK YEAH I did.This week we had 3 fun projects to work on. They are now all available at Hawthorne Vintage Modern. The first was an Eames style lounge chair and ottoman. The wood and upholstery need a lot of work but the base for each piece was nice and stable. The refinishing process went very well and we chose to upholster it in a popular Pendleton wool pattern. Secondly, I was very lucky to have found this rare Danish chair.
It was designed by Tove & Edvard Kindt-Larsen for France & Daverkosen. One of the nice design elements it has is teak armrests inset in the oak frame. Her is a picture of the frame as I found it. Lastly, we upholstered this American lounge chair and ottoman. I had to wait in an ice storm for two hours to get this chair but it was worth the wait. After: American mid century sofa newly upholstered in Pendleton wool. Reclining lounge chair by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates // Sold Lastly we found this Danish solid teak vanity by Kibaek Mobelfabrik. We were fortunate to have found this neat Norwegian sofa & chair. Here they are refinished and reupholstered. Lastly, we also upholstered this 100'' long vintage sofa. Pair of newly upholstered lounge chairs by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. Dux style lounge chair. Eames style lounge chair and ottoman in black vinyl // Sold We are always on the lookout for a gondola sofa but they can be tough to track down.
We were lucky to track this one down. It is now reupholstered and available at Hawthorne Vintage Modern Mid century American lounge chair and ottoman // Sold Drexel dining set: 6 Drexel Parallel chairs & Drexel Declaration table // Sold Petite mid century sofa with solid walnut base. Milo Baughman style sofa with chrome base. American mid century high back lounge chair. Norwegian rock-n-rest recliner by Spilka. This sofa was manufactured in 1960 by James Inc and designed by Milo Baughman. It was originally upholstered in black vinyl. We thought that we would restore it to its original glory and reupholster it just as it was created. Solid teak dining set by Benny Linden. Table with 2 leafs and 8 dining chairs with new upholstery. This is the first tuxedo sofa that we have upholstered. We are very pleased with how it came out. Vintage bench upholstered in Pendleton wool // Sold American mid century sofa upholstered in teal fabric.
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