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MidModMen + friends – A New Retail Location

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Erik W in atomic era, danish modern, mid century, mid-century dishes, mid-century furniture, mid-century housewares, midmodmen, minnesota, mod, modern, retro, vintage

MidModMen + friends Grand Opening, October 2012

Hey y’all! We haven’t done much with the blog in the last month or so because we’ve been working on something big. Our friends at MidModMen are renting a retail space at 2401 University Avenue West in St. Paul, MN, and we’ll be consigning our inventory with them. We’ve been busy making trips to the store to clean the space, deliver furniture and smalls, arrange the space, and meet our neighboring retro retailers.

The store, which will be called MidModMen+friends, will carry mid-century and modern furniture, decor, housewares and barware. (Oh, the beautiful, sparkly barware!) The store will be run on an occasional sale basis with the Grand Opening running October 12-14 (Hours shown in the image above). It will also be open from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. the remaining Saturdays in October starting October 20.

Some of our inventory is posted on this blog and on our Facebook page. You can see MidModMen’s inventory at their Facebook page. To see pics of the store, check out their store album.

Please join us October 12!

Interior, MidModMen + friends - We can't resist a teaser photo! — Interior, MidModMen + friends – We can’t resist a teaser photo!

Vintage Aluminum Bowl in Vibrant Blue

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Erik W in atomic era, etsy, mid century, mid-century dishes, mid-century housewares, minnesota, retro, vintage

The place where the sticker used to be. It even has the traditional shape of an Emalox Norway sticker.

This brilliant blue aluminum bowl is reminiscent of the Emalox Norway brand, but, alas, with the sticker missing from the bottom, we can’t say for sure. (Note the diamond shape mark on the bottom where the sticker used to be.) The bowl measures approximately 12″ in diameter across the top and is 2 3/4″ high. This vintage piece shows age-appropriate wear, with some fine scratches and a few small, dark blue spots on the inside.