4/17/2024 0 Comments 1930's drexel furniture catalogDrexel Declarationĭrexel Declaration is one of the first vintage furniture lines ever profiled on Retro Renovation. And to see a piece of new Hey-Wake, read here about Betty Crafter’s new Heywood-Wakefield king-sized bed. Above: Cindy’s Heywood-Wakefield couch and coffee table - from 306 photos of reader living rooms. But did you know that Heywood-Wakefield furniture is still manufactured today, right here in the USA. Vintage HeyWake is still pretty abundant, and great deals can be found. The curving lines, solid wood construction, and unique champagne finish of Heywood-Wakefield furniture has made it one of the most popular vintage furniture styles of all time. And confessing: My main research go-to on these Broyhill lines is now Furnish Me Vintage - what an awesome archive Jackie and Todd have! xoxo, you two ROCK. See this story –> for link to an original sales brochure for Broyhill Brasilia - pretty cool! I have eight pieces of Brasilia in my home and I love them all just as much as the day I bought them. These decorative details are based on the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer, who designed Brazil’s modernist capital city, Brasilia. The appeal of this line is the fantastic swooping designs that help give the line its instantly recognizable character. So, let’s get to our top-10 list…īroyhill made some great furniture lines in the 60s, and one of the most popular vintage lines today is Broyhill Brasilia line, which launched in 1962. This has made me try to concentrate on acquiring only the pieces that I really love and letting the rest go live at some other vintage furniture nut… errr, connoisseur’s… house. So, basic laws of supply and demand mean these larger items, which are harder for sellers to move (pun), are often great bargains.Īs much as I would like to rescue every piece I come across, my husband has decided that we will not buy any more vintage furniture unless we have a designated place for it - which at this point for me means one piece in, one piece out. That’s because: While you can collect an almost infinite number of vintage decorative items (paintings, ceramics, glass, any kind of collectible…), you really only have space for one dining room set and two or three bedrooms sets. Pam says: Vintage dining room sets and bedroom sets, in particular, can be spectacular deals. Vintage furniture also tends to be very affordable, compared to buying new. Even upholstered pieces like easy chairs and couches - which may need costly reupholstering - are still in demand due to their solid frame construction. Vintage furniture was built to last, which means a lot of it - especially case goods (pieces made of wood like dressers, hutches, desks, shelving and dining chairs) - are desirable because they are still in like-new condition today after 50 or more years of daily use. Vintage furniture is - for the most part - very well constructed, with quality wood constructions, and with exciting designs.
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