Anyone into classic furniture

[bikeworkshop]

You guys have got glass ducks, I'm with the carved swallows

The room divider is made of old chemistry lab doors and drawers from a Bristol school, (so victorian) and 300yo oak from the old roof trusses.

I used the same in the kitchen.


The "window" is a glass washboard found in a derelict house in the forest of Dean.
The bottles were found in the garden.


So I've got some modernist pieces but a fair amount of repurposing in my home decor.

 

[Rod_Saetan]

Some great stuff here, love that hefty coffee table @MattiThundrrr !

I often think the most interesting pieces are the unknowns - I picked up this garden chair from Gumtree, the house was a large detached 60s modern beauty on the Dulwich estate, the seller told me his mum had bought it in the 60s (along with a stool and table to match) probably from Heals and liked it so much that it never made it outside and lived as her ‘phone chair’. The chair was £3 and the stool and table £2 each, madness. Would love to know who designed made/them. I will probably keep this in the shed over winter to give it a chance of lasting another 50 years.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Maybe our mid century furniture will cover the losses from our vintage bicycles

 

[winjohn]

Getting back to bikes, here my M Steel tourer.

 

[widowmaker]

Great thread, not only are my Bikes inferior but so is my furniture

 

[winjohn]

On a chaise longue all day long...Cindercone finally finished with black seatpost

 

[winjohn]

Rocka-bye baby Orbit...

 

[widowmaker]

What si...........

 

[bikeworkshop]

Rocka-bye baby Orbit...View attachment 1018195

Amazing those bikes are more modern than the furniture!

 

[Tayside]

The second photo is my real passion, Whitefriars glass from the 60s and 70s. Been collecting this for 30 years and have far too much around the house

A friend of the family is an avid glass collector, it's a real knack being able to spot the good stuff.
I walked around some shops in Hayfield with him, and he was pointing out all sorts of rare pieces that the owner had no idea about.
When I asked if he was going to buy any, he told me about how many crates of glass were in his basement, that he still had to 'sort out'.