Beautifully aged, vintage mahogany buffet in Hepplewhite Federal style (UPDATE: SOLD)

Simply, elegantly beautiful, old bow front mahogany buffet. Bank of 3 drawers and 2 side cupboards follow a single, satisfying arc.


Attractively proportioned at 66" wide x 24" deep x 37.5" tall (~19.25" squared, tapered, spade-foot legs + 18.25" cabinet).




Note construction details on the underside, and in the dovetailed drawers.

   


Original brass handles:



Original finish is well-checkered with age:



Here's the stamp on the back, if it yields any clues to this beautiful piece's age or manufacture:

New photos from our Flickr gallery of consignments

Some of our newer consignments:



Vinranka porcelain, made in Sweden. 10.5" large dinner plate, $40. 6.5" bread and butter plate, $18. Teapot with repaired handle, $80.

      
 


Lace-shaded lamp, decorative bowl.


Metal votive holder with crystal pendants.


Handpainted bamboo fan, about 66" wide when fully opened. $28


Sofa upholstered in tessellation of leaves. Quality construction by Younger Furniture, NC. Available from lobby setting: 82" sofa, 3 lobby chairs. $395 for the set.




Brass-plated Stiffel double lamp set in glass table. Brass rail around glass table needs some re-seating. $75.



SOLD: Handy, 3-sided pine bookcase. 27.5" x 12.5" x 36.5" tall. $40.


Queen Anne table legs, temporarily separated from their assignment.

Here they are closer to the task, but apparently resting up before being bolted to that beautiful table top.

Is everybody blogging pictures of snow?

Snowy view from The Living Room Consignment & Tea, looking toward our espresso kiosk this afternoon. Kenmore Coffee & Tea (can you tell we're related?) is the small building to the right. Not much to look at yet, but the Kenmore outlet for Kuma Coffee's truly wonderful espresso!

Meanwhile, inside The Living Room, it's a cozier picture. We've moved things around as one hutch sold and another hutch was consigned:



If I can slide little Toyota down the hill safely tomorrow, I will see you at The Living Room!

We're open on Tuesdays again! Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

We have too many treasures to share in just 4 days each week, so effectively immediately, The Living Room will be open again on Tuesdays!

Here's just a taste of what has come in recently:

Shabby Chic folding screen in floral fabric. Has original sticker from the old RHODES DEPARTMENT STORE.
As is, only $58

A charming pair of vintage, 1950's Mersman end tables (#7473)
$125/pair

Original oil by Tyler. Image is ~19x15, in gilt frame ~27x23.
Impasto technique used to evoke sunshine on rain-washed city streets
$60

Spiffy chrome and cotton laundry hamper, 22" tall x 17.5" wide
$28!

Box of inspiring fabric squares, folded and pressed. Not scraps, but remnants.
Over 8 pounds of cottons, calicos, and other prints.
$50 for all this fabric plus the box!

Let me try an experiment: Mention that you saw it on today's blog, 2/16/2011, and get 10% off any of these items. Offer good as long as I still have them in the store.

Sideways rain and horizontal puddles

On Mondays, I'm sometimes in the shop to "get things done." Euphemism. Looking out the window today at sideways rain. Good thing I was here, though, to mop up a small leak from an overflowing gutter. Thankfully, Chris scrambled up a ladder and scooped out the plug of leaves, so the water is flowing to where it should, not to where it shouldn't. Oh, well, we needed to rearrange the things along that wall anyway.

Overflowing with treasures! Mention this blog for 10% off through February 12, 2011.

In the raw weather, I hesitate to fill up the sidewalk with alluring merchandise, but there's not much choice if I want our customers to be able to get into The Living Room.

Petite wooden buffet made by Gregory Furniture Mfg. Co. in Tacoma pre-1940: SOLD 2/9/2011

Framed print of intriguing 1909 painting, "On the Heights", by American impressionist Charles Courtney Curran:
3 young women watching...what? $58. The little 22"x18" glass and roses table is $78.

We've been doing sort of an Ethiopian wedding dance, side-stepping and turning in order to skirt through the narrowed aisles.

Stylish, black and glass IKEA display cabinet: SOLD 2/12/2011

Vintage, British style, children's armoire SOLD 2/12/2011

But, truly, I am mending my ways and creating walking space. Just come see if I don't!

Beautiful, 1948 corner china cabinet, ~35" across, ~24" along corner sides. $895

A cousin to the Federal-style corner cabinet! A sweet, little entry table with 1 drawer, by Harden. SOLD 2/12/2011

And, to repeat the offer in the title, mention this blog post to get 10% off any one item through February 12, 2011.

Shabby Chic mirror (shown upside down), $49

Tall and handsome, a comfortable, wooden slat rocker, $65

A beautiful, expanding trestle table for family kitchen or dining room

I showed you a couple of photos of this table set when it first came in, but I'd like you to see it now that it's set up. Isn't it lovely? And see below how easy it is to open and expand to make room for more friends and family at the table.

Solid wood trestle table with carved beaded trim and 8 matching chairs.

Extremely sturdy and well made.


Rounded rectangular top measures 72" long x 42" wide, plus 2 leaves stored under the table add 12" each, making room for the 8 chairs in this set.





Here's a series showing how the leaves fold up from under the table. The gears make this process a breeze:






Click any photo to see a larger view in our flickr gallery!