Help! Trying to find a mid-century modern full wall unit

5 years ago

Trying to develop some type of entertainment center/bookcase/wall unit. We want a console in the middle and two tower bookcase or shelving units on either side. The wall is 14 feet long. We are looking for mid-century modern in walnut but seem to find them separately and are not finding cohesive pieces to make a unit by butting them up against each other. Or we find the industrial and that may be what we need to do to blend. It seems that the closest thing we can find to make this work is Crate & Barrel's Knox modular units. These are walnut, but the style is really industrial. Is it okay to mix these? The other thing we need is a coffee table to go with whatever the said unit ends up being. Finally a suggested rug to go with all this would be greatly appreciated. There are orange accents in the room (vases, pillows) but thinking about integrating Scandinavian white and black pieces if we go with the Knox with the black iron trim. Thank you in advance for any help or opinion on the Knox or advice! Photo of Couch and Chairs attached and lamp attached. We also have a short table lamp like the floor lamp. The couch has orange pillows and gray pillows on it to go with the chairs -- not the pillows shown.

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katmu

5 years ago

I'm not sure where you are located, but I would look for stores in your area that specialize in mid-century pieces.

Here in Minnesota, we have 2 stores that I know of that specialize in restoring mid-century Danish pieces.

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branson4020
5 years ago
Etsy has a great selection of vintage MCM and Danish modern pieces.
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Jeanne Seefus
5 years ago
West Elm has nice as well. Love your style :)
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Bloomingbug
5 years ago
Retrorenovation has several articles on wall units.
HU-634858308
Original Author
5 years ago
katmu - thank you. I live in the Twin Cities. Can you name these stores? I went to several used furniture stores this past weekend, and several times in the past few months, specializing in MCM and found no wall units whatsoever. A couple of media consoles, no wall units. Could you please tell me the two stores you're thinking of?
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katmu
5 years ago
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FindFurnish in NE Minneapolis (they post their new additions on their Facebook page) and Golden Age Design in Robbinsdale. You might also check Covet Consign.
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beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
5 years ago
You might also want to look at Room and Board.
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Cheryl Hannebauer
5 years ago
would love to know where the floor lamp is from, if you have a link please. it would go great with what we have. thanks.
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drucila
5 years ago
https://www.chairish.com/ Chairish has lots of MCM I recently purchased a beautiful MCM dresser from them.
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HU-634858308
Original Author
5 years ago
Cheryl Hannebauer the lamp came from Schneidermann's but we had to buy the floor model. Not sure that they have restocked that design. It was a few months ago. In addition, Southern Lights in Burnsville MN had the small version of it.
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redesign
5 years ago
Have you looked at Ferrous Furnishings and Mid Mod Men? Also FB marketplace has quite a bit of mid century listed in your area.
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HU-634858308
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5 years ago
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Ferrous Furnishings is new to me. Thank you. Okay, so it might be that I need to hire a pro to help out. If the other pieces in my LR have the walnut legs. Then is it okay to go to teak along the whole side wall (side of the seating area which face a fire place--so a bit out of the seating area? Seeing my mid-century "inspired" new stuff above - somewhat more modern, which of the three pictures of the following wall units fit best (Crate & Barrel, Room & Board, Hans Wegner) ? I'm having a hard time deciding if I want to be urban or fully MCM. Thank you
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beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
5 years ago
I think the chair, sofa, and floor lamp would work with any of those wall units.

But if I had to choose between the three, I'd go for an authentic Hans Wegner in a heartbeat.
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redesign
5 years ago
Just found this on FB marketplace. Beautiful!
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redesign
5 years ago
I prefer the third unit—yes, you can mix the walnut legs with the teak. I am located about two hours from you in Northern Iowa. I travel to the Minneapolis area frequently so I’ll keep my eyes open for you!
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