Mid century modern decor

[wyoh]

wpipkins, would you mind listing the stores that you ended up having luck with? We're in the middle of the same process, trying to furnish our home with mostly used and mid-century pieces.

So far the Pittsburgh Furniture Company in Lawrenceville is definitely our favorite, the prices are great and the selection cycles pretty quickly. Otherwise we've found some stuff at the Ohio River Antique Mall and online.

[Hopes]

I'm looking forward to those pictures!

[wyoh]

Originally Posted by Hopes

You're going to be so disappointed when you start trolling Pittsburgh's Craig's List. There's crap on there compared to other cities. Pittsburghers are so frugal that they mostly sell junk. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, but you can luck out and find some great pieces sometimes.

It has been a huge change for us, having moved from DC. I think the median income down there is so high that people just put stuff on Craigslist to get rid of it. You can get some amazing deals on really nice stuff. My brother furnished a decent chunk of his house there using Craigslist. They got a pretty darn nice dining room set with china cabinet for free. When we first moved into our rental house there I found two desks, two oriental rugs, a small kitchen table with stools, and a lateral filing cabinet for under $100 combined.

Freecycle is also crazy down there. Very active and frequently has decent stuff.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by wyoh

It has been a huge change for us, having moved from DC. I think the median income down there is so high that people just put stuff on Craigslist to get rid of it. You can get some amazing deals on really nice stuff. My brother furnished a decent chunk of his house there using Craigslist. They got a pretty darn nice dining room set with china cabinet for free. When we first moved into our rental house there I found two desks, two oriental rugs, a small kitchen table with stools, and a lateral filing cabinet for under $100 combined.

Freecycle is also crazy down there. Very active and frequently has decent stuff.

It has more to do with Pittsburghers being frugal minded. After the crash of the steel industry, times were tough for many people. I compare it to how people who survived the Great Depression hid money in their walls and saved like crazy. (There are many elderly people who live in run down neighborhoods who have very impressive savings accounts and stocks when they die.) Pittsburghers became more frugal and don't get rid of stuff until it's completely worn out. Add to it that Pittsburghers generally weren't keeping-up-with-the-Jones types anyway, what you get is a crappy Craig's List.

[wyoh]

Originally Posted by Hopes

It has more to do with Pittsburghers being frugal minded. After the crash of the steel industry, times were tough for many people. I compare it to how people who survived the Great Depression hid money in their walls and saved like crazy. (There are many elderly people who live in run down neighborhoods who have very impressive savings accounts and stocks when they die.) Pittsburghers became more frugal and don't get rid of stuff until it's completely worn out. Add to it that Pittsburghers generally weren't keeping-up-with-the-Jones types anyway, what you get is a crappy Craig's List.

That describes all of my Pittsburgh relatives and my parents exactly, and a lot of it has rubbed off on me as well (though I grew up outside Philly). Probably why I was so amazed at the stuff that came across the DC Craigslist and Freecycle.