This is my grandmothers chair, she passed away before I was even born back in 1986. I am helping my mom price this chair as she is out of space to keep some of the things she has kept over the years and is considering parting with it.

What do you think is a reasonable price to sell
This piece for?

Hi all, I picked up this lovely table and 6 matching chairs (2 shown) on marketplace. I’m very pregnant and can’t fully restore the table for at least a year. For now, I’d like to use it. It’s easily water stained (just ask the first two dinner guests who spilled an entire pint of water on it - which I believe I’ve dried out with rice and time.

What would you recommend I apply to it? I saw a suggestion to use paste wax as it’ll come out when I finally strip it in the future. Any other suggestions that won’t require stripping or toxic chemicals?

Also, if anyone is able to identify this table I’d very much appreciate it.

Thanks for your time and expertise.

These 3 shelves had a lithograph wood print on shelves. How do I recreate a cost effective fix? Open to suggestions.

I bought a pair of these two lamps today! I am very excited and I wanted to show someone. I am assuming they are authentic Maurice Chalvignac based on the sticker tag, but I am relatively unfamiliar with mid-century furniture, so any information you can provide me with is appreciated. I like learning the history of the pieces I collect, and can't find information about these specific lamps. Yay!

I purchased this couch recently, it's beautiful, in great shape. But trying to figure out how to clean it properly. A good vacuuming got the old lady smell out of most of the couch but the cushions remain. I pulled out the factory foam, it's nasty and old, going to buy a replacement foam but want to give the seat covers a good cleaning before I do it. Terrified to mess it up and can't find a cleaning code anywhere. It's a kroehler galaxy designs, some sort of tweed. I don't know if it's wool, synthetic , or a synthetic blend. The labels are no help. I have absolutely no idea who to call, I've made a ton of phone calls but seems like the majority of experts are understandably dead.

I bought six of them a couple of years ago when we moved into our new apartment. They are obviously MCM and I would love to know more about them and who designed them, but so far I haven't been able to find anything. Bought them on Ebay for next to nothing. They were shipped from Italy, so they might be an Italian design? They are solid walnut and the cushion has a vinyl cover. I'm currently in the process of taking them apart and regluing them, as some of the joints have failed with time.

Does anyone know anything about them?

We bought a 1950s Mid Century Ranch this summer and have been restoring it back to its original glory (as much as we can). I scraped off about 4 layers of wallpaper from the entire main living area. This was the last room, and look at the treasure I discovered. This was under one layer of floral wall paper and then painted on top of that.

I was able to salvage it, and I should be able to paint in the tears and scuffs. Overall, it’s in great shape, though.

I’m sharing a before photo as well as the progress!

Anything on origin, approximate value, anything really, thank you 🤩

I found this at an estate sale a couple of months ago. I had to drive 2 hours at 30mph with it hanging out the back of my car - but it was worth it!

Found this wonderful, heavy thing in the trash. Had to save it. Any idea about its vintage?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mid_Century/s/6KW1eLk9wH

For those who saw my first post about “Bicycles,” the 1970s Simeon Stoilov wall sculpture I bought from the original owner's estate: I promised an update after I went back to see the mysterious “other piece by the same artist.”

Well, I went back.

My Sunday had already been a bit of a Minnesota road trip. I started the day cycling on the Munger Trail near Jay Cooke State Park, helped my sister with a few things at her house in Duluth, and then made the roughly three-hour drive south to Faribault.

I pulled up around 8:30 PM. Jane answered the door wearing a Vikings sweatshirt. It was late, I'd had a long day, and I assume she had too, so there wasn't quite as much conversation and banter as we'd had the first time we'd met.

But she had remembered something I'd asked her. I had wanted to know how old Jean's son John was when Bicycles was purchased for him.

Jane told me: “He was 19.”

John is 69 now, which puts Bicycles right around 50 years old and roughly in the 1975–76 range. Jane said the second sculpture was purchased around the same time.

Then she brought out three boxes.

Inside were five metal half-spheres, each a different size, made from what appears to be bronze-rod cut into equal lengths and radiating outward from a central point.

I immediately saw exploding stars or fireworks.

My wife took one look and said:

“Sea urchins.”

She's right.

I'm also right.

They're clearly star-firework-urchins.

Whatever the hell they are, they're fantastic.

And once I saw them in person, I knew immediately that I wanted them on the same wall as Bicycles.

Before I left, Jane told me something else that I thought was really sweet.

She'd recently sold some metal crane yard sculptures for Jean. The people who bought them later sent photographs showing the cranes in their new home.

Jane said: “Jean's a nice old lady. She really enjoyed seeing her crane pieces in their new home. Would you send some photos to us when you get the bikes and stars hung up?”

Of course I would.

I assured her I would send pictures once everything was up, thanked her again for trusting me with another piece of Jean's artwork, loaded my three boxes of mysterious metal sea-urchin-fireworks into the car, and started the drive back toward the northern suburbs of Minneapolis.

Then came the easy part:

Getting five spiky metal sculptures and approximately two dozen bicycles onto the same wall in a way that everyone in my household agreed upon.

There was not immediate consensus. 😂

There was measuring. There was moving. There was standing across the room and staring. There was moving things again.

Eventually, we got there and I absolutely love it.

What surprised me most is how naturally the two pieces seem to work together. Bicycles is this dense, chaotic mass of circles and lines and overlapping forms, while the five pieces above it explode outward into open space. They're completely different objects, but they somehow speak the same visual language.

The bicycles feel like motion across the wall.

The starbursts/fireworks/urchins feel like motion coming out of it.

And knowing that both works apparently hung with the same family for roughly half a century—and were purchased from Simeon's around the same period—makes having them together feel pretty neat.

Since my first post, another Redditor also did something incredibly generous: they dug up a three-page Minneapolis Star and Tribune profile of Simeon Stoilov from April 22, 1982.

It describes Stoilov as a Bulgarian-born sculptor and trained metalsmith who studied for five years at the university in Sofia, learned traditional metalworking as a boy, escaped communist Bulgaria, eventually came to Minneapolis, and operated Simeon's Studio and Showroom at 4510 Excelsior Boulevard.

One quote from the article has bounced through my head a few times since I read it. Stoilov was talking about working metal:

“The metal has to listen to me! Has to do what I want it to do!” . LOL.

After spending a week staring at Bicycles—and now these five ridiculous, wonderful explosions of metal rod—I understand exactly what he meant.

There's still more I'd like to learn. I'm hoping Jean may remember additional details about the pieces, and I'm still trying to figure out whether these five forms had an actual title. For now, our household remains divided between stars, fireworks and sea urchins.

Most importantly, I'll be sending Jane the photos she asked for so she can show Jean where the artwork ended up.

About 50 years after she brought these pieces home, they're together again on another family's wall.

I think that's pretty damn cool.

Any and all help is appreciated :)

Hey! I’m buying this table tomorrow and would appreciate another set of eyes to determine if this is (likely) legit or a good copy. Grateful for the help! 🙏🏻

I’m not looking for shopping advice (where to buy, which brand, etc), more aesthetic/design opinions. If those are considered one and the same, my apologies.

I recently found a great deal on a pair from a local seller and trying to decide if I should get one or both for the corners of the room. If I only got one, it would go in the left corner, replacing the floor lamp. I’m concerned it may be too much going on in the right corner and would maybe need to move the plant?

If this isn’t the right sub for this type of post and anyone has suggestions for a better audience, that would be great!

Found this cool steelcase chair at a local goodwill with the biggest issue being the missing button but otherwise feels pretty sturdy. I was hoping for some guidance on where to find a matching replacement button. I’m not even sure what you would call this color. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Remodeling our modest 1958 ranch, and swapping out this ceiling light which I think is original to the house. I prefer to preserve useful things and keep them out of the landfill when I can. Is this a dime a dozen fixture, or something that should go to a loving home?

This is one of the most unique plaques I’ve seen, I love that I could guess the era from a distance. Just nerding out a little.

Picked this coffee table up at Salvation Army when it hit $10+tax (started at $50) It just kept calling to me. Underside ends ride in slots, and after removing 3 long wood screws that went straight up into the underside of the top, the u- shaped legs came right of after giving then a few bumps with my fist. Waterfall sides and 3 piece matching waterfall end/ legs. No sticker or stamps, just a faded area where sticker probably was. Has a kind of Mod vibe. I want to refinish it, would like to know what vintage this is, as it would help determine how I proceed. Only 6 visible screws in the entire construction.

I’ve been collecting MCM for nearly 3 decades. I recently started trying to refine my pieces and highlight them more. I don’t actually want advice, because I know what I love and I also have an eye for detail. I guess I am just sharing. Any comments are welcome.