Who doesn’t love a good before/after story? We like them so much that we’ve devoted nearly 15 years (11 at our store location) to rescuing, restoring and reselling worthy furniture. Pieces from the fabled mid-century Lane Acclaim collection have been a staple – and favorite – of that commitment. We’ve revived more Acclaim pieces…
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6 good reasons to enrich your life with vintage furniture & decor
In the more than ten years years since we launched MidModMen+friends there’s been a sea change in attitudes about furnishing our lives with previously owned goods. Shopping vintage has gone mainstream, with just about everyone welcoming it into their homes, workplaces and wardrobes. It’s a matter of degrees, with just a little for some and…
The comeback kids: 6 seating rescues
There are multiple reasons to rescue and restore high-quality vintage and modern furniture. It’s environmentally sound and reduces materials the waste stream. Quality is another factor if you choose pieces that were well-constructed from the start. But we have to admit that we get pleasure in the creative process that goes into restyling chairs,…
Celebrating the timeless mid-century modern designs of Jens Risom
Aficionados of any era can be absolutists, and mid-century modern enthusiasts aren’t exempt. Some are fierce proponents of designs by Scandinavian masters like Hans Wegner, Grete Jalk, Folke Ohlsson and Arne Jacobsen. Some champion the American icons Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Paul McCobb and Florence Knoll among others. So it’s fitting that one…
MidModMen relaunches mid-century and modern decor store
MidModMen+friends, a longstanding vintage retail presence in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, is reopening on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. The business has been closed since late September 2021 following a fire that damaged its storefront. “We’re a silver lining kind of people so we turned the negative of the fire into a positive,” said owner Neal…
Reviving an Adrian Pearsall 1401-C lounge set
“They don’t make things like they used to” was once just a tired cliche to us. Then we launched a business finding, restoring and selling vintage mid-century modern furniture. That’s how we learned what well-made really means, what’s worth rescuing and what it takes to do it right. Sometimes we alter or adapt pieces because…
Broyhill Brasilia “cathedral” round coffee table revival
Broyhill Furniture’s Brasilia collection, bold and futuristic on its commercial introduction in 1962, has become an iconic representation of mid-century modernism in home decor. The line was an up-market-yet-mainstream offering and encompassed dozens of case goods, dining and accent table options. (There were no lighting or upholstered seating entries.) The groundbreaking architecture of the then-new…
Rescuing a rare Lane Acclaim Plateau coffee table
At MidModMen+friends, the pleasure of offering mid-century modern furniture to new generations of customers comes in two ways. First is the discovery of smartly designed and thoughtfully built furniture that’s stood the test of time, even when there’s acute evidence of 50 or 60 years of use. That leads to the second pleasure: restoring vintage…