Monday, October 26, 2009
Happy Halloween, Retro Ghouls & Boys!
We're suckers for retro holiday kitsch, which must be painfully apparent to anyone who's drifted into our shop this past month. (Next up: wacky tacky pilgrims!) To our fellow MCM enthusiasts in Fort Worth and Dallas, have an over-the-top, insanely fun -- oh, and OF COURSE, safe -- Halloween!
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dallas,
fort worth,
Halloween,
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kitsch,
mcm,
midcentury,
retro,
retromania
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Restoring midcentury furniture
I'm currently working on refurbishing this little Lane table (top photo) to put in the shop. In this line of work, we see lots of furniture that needs love. Some of us are better than others at bringing these works of art back from the brink. On Dallas and Fort Worth Mid-Century Modern, I recently interviewed a man named Hank Tosh, who is dead serious about this endeavor. Check out his shop,Toshmahal (it's on Hampton Road in west Dallas) and you'll see: This man knows how to restore the glory of these deco and midcentury works of art. This is a Lane table (bottom photo) that Hank features on his website. Don't the contrasting colors just melt your heart?
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dallas,
fort worth,
furniture,
Hank Tosh,
Lane,
midcentury furniture,
retro,
retromania,
Toshmahal,
vintage
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