Tag Archives: Atomic

Mid Century Dining Suites

December 11, 2012Upcoming Items1950's, 1960's, Atomic, Chair, Dining Suites, Parker, TableJohnny

Check out these 2 awesome dining suites that have just been added to the online store!

The first is an early 1950’s Dining Suite. Comprising of 5 pieces and manufactured from a Queensland maple it has that awesome ‘atomic’ style design/influence that is so recognisable from that era.

http://www.stillbroke.com.au/mid-century/atomic-style-1950s-dining-suite

The second is a late 1960’s Parker 7 piece suite manufactured out of solid teak. This setting oozes that famous danish style design and still has its original, bright and funky orange/yellow check upholstery.

http://www.stillbroke.com.au/mid-century/1960s-parker-dining-suite-2

Its great seeing these 2 suites side by side. You can really appreciate the difference in style and design from each era.

Space Age Coffee Table – Restoration Complete!

April 18, 2012Upcoming ItemsAtomic, Coffee Table, Mid Century, Space AgeJohnny

Check it out! The restoration of the Space Age coffee table is complete and I am very happy with the end result! Definitely would be the centre piece of any Mid-Century inspired lounge room.

Hopefully you have enjoyed the process from start to finish and perhaps even learned a small thing or 2 about what we do here at Still Broke Enterprises.

Keep an eye out for this beautiful piece in the Online Store shortly.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall………..

March 21, 2012Upcoming Items1950's, Atomic, Mirror, Retro, TeakJohnny

Sometimes a piece of furniture is too far gone to be repaired or restored…….That can be said about the original dressing table that this mirror came from. It had a really funky design but was just too badly damaged to justify restoring it.

It’s not all doom and gloom though, as it allowed me to salvage this quirky, almost love-heart shaped mirror. To be honest, on the initial purchase of the dressing table it was the shape of the mirror that first caught my eye!

During the pull down of the mirror’s frame I was pleased to find an original date stamp on the back of the mirror – April 23 1958.

I reinforced the timber frame, both on the inside and out to take the weight once the mirror is in place. I also added a nice thick piece of teak (originally a support from the rear of the dressing table) for the bottom edge of the mirror to rest on. I oiled this piece up, and for contrast painted the the back and side edge in a vivid white low sheen paint.

I think this piece would look great hanging in the entrance way of a home, or even sitting above the mantle of a fire place in your retro living room!

Keep an eye out for it in the store within the coming weeks!