1950s g plan furniture now available at John Lewis

[ricky5050]

Hello. I've just been drooling over g plans new vintage range at John Lewis ( a department store in uk) its based on their original designs and are gorgeous. Wayne Hemingway has brought them up to date with fab fabrics.

I so want theses sofas as I feel the 50 s theme may spill from my kitchen to the lounge !

There's a short vid to watch at link too

Richard

http://www.gplanvintage.co.uk/

 

[jetcone]

Oo thats nice looking!

Send it over here!!

 

I'm stuck in the land of milk glass, butter churners and pewter!!

 

 

[gansky1]

I do like that styling, and the sizes are reasonable for "average" sized rooms. I don't know how people cope with the gargantuan, overstuffed furniture in most stores now.

 

[danemodsandy]

Greg:

"I don't know how people cope with the gargantuan, overstuffed furniture in most stores now."

By deluding themselves that the Constipated Look is "In."

Any more questions, LOL?

 

[firedome]

Jon

There's always Design Within Reach (not really!) for , Herman Miller, Knoll &c originals... http://www.dwr.com. And there is a super cool Scandinavian Modern store in Cambridge (MA) that was recently featured on This Old House, I don't know the name of that one however.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Isn't Hundevad still making furniture? I still like my wall system pieces even though this house does not have a wall long enough for the whole assembly to be together. I love the squared look and the neat features. It is furniture that appealed to appliance lovers, I thought.

 

[supersuds]

Lovely!

I hate the bulging, fat furniture you see everywhere now.

 

[ronhic]

We've several pieces of 60's and 70's G-Plan and danish influenced furniture. It's furniture I loved as a kid, growing up in the 70's and with parents who adored Chiswell, Parker and Danish Deluxe furniture.

Kalmar in Melbourne did versions of G-Plan tables for years. We've a lamp table with a drawer in it that draws comments from people regularly.

http://knowyourproduct.net.au/item/Kalmar-coffee-table/393

 

[alr2903]

The g style would sure as heck be easier to deliver. We have split levels and often hire some rent a muscle to move things about. alr

 

[ovrphil]

Ricky5050: Supersuds said it for me and I agree - those are excellent looking pieces...let the 50's flow.

 

[foraloysius]

Oh my, I love that furniture. There are some nice colors to choose from too.

 

[davey7]

Was that John Lewis stiff inspired by Robin and Lucienne Day?

I have a lot of real 60's Danish and my grandmothers fake Danish (aka Scandinavian Bouffant - Sweden was the capital of Big Hair tm in Europe in the 60's). It's underbart!

Here's a picture of a happy Swedish hemmafru in her stylish 60's kitchen (I believe the photo from the Stockholm City Museum). Notice please the double fridge-freezer on the far left - everyone in the 70's/80's on has them, but it was still new at this time.

 

[supersuds]

I watched the video and downloaded the brochure, but still saw nothing about prices.

I'm assuming it would be prohibitively expensive to ship overseas in any case...still...would be good to know.