1970's for the 21st Century

Many people dismiss furniture from the 1960's & 1970's, but we've found some styles from those decades can work well in modern settings.

We found this dining room set at a now closed used furniture store in a small town near Champaign-Urbana. We liked the Danish modern influences, the walnut wood tones, and we especially liked the china cabinet and the avocado green upholstery on the chairs.

You can catch a glimpse of the table top in the picture below. Ugh! The table top wasn't so stylish with the dated Formica surface - it really didn't seem to fit the rest of the set, but covered with a tablecloth, no one knows how awful it looks underneath. The table legs are similar in design to the chair legs.

The set ended up in an apartment belonging to 20 something occupants. The avocado upholstery actually became "sage" green with the right accessory pieces and red and blue were used as accent colors to add some pizazz. The china cabinet was turned into a great dry bar. The sliding glass doors on top showcase barware and the base top is used for serving and mixing drinks, with storage in the lower part.

The large dining table, six chairs, and china cabinet were purchased for only $200. It was a remarkably cheap set that was as stylish, trendy, and youthful as the owners, despite the fact the furniture was over 35 years old.