Featuring local artists and artisans is core to the MidModMen+friends shopping experience. Each creative partner brings fresh energy, ideas and perspective to our take on modern living. In late 2021 Future Heirlooms showcased Jeff Hinchee, an artist and illustrator with a high-profile national portfolio. Blending 2-D and 3-D techniques, Jeff’s illustrations are an assemblage of…

“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…

MidModMen+friends presents a mini-exhibit of pandemic-inspired art as part of its Future Heirlooms series.

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…

When summer recedes, thoughts turn to preparing for colder months ahead. If you only have visions of tuning up the snowblower, fiddling with the thermostat and buying ice melt, you’re missing the more pleasant aspects of getting cozy in your fall/winter shelter. Getting your home ready to counter weather’s tougher elements – however you define…

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…

Restoring – and sometimes totally transforming – rescued 20th Century modern furniture is deep in the DNA at MidModMen+friends. It’s a process that sometimes requires as much creative imagination as it does physical determination. This well-worn but high-quality chest of drawers from the 1950s is a case in point. It began as a probable restoration,…

UPDATE: As we’ve known all along, our customers are awesome! This dinnerware set SOLD instantly. If you still want to support Second Chance Animal Rescue, you can make a contribution on their website: http://www.secondchancerescue.org/ We’re always looking for ways to be supportive of our Twin Cities community, and animal welfare is our particular passion. That’s…