Heywood you look at this!

[estatesale_gary]

Red Wing #2

This is a line of dinnerware that was cool but very unsuccessful for Red Wing called Continental Buffet. This was introduced in 1956 and was only around for a year or so. The large covered platter originally cost $49.00. This was as much as a 45 piece service of 8 of Red Wing dinnerware.

 

[estatesale_gary]

Red Wing #3

OK...one last pottery picture. This shelving unit is in my kitchen eating area. This has some neat Red Wing and Franciscan. I got a large set of Franciscan Starburst from my Grandma Mollie. She only used them for her "sewing club". The other pieces are Red Wing Colonnes (columns), Red Wing Northern Lights (blue dots), Red Wing Crazy Rhythm (brown), Red Wing Mediterrania (blue leaves) and a lone Red Wing Town and Country covered beanpot.

If any washer collectors have neat pottery pieces - please share!

 

[kevinpreston8]

Great items Gary

I have some Starburst also. When I was a kid, about 4-7, these were our everyday dishes. Then my mom packed them away! A few years ago she gave us the dishes, plus I had added some in the meantime.

Your oil and vinegar is rare! Also, what is the deal with that one pitcher and tumblers that seem translucent in the picture? H ave never seen that.

My fun piece is my mom's original gravy boat with build in saucer. You can see it and the candy dish right next to it in that picture of my buffet/hutch.

Questions: That dark amber item the shelf down and to the left of the Starburst...what is that with the little dishlike thing on the top? Can't figure that one out!

 

[estatesale_gary]

Red Wing Town and Country

The bulbous looking thing on the second shelf is a soup tureen. Very tough to find. This one is metallic brown and still has the lid. Attached below is a sample of one (in white). Eva Zeisel designed this and other Town and Country pieces for Red Wing in 1946. The line of dinnerware was around until 1955. This piece was discontinued by 1950.

 

[dalangdon]

I have a bunch of Starburst that I got when I worked in a vintage store. The lady who ran the store dealt with a lot of dinnerware, and would give me the stuff that was too flea bitten for her standards (which is fine, as I am a klutz) since she had very high standards, a lot of it is really quite nice.

We use it for our everyday stuff. I favor the Salem Hopscotch or Metlox Navajo for the fancy eatin'.

 

[dalangdon]

Kevin, the record cabinet just has plain wooden doors. Very simple.

The Motorola came from the Salton Sea area. I think I bought it on Craigslist, and had a friend who was moving back to Seattle from Palm Springs bring it up with his stuff.

Here's the tuner...

 

[dalangdon]

here's the turntable...

 

[dalangdon]

and, just for giggles, here's an ad for it. I'd say it's from the early 60's.

 

[helicaldrive]

Here's mine

Unfortunately I'm not much of a decorator, so I don't have all the great lamps and knick knacks Versatronic has to complement his furniture with. But here goes... And unfortunately I forgot to take a shot of the Heywood Wakefield sofa and end tables on the other side of the room, but it's too late now.

 

[helicaldrive]

Other end

of the living room. You can sort of see the sofa and end tables in the vanity mirror

 

[helicaldrive]

Dining room

triple pedestal drop leaf table with dog bone chairs

 

[helicaldrive]

Buffet

to the right.

 

[helicaldrive]

China

to the left

 

[helicaldrive]

One bedroom

.........

 

[helicaldrive]

And the other

end of it

 

[helicaldrive]

Other bedroom

...

 

[helicaldrive]

Another

view. By the way, this is a full size Kohinoor bed converted for a queen mattress exactly the way Versatronic described earlier. It works perfectly. Nobody would ever know. The conversion kit enables you to hike the headboard up so it is still visible as it should be despite an 18" deep pillowtop mattress and pillows.

 

[helicaldrive]

Lastly

the other dresser. One of the mirrors fell off the wall. At first, that wall of mirrors caused a stir with the neighbors when they saw it through the window from the sidewalk. Martha Stewart did this first with H-W furniture. Wasn't my idea.

 

[kevinpreston8]

Nice Steve...

Extremely nice!

 

[helicaldrive]

Forgot to mention

In addition to Boomerang, check out Strictlyheywake.com -- he's in Hagerstown, MD, about a 45 minute drive from DC. He does a really good job refinishing in Champagne. He has a very large stock of furniture -- and you can buy it as is, or have him refinish it.

In St. Louis, Rayfield Furniture Restoration does a great job.

The original finishes were opaque, and somehow muted the woodgrain to emphasize the curvaceous lines of the furniture, and no refinisher I am aware of has ever figured out how to replicate that effect as well as the original. The good refinishers can replicate it to some extent. Those who don't know what they're doing ruin the piece because the woodgrain stands out and wages war with the lines of the furniture -- and both sides lose.

The original finishes were far superior. But it's challenging to find pieces with original finishes in satisfactory condition. Scratches, blemishes, and old finishes with a patina can sometimes lend character to traditional furniture, but somehow they make H-W look incredibly unattractive. So more often than not, you have to settle for refinishing.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Ugh!

I've died and gone to heaven! I LOOOOVE the Heywood Wakefield...

I have some vintage furniture of my own... This Bedroom set was purchased by my grandparents in 1949, for $382.00.
I think it was in 2002 that my grandmother was ready to get rid of it, and I was ready to re-do my bedroom. I chose a vintage theme... and I was able to talk her into letting me have the set (she kind-of scrateched her head as to why I would want the stuff)... It's all birdseye maple, and the pictures don't do the pieces justice.

I can't even begin to put into words how much it means to me... to have been given these pieces of furniture.

In 1949 they paid:
$78 for the bed (headboard, footboard, frame)
$116 per dresser (they bought two of the same dresser)
$36 per nightstand (two of these)

I also have the mirrors which can be hung above each of the dressers, and glass tops for the nightstands and dressers. (One of the dressers is in my closet, as I didn't have enough floor-space for the second one.)

Here's the bed and nightstands:

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Pillows Removed

Pillows Removed...

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Matching Footboard...

Not currently on the bed... I need to get a frame which will allow a footboard, and conversion-kit brackets to attach it with.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Dresser...

I Love it! There's not a day I wake up and don't *swoon* over this stuff.
The other (matching) dresser is in my closet.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

While I'm at it...

Here's my desk... Which was also my grandmother's. They owned a Jewelry store for 35 years (retired in 1985), and this was her desk and chair from the beginning.

 

[Versatronic]

Wheeeew

Steve, awesome stuff. I like that Kohinoor piece with the top with the two thin drawers. I don't have that piece.

I agree with you 100 percent about the Wakefield finish. In my opinion, very very few refinishers get it even close to right. Usually there is way too much wood grain showing through and you're right, it takes away from the great lines. In my case, I have always held out for pieces that had good original finish. I don't have any refinshed pieces at all. But, if I ever did need to refinish a piece, I have two of the best refinishers in the U.S. in reasonable close proximity. StrictlyHeyWake being one of them.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Yet another...

This guy seems to know his Heywood Wakefield, also...

http://www.springdalefurnishings.com

 

[veg-o-matic]

OMG!

I just had to go change my panties.

veg

 

[gansky1]

Steve - -your home and furniture collection is beautiful, everything is so well put together too, you've mixed the new and vintage wonderfully. Do your antique radios all work?

Fred - that bedroom set is fantastic, and even better that it comes from family. It sure is a tribute to your grandparents that it's in such mint condition too, you're very lucky! Nice lamps as well!

 

[Versatronic]

The Modern Office

Here is a picture of my home office. It is a bit cluttered at the moment. There's a Heywood Wakefield kneehole desk in wheat. The entire lenth of the top front is actually a huge drawer. Nobody realizes that by looking at it. The old Heywood Wakefield hidden drawer trick.

To the right of it is a huge side table. Wheat. This table is highly sought after because it's great for holding a TV on the top while there's an open shelf under the top for a VCR or DVD player.

Finally, on the right, you can see my HW revolving cocktail table. The entire top spins around. I believe this is the same table that Estate Sale Gary has in one of his pictures. This is not marked with the finish for some reason. I suspect it's a wheat finish.