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10 Tips for Importing Mid-Century Furniture from Europe Collecting mid-century furniture from local garage sales and thrift stores was profitable, but finding the beautiful pieces was a miracle, more and more San Francisco antique furniture experts searched for Danish chests of drawers, tables, and chairs wherever they went, even at mid-century furniture auctions soaring prices that put off dealers from smaller towns like Reno, Nv. We had a successful shop on Etsy but no stock, we always wondered where the biggest dealers in San Francisco and Los Angeles would get the furniture from. My wife was watching the competition’s movements closely,here is the update one day we saw the familiar…

Polish Woodworker Without The Beard I remember when I was a little boy, I used to go to my grandfather’s workshop to help him repair furniture for his clients. I watched him use only hand tools, no fancy methods used these days. Once repaired, the chair lasted another 30 years. As a carpenter in the era of communism, where there was nothing in the shops, he had so much work that he stayed in the workshop until late at night. I could watch for hours as he patiently built chests of drawers and bedside tables. I remember coming to the workshop after hours and touching the furniture with my bare…