Look Modern – Mid Century Modern Home Furnishing
Verner Panton chairs manufactured by Herman Miller in September, 1974, in vibrant orange molded plastic.
Danish Modern Living Room Set
convertible sofa bed by Hans Wegner (not sure how long that sale was going)
The other I day I was out and about picking up flyers from the printers, there were no parking spaces in the usual vicinity, so I had to park a couple of blocks away. I jumped out of the car and saw a small a-frame reader board that said “mid-century modern furniture” and had an arrow pointing up. I looked up and saw a door to a narrow staircase, so I decided to pop in to see what they had. What I expected to walk into was a 1,500 – 2,000 sq. ft. space with a couple of overpriced pieces that were more intended for an e-bay sale. What I walked into, after the couple of flights of stairs, was an 8,000 sq ft warehouse packed full (not uncomfortably) of amazing Danish mid century modern furniture in great/excellent condition. Rooms full of Eames chairs, mid century credenzas, sofas, it goes on for quite a while (and so could I). I was not completely shocked by the pricing, it was what I expect to see this type of furnishing in this type of condition, and when I was there they were having a 20% off of everything sale. I met one of the owners and they told me they had been there for awhile but are only open Fri. – Sun. (they actually do a lot of their business on-line), check their site for hours and stop by if you can, it is breathtaking.
Look Modern is located at:
800 SE Clay
Portland, OR 97214
Road Trip – Modern Home Websites Around the US
Here are a couple of my favorite sites from around the USA that do a similar thing that Modern Homes Portland is doing. These modern home sites feature incredible modern home designs, architects, furnishings in their cities too.
Let’s go on a little road trip:
First we head north to Seattle, WA where Benjamin Allison shows us Seattle’s most amazing modern architecture at his site Jet City Modern.
Jet City Modern - Seattle, WA
Now, let’s head south and visit MCM superman Paul Kaplan from Palm Springs, CA. Paul has his fingers to the pulse of all things MCM in California and beyond.
Palm Springs MCM goodness via Paul Kaplan
Heading east, we hit Boulder, CO where Sean McIllwain gives us front row seats to the modern home catalog in this beautiful city at his Mod Boulder site.
modern homes in Boulder, CO (this is their office)
Now, let’s take a turn to the south and head to our sister city (I have personally adopted her) of Austin, TX where Ben of Modern Austin gives us all of the modern goodies that Austin holds. This site is really pretty and has a lot of good info about the architects and design.
Modern Austin, TX
Thanks for taking the trip with me, I hope you enjoyed it. I will be on the lookout for more modern sites to feature so if you know of any good ones, drop me a line.
Cheers!
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