Forgot your username or email? Craft Supplies & Tools Books, Films & Music Paper & Party Supplies Shop all Home & Living Top categories in VintageThursday was certainly an interesting day for us. We received a lead that a large printing company in New Jersey was closing down and we could purchase a whole bunch of items. When we got to the area, we couldnt find the address. We were told its in a huge red building with a large parking lot. After searching the area for over an hour and a half, the only large building was a plumbing manufacturing company. We found an open door and looked in and saw over 100 Herman Miller shell chairs. I approached the first person I saw and asked if I can purchase those chairs. He then told me sorry but they use them for meetings. I then went to his supervisor and he then confirmed that they are not for sale. Oh well, that would have been a good score as those chairs were 6 different cool colors. We finally got hold of the person who informed me about the printing company and he gave me the correct address.

I arrived at the huge facility and negotiated to buy over 100 vintage industrial stools and chairs. As you will see from the following pictures, these are awesome good looking with great patina. Some of these chairs are over 100 years old and were originally used by jewelry companies and watchmakers from New York City. If you have been looking for great stools, this is your chance to get them at great prices. These are great for your home or restaurant and they will sell fast. We also got a bunch of other industrial items from this 100,000 sq ft factory. So come on in and explore the wonderful items that we got. We are located at 387 Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn. We are having a total clearance sale at our thrift store at 1158 Flatbush avenue, brooklyn. Everything in the store must be sold at rediculous prices. No reasonable offer will be refused. Sale is until store is emptied. Thursdays 11-8pm, Fridays 11-7pm & Sundays 12-8pm. Follow us on Instagram @reuseamericany Sign up on our blog and get the latest updates

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The Los Angeles–based talent is known to deftly work midcentury silhouettes into many of his interiors projects, incorporating them alongside antiques from other eras in a manner that always feels both polished and fresh, presenting midcentury designs in a thoroughly original way. Berman also looks to midcentury designs as inspiration for his own Michael Berman Limited furniture line and sells some of his original finds at his Los Angeles shop, Bronze Studio. Since we always value originality in design, AD caught up with Berman to hear his tips on sourcing vintage furniture, making it personal, and discovering lesser-known designers. Architectural Digest: How did you first begin collecting midcentury designs? Michael Berman: About 15 years ago I purchased a weekend home in Palm Springs. When I started furnishing my own home, I began shopping estate sales and auctions all over Palm Springs and Los Angeles and realized the passion that I had for that genre. The first piece I bought for my home was a curved Milo Baughman chaise in chocolate brown velvet with a polished stainless-steel base.

It became the platform upon which I built the decor for that house. There is a nostalgia that many feel toward the '50s and '60s, not just the furniture but the culture overall. From auto design to Motown to politics to architecture, the era conjures up a feeling that’s exciting, tumultuous, and innovative. AD: What draws you to the era? MB: One of the things that has resonated with me from the very beginning about the styling of this era is the amorphic, free-form, curvilinear shapes. Vladimir Kagan is my all-time favorite designer and a huge inspiration to me. AD: What are your go-to sources? MB: I’m all about discovery, and the thrill of the hunt, so I’m not afraid to root around in vintage shops looking for a unique piece. I travel extensively, and I am a scavenger by nature when it comes to searching out the remote little antique stores all over the world. Around my home in Palm Springs, there is a plethora of antique and vintage stores, like Hedge and the Palm Canyon Galleria.

I recently purchased a pair of Moroccan-inspired cube tables from the early 1970s that belonged to Ginger Rogers at Bon Vivant, another favorite Palm Springs store. This area offers a treasure trove of midcentury-modern furniture, because the desert was a mecca for Hollywood celebrities and people looking for resort homes in the 1950s through the 1980s. AD: It seems there’s been something of a midcentury craze over the past few years. What are some designs that have gotten less attention but you think are worthy of it? MB: I really love Belgian Brutalist furniture as well as Czech cubism from the '40s and '50s. I recently traveled through parts of Eastern Europe, and I found a strong influence of modernism in architecture and design that hasn’t been exploited yet in America. When I was there I saw some incredibly graphic and chunky strong statement furniture pieces that were designed in the late '40s and early '50s that felt modern and really different, and I think they have the potential to create a new category and a different dialogue for what we in America consider midcentury modern.

AD: Any midcentury designs you’re sick of seeing? MB: There’s always a tipping point when a trend, no matter how long it’s been around, becomes so commercialized that it becomes a cliché (i.e., George Nelson lanterns, a Noguchi cocktail table, Saarinen tulip chairs). They are beautiful, of course, but the market has been inundated with reproductions, and we’ve passed the saturation point. The homogenized version of midcentury has overexposed many excellent aspects of the style, but the fact is, it’s enjoyed longevity because it's good. AD: How do you go about mixing midcentury silhouettes with antiques from other eras? MB: The beauty of midcentury furniture is that it blends seamlessly with so many other time periods and styles. I love the look of Chippendale chairs around a Saarinen tulip table. A lot of traditional midcentury silhouettes are small-scaled, and often a lot of leggy, petite wood pieces in a room can feel frenetic if they aren’t balanced out with chunkier pieces from other eras.

Ultimately, it’s all about scale and finding harmony and balance when it all comes together. I design in an eclectic style anyway, so I love the idea of mixing Hollywood swank with '60s kitsch. To create a space that’s entirely authentic to one era would be contrived. AD: When you buy vintage furniture, do you refinish it, or do you like to keep it in its original state? MB: I prefer to keep things looking original, assuming they are in good condition. If I find a pair of amazing Harvey Probber lounge chairs covered in Jack Lenor Larsen printed velvet, I would be loath to change it no matter what the condition; however, as a general rule, I do like to recover upholstery pieces. I also collect vintage cars, and the prevailing theory for car collectors applies to quality vintage furniture. When you are investing in a vintage piece, it's often because you’re looking for something special that isn’t mass-produced or overexposed in the market today, so it’s important to keep its patina and maintain the qualities about the piece that make it authentic and special.

AD: What are the most important things people should look for when purchasing vintage furniture? MB: The best thing you can do when shopping for vintage furniture is to really examine it. Turn it over, touch it, open the drawers, look at it from 360 degrees. Look for manufacturer stamps or any identifiers that you could quickly search on your smartphone to get a sense of the piece’s provenance.A lot of pieces designed in the '50s and '60s are lower to the ground and have smaller or more narrow profiles, and they could look out of place once they integrate with our other belongings. With that said, a unique shape can often be just the thing to give your room a more collected feel. Always have a tape measure, and if you’re shopping for a big piece, bring the room specs with you so there’s no guesswork. A big deal-breaker for me is price. Furniture from this era can really run the gamut from low-quality, mass-produced pieces to benchmark- quality items that will stand the test of time.

It’s important to look for quality, but you don’t have to overpay. If you are looking for something specific and you’re willing to make an investment for a name-brand piece, sites like 1stdibs or Chairish are great. AD: Do you think we’ll ever get tired of the midcentury look? What exactly makes it so timeless? MB: Just like any time period, midcentury isn’t for everyone. It has staying power because many of the silhouettes are so versatile, and I’ve found a way to take inspiration from midcentury and apply it to my own designs in a way that reflects the current market for furniture. For example, I've created many pieces that are inspired by classic midcentury silhouettes that I rescale, remodel, and adapt for contemporary living. This may mean expanding the seat so a side chair has generous enough proportions to pull your legs up or snuggle comfortably with your pup. For me, midcentury is about more than the individual furniture pieces. I think of that era of manufacturing as particularly fertile and creative in terms of the materials used, like plastics, fiberglass, wood, metal, etc.