I guess the first question would be, will your bedroom hold all the pieces? Personally, I like a mix of styles in a room so what you have now may just need some changing around.

If you're going to remodel in 2 years, I would save the money and put it toward what you really want. Even if you sell the CL set when you remodel, you may not regain the $500 you paid for it.

Looks like solid wood. A good price too.

The headboard looks odd to me, but as the ad says, even without using the headboard the other pieces are certainly worth the $500. I think it is unusual to find a King size headboard and matching pieces like this in a vintage piece. There appears to be some slight wear to it but nothing that would require refinishing the pieces unless you are real picky.

You like it. I would grab it. I hope you emailed them already.

It looks very similar to my parents' bedroom furniture that we recently sold. It was VERY well made. I don't remember how much we sold it for - but $500 seems a little on the high end to me.

If the seller is correct, that the color is really like the nightstand, then I don't mind them one bit.

I'd forgo the headboard and mirror. With a different mirror or a nice piece of art instead, the pieces wouldn't look as dated.

You could do a lot worse.

The headboard may be two twin headboards co-joined.

I think you might be right mjlb. When I looked at the pic at first glance I thought it was two twins. Adult bedroom furniture sets, featuring two twin beds were very common years ago. King size beds just were not done during that era. It was either full size or 2 twins for bedroom sets.

I am thinking that someone cobbled two twin headboards together. If so you will see the seams and the items as a *set* lose value. The headboard looks odd, and it seems the sellers are aware of this since they mention the option of "not using the headboard" in their ad.

I would definately ask about the matter in an email.

Hey guys, I hate to tell you this, but king sized headboards were most certainly done 45 years ago. You might be thinking of the 1930's Hollywood movies, where people were shown in beds separated by a night stand or more, but back in the 1960's, people did have king sized headboards. In the 1950's even.

I don't like the headboard or the mirror. There is just one nightstand, so you might still have some mixing and matching going on.

Sorry, the above post didn't come out the way I intended. What I was trying to say is that, for my purposes, I would only be using the nightstand, dresser and highboy because I don't like the mirror or headboard. Even with just using the three pieces, it's still a good value for money - if you need it and like it.

Personally, I don't like it enough to spend $500 on it. But that's me.

I love it, but if it was me I'd paint it distressed white in a sort of scandinavian look. It seems to have that sort of Gustavian feeling to it (but feel free to ignore me - I'm sort of obsessed with swedish style at the moment).

It appears to be real woood, but I think $500 is high also. I think $359 at the most. I'm with graywings, I don't care for the headboard or mirror, but the other pieces look real good.

Posted by suero: "Hey guys, I hate to tell you this, but king sized headboards were most certainly done 45 years ago. You might be thinking of the 1930's Hollywood movies, where people were shown in beds separated by a night stand or more, but back in the 1960's, people did have king sized headboards. In the 1950's even."

No one said they were not around 45 years ago. No one said that at all. I did say that a King size from that era, was unusual, which means - not all that common, hard to find.

King and Queen size mattresses were introduced in 1958 and launched by only one company - Simmons. This size just did not get popular with people right away. So, finding a King size vintage bedroom set is indeed unusual. It is still not the prefered mattress size sold, even today. Sales of Full size mattresses are lagging as the Queen size mattress is tops in sales now.

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UPDATE: I did look at the set in person and it wasn't to my liking. So, it's back to the search.

Thanks all.

Actually, it was easy to find king sized bedding sets in the '50s and '60s. That's when my parents got theirs and I got mine.
What was hard was to find rooms big enough to fit king sized bedroom furniture ;-)

I like it. I think it's worth the price and you can use the pieces as you wish and discard the others. I think you should go for it.
Annie

suero, Which is why hardly any of them sold from the show room floors. The average home size back then was much much smaller overall, and in individual room size. King size beds have never outsold any of the other sizes in any year. Ever. They did not take off in sales right away in the 60s.

One of the very reasons that many do not buy vintage bedroom sets, is that they are almost always Full size and people now days prefer Queen size over Full size. Most people do not have the skill or the patience to convert them to Queen size and they still might not look right and seem off kilter.

Debi, I am curious what you did not like about the set. Was it the headboard? Was it all beat up with scratches that did not show in the pics? Did the drawers smell funny? Can you share?