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Oh good lord!

That Teleavia is cool.

Wakefield--I am typing to you now on a HW student desk, believe it or not. I use it as a "return"!

I think our best piece is the rare Room Divider M504/505 unit. This one we bought already refinished. In the old house it really was used to break up the hall from the living room, here it is against the wall.

The other three rarer pieces we have is a KING headboard, a record cabinet I got at a garage sale in Riverside for $60 (and I had the gall to talk the guy down from $75) and we are waiting right now to get the Blanket Chest.

Our bedroom set is Kohinoor too! Awesome, do send pics!
 
Wakefield

I'm typing on a full size wakefield desk at this moment. The table you so keenly spotted will end up next to this in the near future, replacing a pretty nice Lane piece in it's own right.

Before anyone offers to come here and clean my fridge, find a thread called "thanks" and see what you're up against.

I borrowed this camera and the battery is now dead, so no pics of the teleavia.

Your wakefield collection sounds fantastic. I need a room divider so bad to finish my bedroom off. I'll use it as an entertainment center. I had a chance to get it locally here a couple of years ago, in perfect condition, and I didn't. I'm still kicking myself. Is the blanket chest the sculptura one?
 
A non-blonde

We all love blondes, but how about this brown console stereo in my sun room shown above? Could you cut it some slack for not going into the bleach? For the time period, it has some pretty high end components. One version of this came with a TV as well, but this one has LP storage in that section. And there's a bar on the top. Open it up, a light comes on, has a mirrored back. Fix yourself a drink and listen to some Martin Denny.

Kevin, here's the last pic I took before the camera died. The same place where I found these had the vanity as well, whose design is killer, but I didn't have a place for it. You can't see the bed in the pic, but it included the bed which is in the best shape of any of the pieces, although they are all in pretty dang nice shape.
 
Back off, Steve! I saw him first. LOL 'Sides, you're already married. Ain't gonna let a little dirt stand between me and, uhm, getting...er...hmph.
Dang, I just hate being good.

Now, Mike. That pink clock radio in your pink bedroom? The exquisite taste? Are you sure you're not gay? Maybe just a little? Please...?
(Just kidding. Be not offended.)

And by the way, I love that clock radio. What kind is it? I've discovered that Arvin (of all brands) had some of the coolest designs ever.

Oh, and don't forget to post a picture of YOURSELF in the "Beauty Contest" thread. We all like to put a face with the name.

veg, who's packing the Fantastik right now...
 
Speaking of pink rooms.....

When we moved in here, the room set for my office had been painted...ceiling included, with that technique where the paint has been put on in such a way that is almost looks like wallpaper. The overall look is pink, but when you look at it is is mottled with grey and blue and white--almost a pinkish marbleing effect.

Of course, the first thing I thought is that has got to go. But now being in here a few months, a find that the color is very relaxing and pleasant. So what does one do now?

Oh, probably just procrastinate and let it be!!!
 
Versa...is this the vanity?

There were a few. This is ours.

The mirror has yet to be put back on since we moved (where DID those screws go).

To the right is an HW corner table, and a reproduction French-made Crosley Bluebird Radio.

And, ahem, yes, that is lunch as well as my decapitated Charlie McCarthy in the reflection---how embarrassing.
 
Popcorn chicken, Charlie McCarthy AND cartoons. Yeppers, Kev, we have to get together. I'll bring my Motorific set.

Are you an Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy fan? I am. Years ago I couldn't stand Charlie then one day I decided to actually pay attention and discovered he was hysterical. I used to have the Juro dummy like your head, but left it when we moved. Had Mortimer, too. I still have my CMcC Paint book, knockoff plaster statue, and cardboard dummy, courtesy the good folks at Chase & Sanborn. It'd take me a while to find it, mind you, but I'm sure it's around her somewhere.

Now Mike--I hope I haven't scared you off. I'm harmless, really. Ask anyone. I notice your house has interesting walls. Is it paneling? And if so, what's it made of? And do my eyes deceive me, or is that a built-in chest of drawers behind the Predicta barberpole? We need more pics! Every one is better than the last!

You too, Kev. And Pete. You three have the kind of house and furnishings I've always drooled over.

veg
 
Pink

I never should have posted a picture of my pink bedroom...

When I first moved in, I felt a little funny sleeping in a pink bedroom and didn't mention it to my friends. Now, I don't even think about it. I forgot that some people might wonder. It's a fifties house. And pink was a popular color at the time. My garage door even has pink on it as does my front door. I have a pink bathroom. It didn't mean you were gay in 1957. The room are all popular fifties-type pastel colors of the time. As I've stated on this site before, I feel a sense of duty to preserve this place and that means leaving it in its original state and the master bedroom is pink. This place has three bedrooms and they are all paneled with real wood that is deeply textures and they painted the wood in such a way to produce a marbel effect. And you know, the pink marbel effect looks really quite elegant in person. There's a green bedroom with this marbel effect and the blue one. Each bedroom does have built-in drawers and a compartment above the drawers. In the pink bedroom, they used the compartment for their TV. It has the antenna hook-up and an electrical outlet inside the compartment. That one picture above of the table top predicta shows the compartment. And the drawers that pull out of the wall in the master bedroom are so deep you would not belive it. You could store a body in one of the drawers.

That's a Philco radio in the background. Works great but the snooze alarm got a bit funky and I can't count on it, so when the radio alarm comes on, I get out of bed and walk over to shut it off. I have quite a few radios that I picked up at flea markets through the years. Some worked great when I got them home, and some didn't and ended up in storage.

Kevin, yea, that's the vanity. Very cool. I've seen other Kohinoor pieces that are spectacular. You know, my dresser came with a blonde wood open jewelry box inside and it sure looks to be a part of the unit. I'd love to see a pick of your blanket chest when you get it. I just received a new corner table in the mail. I didn't get a chance to open the box yet to check out the condition.

So, can't a straight guy appreciate good design and styling?
 
Like I said before...

I find pink to be very restful. You know how different colors have different "wavelengths"...you would not want to work in a super solid bright red room, might make you edgy, at least me. I find the color of the sky, sky blue, extremely pleasant and relaxing too. The marbleing of those two colors is just a good "vibe", as foolish as that sounds.

What I don't go for is the color schemes pronounced "proper" and "today" on shows from HGTV, for example. Things like purple on one wall, gold on the next and rust in the adjoining hallway. Yech.

More Heywood fun. My wife got for me on Ebay a change holder, I forget which piece it came in. I get the thing, and the finish on it was lousy, to me, it looked like a fake that someone created in their garage. I fired off a letter to the seller saying I think this was a trash knock off. He swore to me that it was real. So I take it to my HW expert and guess what, it is real. They were one of the few pieces from HW that were not well done as they were supposed to be inside a drawer. I had to write to the guy and totally apologize.

The blanket chest is due in here in a few months, it is being refinished. That and two new (vintage) lamps, all of which my wife found and picked out, I don't even know what the chest or the lamps look like! Will post pics when they come.
 
More Heywood

Well, I put some fresh batteries in the camera.

Here are two pictures of some of my wakefield. I'd love to see pics of your stuff as well.

First pic shows a buffet. Even though it's technically for a kitchen or dining room, it works everywhere and anywhere, even in a bedroom. It's one of the things I love about wakefield. The buffet color is "platinum". You don't see a lot of platinum stuff. I prefer champagne for this room, but you have to do with what you can find. There is also a wheat corner table to the left that is kind of hidden by the bird chair. As I said, just got one in champagne, but haven't opened the box yet.
 
China Cabinet

By the way, I have two lamps that have blonde wood on them and also have pink in them. If you don't like those lamps your wife presents, let me know. These would be perfect on a wakefield table or chest of drawers. Budior size and very tasteful. Maybe we can trade.

Alright, so here is a china cabinet. This thing is in incredibly immaculate condition. This is champagne and that stain works best in this room.
 
Ok, don't tell me...

That you have Russel Wright glassware in your china cabinet! Or are those another designer...nice. Plus, your shadow box rocks.

Here is my buffet/cabinet, M509 on an M593. Notice the Russel Wright pitcher and tumbler set in the lower left. Pyrex mixing bowls like my mom had growing up (she still has them!), part of the Franciscan Starburst collection, and some misc. Fiesta pieces.
 
You're right about HW flexibility

I love it anywhere. Here is a Secretary M389 W "Desk Chest" that we were using in Kim's old office but in the new place, it serves in the dining room to help dinner service.
 
I finally have a dining room...

big enough to hold the table with both leaves in, and 6 chairs. If you want to get cozy and don't mind the controversial "wishbone" legs, you can seat 8 or ouch! 10 people at the table.
 

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