City Pages names MidModMen+friends 2016 “Best Place to Buy Furniture”

The Twin Cities weekly entertainment and lifestyle publication City Pages named MidModMen+friends one of its “best” in the annual “Best of the Twin Cities” issue, published on April 20. MidModMen+friends got the nod for “Best Place to Buy Furniture” with high marks for style, accessibility, restoration and community. Here’s what they had to say: At…

MidModMen+friends is finalist for Indie Business Awards

April 5, 2016 – The Twin Cities Metro IBA (Independent Business Alliance) announced that MidModMen+friends is a finalist for a 2016 Indie Business Award in the emerging business category. Award winners will be announced at a May 18 event. There are five award categories with three finalists in each: EMERGING Minneapolis Craft Market, Red Cow…

MidModMen+friends celebrates three years of restoration, collaboration and imagination

(St. Paul, MN) Oct. 5, 2015 – MidModMen+friends, the Twin Cities retailer of restored vintage modern home furnishings, is celebrating its third anniversary with pop-up sales, special merchandise and a few twists. The store started as a three-month retail experiment on University Avenue in St. Paul. It’s since become a long-term presence – and destination…

Storefront facelift brings the style from inside to out

We’re always so busy restoring, designing and arranging on the inside of our store that the exterior takes a back seat. Well, after nearly three years in our space and spurred by the opening (finally) of a next door neighbor – WORKHORSE COFFEE BAR and the Smallest Museum in St. Paul – we’ve refreshed our…

MidModMen+friends featured in Lavender Magazine

Being recognized for what you do is great. Being recognized for doing it well is the best. Our store is featured in the Feb. 19, 2015 issue of the Twin Cities’ Lavender Magazine (From Pop-Up to Mainstay) and we’re grateful for the positive spotlight. Follow the link and read what they had to say. If…

Design inspirations: details that delight

While modern design is known for its simplicity of form, modern furnishings don’t exist in a vacuum. They’re found in counterpoint to other objects, and it’s often the details in the design that complete a look and asserts a sense of personal style. We invite you to celebrate the details of personal style: color, textures,…

Design inspirations: modern context

A piece of furniture, a lamp and a work of art can be beautiful on their own. But when you place them in context – together and with other objects, textures, colors and space – the whole is almost always greater than the sum of the parts. This week we celebrate context, the art of…