Just a Modern Guy

PM Estate Sales, a service of The Purple Moon, will be holding an estate sale at 805 Montrose Drive in South Charleston on Saturday, February 6th from 10am - 4pm and on Sunday, February 7th from 11am to 4pm.
This small, but high-quality, estate has the treasures you are looking for in the great condition you [...]

Pottery Table Lamp - Made in Italy - circa 1971
One of our latest vintage finds is this super Italian Modern lamp dating from the very early 70’s. This minimalist beauty has a pottery body and is as cool as the come.
I just wish I knew who designed this lamp but nothing has come to light [...]

Pottery and Glass Chip Swag Lamp - Maker Unknown - circa 1960’s
This 1960’s swag lamp has just come into my possession and certainly has us Feelin’ Groovy at The Purple Moon.

Hollywood Regency Sectional Sofa - Flexsteel - circa 1960’s
We’re fortunate to have a plethora of exceptional mid-century modern seating in stock at The Purple Moon these days. Just take a gander at some of these beauties!
The Flexsteel three piece sectional sofa above dates from the 1960’s and is as elegant as they come. This sofa [...]

Jazz Musician Plaster Wall Plaques - circa 1955
You can almost hear the sax and the bass coming from these fabulous mid-1950’s decorative wall plaques. Plaster (or chalk) wall decor was prevalent in the 1950’s but often leaned more to the traditional in their theme. These modern beauties have a sculptural feel reminiscent of the figures [...]

Tamarack - The Best of West Virginia - Beckley, WV
The modern lady and I, along with a couple of friends, ventured to Beckley last weekend for a visit to Tamarack. This Mountain State treasure has half a million visitors annually and serves as a one-stop shop and showcase for West Virginia culture, heritage, handcrafts, fine [...]

Dinette Set - Daystrom Corporation - 1954
First of all, I want this kitchen.
The Daystrom Corporation produced some of the coolest dinette sets to come out of the 1950’s. The one shown is from an advertisement for the company from 1954 when this dinette set could be yours for $155. To put this in perspective, adjusted to [...]

Heywood-Wakefield Advertisement - The American Home Magazine - August 1953
As I had written earlier this week, the pile of The American Home magazines I recently ran across has been a treasure trove of fabulous information, images and style. It is always so nice to see how the vintage items I cherish now were originally presented, [...]

Parker Brothers Monopoly© Boardwalk Deed Poster - Image Masters Inc. - circa 1975
Late in spring photographs on the Design*Sponge blog featured the interior design of West Coast floral studio Wiggy Flowers that included a fabulous Pop Art graphic of a Monopoly© Deed on the wall. A bit nostalgic and also wonderfully modern, this bit of [...]