MCM Cravings:Red Hot

01Jun12

What better way to add some punch to a space than with a red hot mid-century modern chair, sofa, or bench? We here at Eclectic Living love and adore all things MCM, but we don’t want to look as if we time traveled back to the Dick Van Dyke show either.  Actually, on second thought, […]

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Tags: 1950's.1960's, 1970's, dunbar, Furniture, Knoll, Mid-Century Modern, Modern, Panton, Red, Wormley

MCM Master Returns After 30 Years

19May12

Midcentury master George Pollock, 82, will have a design, the CP Lounge, in the International Contemporary Furniture Fair this week for the first time in 30 years and in 47 years for an American firm. All thanks to Bernhardt Design’s president, Jerry Helling. Pollock is known for the 1963 Pollock Executive for Knoll, one of […]

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Tags: Bernhardt Design, Charles Pollock, ICFF, Knoll, Mid-Century Modern

MCM Master: Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)

21Mar12

After leaving Italy to visit his brother in Detroit, he didn’t go back, at least not right away.  Instead he decided to stay and after attending high school and college he received a scholarship to the Cranbrook Academy of Art where he was to meet  Walter Gropius, Edmund N. Bacon and Ray and Charles Eames for the first time. In […]

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Tags: Eames, Harry Bertoia, Knoll, sculpture

Binge or Bank it?

27Feb12

We all crave the iconic mid-century modern styles we have come to know and love, but, is it necessary to spend a small fortune for originals?  Usually your bank account will decide for you, however, if you are lucky enough that money is not a problem, then binge away.  However, if you don’t have the […]

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Tags: bertoia, eileen gray, Knoll, Saarinen, wassily

New Knoll Fabrics

28Jan12

Hot off the presses are 2 new additions to our Knoll Textiles collection “Seredipity” is available in 6 colorways and “Intrigue” is available in 10 colorways. pb

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Tags: color, designer, Knoll, Textiles

Watch Local Upholsterer, Pam Rollins, Rebuild our MCM Dunbar Sofa

16Jan12

Eclectic Living is hosting another event in honor of Retro Month. Local upholsterer, Pam Rollins, will be working in our store this Saturday, January 21st at 10am. She will bring the pieces of our Dunbar Sofa ready to go – upholstered in a grey Knoll fabric –  and will begin re-building our MCM sofa as […]

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Tags: Before After, Fabric, Furniture, Hallingdal, how to, Knoll, Maharam, Mid-Century, Modern, Re-Upholstery, Retro, Retro Month, Textiles, Upholstery, Wool