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NEW! mid-century housewares, art objects, and more from my personal collection
I’ve been hunting and gathering all my life and my collections have finally reached critical mass! I have run out of storage room and am doing that thing where you have to start voting stuff off the island. It’s all … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Finland, Dansk teak, etsy items, gift items, gonks, Hans Bølling, modhuset, pottery, teak housewares
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cleaning and oiling teak
I’ve been asked many times how to clean and oil teak furniture. Time for a post dedicated to just that! Maybe you own a teak chair that needs work or maybe you saw one on Craigslist or in a … Continue reading
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More Wishbones
This is one of a group of eight or ten older Hans Wegner wishbones that I did over several years for one family. I love this blue! It’s so Danish. The new cord looks especially crisp with the blue. … Continue reading
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Folding settee and chair – Yugoslavia
Awhile back I wove this new seat and back for this rare folding settee in the Hans Wegner style that is so popular. I’d never seen a settee version before, only the chair in a few variations. This was made … Continue reading
Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs: oak with soap finish
Recently I restored a set of eight of these beautiful oak wishbone chairs. I thought the owner said they had a wax finish but I was happy to discover that it was just soap. The frames looked pretty good but … Continue reading
MCR is doing upholstery again! (some, anyway)
At last, a long overdue update to the blog! Despite what it looks like, I have actually been working all this time, it’s just the real life intruded for awhile and the blog got pushed aside. But I’m back now! … Continue reading
breaking with tradition
I don’t usually get so many Yugoslavian chairs at once to reweave and this second rocker so soon after the last one kind of got me thinking about other approaches. I know that these are often compared to Hans Wegner’s rocking … Continue reading
Another Yugoslavian folding chair gets new life
I got this poor old thing awhile ago and kept putting off work on it because the frame needed refinishing. It’s beech with a stain and then clear lacquer on top—it’s supposed to look like walnut but of course once … Continue reading
Hans Bølling’s Strit vs. Zooline knockoff
And now for something a little different… Awhile ago I bought what I thought might be a “Strit” figure by Hans Bølling, but I wondered about a few minor details that didn’t seem quite right. It was hard to find any information … Continue reading
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Teak and beech chairs, Made in Sweden 10K-90
I got a set of six of these handsome Swedish chairs about four years ago and in all that time I never took a ‘before’ photo of them! The seats were shot and the original lacquer finish was badly chipped and … Continue reading