American mid century modern sofa in vintage striped wool upholstery. unmarked. USA. c1960s. $800
31" tall. 79" wide. 33" deep.
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Ward Walnut Highboy
Unusual mid century walnut highboy dresser by Ward. Recessed torpedo drawer pulls over vibrant walnut exterior. SOLD
43" tall. 36" wide. 18" deep.
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Vintage Walnut Wardrobe
Vintage modern walnut wardrobe with caned door fronts over two large drawers. Inside there's three smaller drawers and four storage shelves. Solid wood construction with brass pulls. USA. unmarked. SOLD
65" tall. 36" wide. 18" deep.
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Art Deco Steel Chest of Drawers
Art Deco steel chest of drawers. Exterior has been stripped and sealed with a protective clear coat lacquer. Made by the Turk Furniture CO. Kankakee, IL. c1930s SOLD
44.5" tall. 30" wide. 18" deep.
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1930s Allsteel Stripped Filing Cabinet
Vintage industrial 5-drawer steel filing cabinet. Stripped down to bare metal and sealed. Brass hardware, original red interior, plenty of storage. Allsteel. USA, c1930s. $675
52.5" tall. 14.5" wide. 25" deep.
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Mid Century Modern Burke Tulip Dining Set
Mid century modern Saarinen styled tulip table and four chairs. Formica marble table top, over white enamel metal pedestal base. White fiberglass chair, with green vinyl seating and white enamel metal bases. USA, Burke. c1960s. SOLD
Table: 29" tall. 41.5" diameter. Chairs: 31" tall. 20" x 18.5"
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1960s Monteverdi-Young Dining Set/Table and Chairs
Vintage walnut dining set . High quality walnut construction. Six black vinyl chairs, four side chairs, and two captain chairs, dining table w/ one leaf. USA, c1969 SOLD
Table: 60" long. 42" wide. 29.5" tall. One 12" leaf.
Chairs: 42" tall. 22" wide. 20" deep.
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Mid Century Modern Walnut Executive Desk
1960s executive desk over beautifully sculpted solid walnut legs. Plenty of storage with six supply drawers with sleek space age aluminum pulls. Finished on all sides. USA. c1960s. SOLD
30" tall. 78" wide. 33" deep.
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Space Age Lucite and Glass Tulip Dining Set
Up in smoke mid century modern tulip table and five chairs. Heavy glass table top, over chrome and cast iron pedestal base. Smokey Lucite chair backs, with white vinyl seating, over chrome/black pedestals. USA, Daystrom. c1973. SOLD
Table: 29" tall. 42" wide. 54" long. Chairs: 34" tall. 18" x 18.5"
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1960 Kroehler Dining Set/Table and Chairs
Mid century Kroehler dining set. Four side chairs, two captain chairs, dining table w/leaf and custom table pads. SOLD
Table: 5ft long. 39" wide. 29" tall. Chairs: 39" tall.
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Krobo Norwegian Teak Tablebench by Torbjorn Afdal for Bruksbo Mellemstrands
Danish Modern Krobo Norwegian teak Tablebench by Torbjorn Afdal for Bruksbo Mellemstrands. Coffee table or bench. Circa 1960. SOLD
47" long. 14" wide. 13" tall.
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1960s Black Vinyl Sofa/Daybed
Pair of vintage sofa/daybeds in black tufted vinyl on walnut and metal frame. SOLD
31" deep, 76" wide, frame sits 13" off ground.
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American of Martinsville Walnut Sideboard
Mid century modern American of Martinsville credenza. Plentiful storage with three large drawers on the left which are camouflaged with solid walnut louvred slats, as well as an additional 3 drawers and a compartment inside the black enamel doors on the right. circa 60s SOLD
30" tall, 18" deep, 5' wide.
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1920s Simmons Steel Highboy
Completely intact and refinished bare metal highboy dresser. Every scratch, burn mark, and iridescent haze, is exactly how this dresser looked nearly 100 years ago when it was painted a forest green. Exterior has been stripped and sealed with a protective clear coat lacquer. All six drawers slide smoothly with original knob drawer pulls. Made by the Simmons Manufacturing CO., Kenosha, WI. SOLD
32" wide, 19" deep, 50" tall 72" w/mirror
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Teak Dresser and Nightstand
Economy class Danish Modern teak highboy and matching nightstand. Dovetailed drawers with underpull handles. SOLD
Dresser: 41" tall 31" wide 19" deep. Nightstand: 24" tall 19" wide 16" deep.
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A Love Story: Hot and Cold
My wife and I couldn't differ more in our likes/dislike of home decor. She was definitely caught up in the cute Scandinavian, danish modern clean lines, wave of moms, kinda thingy. Bright happy rooms make her happy. Crazy right?
I don't know what the heck you'd call my decor vision. Grumpy old man chic. Nothing makes me happy.
My wife won some wallpaper on Ebay that just recently arrived at our house. The wallpaper is cute and lovely, of course, and she excitedly told me her idea about having a accent wall in our dining room. An accent wall? First, what the heck is a accent wall? Second, what the heck would it do in my sparsely furnished viking lodge of a dining room? I gave her that look, you know that look that men do that makes a woman's blood boil?
The problem is I really can't defend my decor choices, all her criticism is of course spot on. Depressing junk is about right.
I think I've stretched myself a little thin in bringing home an over all style for our house. I'm not home all that much to put it all together, so real solid pieces or ideas just sit in different corners of the house, and well, everything just looks unfinished.
My wife and I have been talking a lot about the kind of husband I am, and stubborn and self-centered are at the top of my flaw list. I know dealing with these sins via home decor may sound flippant, but you gotta start somewhere. So here we go.
I give up. She wins. I'll do whatever makes her happy. I'd be lost without her, and I know she'll put together a home that makes us both proud. If that means birds and clouds in every room, whatever man.
AND. Lets not get too crazy. I do have a finished basement she only goes down to do laundry, it's all mine baby. First on the list, a manly vintage workshop. I've got tools up the ying yang with nowhere to go.
I'm thinking a cast-iron inspired, dark but well lit, industrial dungeon of home improvement. Definitely a project for the deep Chicago cold after the new year.
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My Vintage Dad
I constantly need to remind myself to listen and learn from my Dad. He has served and loved the same woman for over 26 years. He is a praying man, and I know I'll be in his prayers till the day he dies. He is steadfast, which I can't even fathom someone describing me as that.
Here's a handful of pictures of a younger him. The last one includes yours truly.
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Manly Vintage Relaunch!
A lot of talking and no action has finally evolved into a shift of epic proportions. Manly Vintage's Etsy shop is finally open!
Manly Vintage is a combination of our vintage shops Vintageonthemake and Chicagoish. There will be some similarities, but bigger and better is name of the game this time around. As our tastes and decor sensibilities have matured, we have come to loathe a lot of the vintage we sold in the past. Manly Vintage will be refined, masculine, and leaning towards higher-end items.
Refined: We don't want to sell individual items, we want to sell our own decor aspirations to an adoring public. Each piece should fit into a larger picture of how your home should look.
Masculine: No more pyrex. No more owls. No more kitschy crap. While not everything has to be dripping with testosterone, we will lean towards vintage and antiques that graced the poker room, the study, the warehouse, and the auto body shop of bygone eras.
Higher-end: We are both done cluster f-ing our homes and shops with smalls and misc. We hope you do the same. Our focus will be serious pieces for serious decorators. This will also include refurbished and (hopefully) handmade furniture.
So basically, think 80s DC hardcore, you got Minor Threat and Rites of Spring; life changing bands on their own. Life happens and those bands end, but outta that, comes Fugazi. Manly Vintage is Fugazi. Well... maybe not that epic. We did add Chicago at the end to help in the epic department. You know like, "wait, is there a Manly Vintage London too?" Ha. More like Manly Vintage Joliet.
What do you guys think of our newish layout and banner? Here's our thought evolution.
We wanted black and white, and our first font choice made us think Russian propaganda poster.
Maybe black background? Hmm, we decided the font wasn't readable enough.
Here's what we went with, using a bastardized Helvetica. A nod to another 80s punk great, Black Flag, and our beloved Chicago skyline.
And finally the avatar to match. Check out our new shop here. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for shop/blog updates and random nonsense.
Categories: Moment of Manly Zen.
Mad Men, Season 11:
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The Franklin Family Farm
The second annual Gagne/Franklin trip to the farm is fast approaching, I had thought I shared some pictures before, but it turns out just one, in this post.
I can't wait for all the small town antique shops, shooting bottles with the .38 Special, watching the kids catch lightning bugs, and building massive bonfires. Well here are some more photos, I was obsessing over learning Photoshop vintage effect at the time.
Oh, and a quick recap about the farm: been in Jayson’s family since 1863, nothing on the property dates later than the 1960s (except the foosball table), literally filled to the brim with antiques circa 1860s-1930s, two barns, one chicken coop, back country awesomeness.
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Ask the Readers – A Schlitzy Blog Poll
Jayson and I had just got off the phone discussing trying to push the blog into something useful for our readers and not just Etsy shop nonsense when this wonderful idea popped into my head: lets have the readers pick my next item title.
What a more perfect item and LOL funny then this vintage Schlitz beer pitcher. Let the voting BEGIN!
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