Upcoming!

Quick sending out an update to let you know what I am up to. First off, I am participating in a sale next weekend on chairish. You can get an instant shipping quote and their rates are good. All of my Knoll merchandise is live now. If you follow my Chairish shop, you will be notified by email. Head over and follow along!

Thursday sept 2- Monday sept 6, save 15% at MadmodwoRldvintage

New items! I will be taking some new items from Primitives by Kathy to my retail space on Wednesday. If you are interested in anything, reach out right away and I can ship to you. Otherwise, they will be in my booth Wednesday. Excited to add Halloween! Upstairs in my space I added a bunch of smalls including vintage medical, come check them out! I have more to add this week. Here’s a look.

People Keep wanting to buy my decorations at the mall….here’s your chance! They had 2 lEft!

I will be camping this weekend so will do bare bones fielding of questions but no shipping until Tuesday. Have a great holiday and message me if you’d like to claim any of the new goodies or stop by This weekend and check them out! XO MALISSA

Fall Finds, Revisiting Bette Fast sculpture

I have been very busy bringing home new items, getting them cleaned up and ready for new homes! I have an array of kitschy things and high end stuff. This are going live on Etsy and Chairish as I go. Here’s a look!

Super 1976 Gae Aulenti design by Knoll is up for consignment. Leather upholsteRy, fabulous italian post modern design.

Iron desk, i recovered the seat in reproductiOn bark cloth, atomic design.

Mid century CONVERTIBLE couch opens flat for snoozing!

Vinyl upholstery, mid century day bed now Showing at fleetwood antique mall!

Orange vinyl and chrome lounge chair

King walnut headboard

Handsome low dresser with mirrors, walnut

Tall boy in walnut

SOLD Night stand pair in walnut

I have more coming! Working on resealing the marble top on the Platner cocktail table! We had to strip the remaining yellowed resin off first.

A heaT gun helpEd to soften the old resin sealant.

She’s a beauty!

50% off all pink dots! I PROBABLY tagged 95% of the items in mY upstairs space! Trying to move out this stuff! I have more to replace it with!

Downstairs has only a few markdowns But i am featuring some awesome itemS. Come see them!

Bette Fast revisited!

If you check a few years back in my blog updates, you will find my coverage of discovering Bette Fast, the late first wife of novelist Howard Fast. He wrote over 80 novels but he literally got himself banned from publishing (and subsequently investigated) because of his communist beliefs. His best selling novel, Spartacus, was self published due to the banning. Meanwhile, his lovely wife was an accomplished artist. In my collection, I have a pencil nude sketch, a 1960’s buxom women series painting (which Howard discusses in the Forward in the book he published regarding Bette’s work), and one of her magnificent sculptures. Having only exhibited 3 times, once in LA, once in New Canaan and once in Greenwich, most of her works are held by private collectors. This is important to note as many of them will start becoming available on the secondary market as their owners pass on and their worldly goods end up in auctions and estate sales. Bette’s work for the most part are female forms. She always was considered a feminist and her beautiful depiction of females in action is well noted. I have done varying amounts of searching for more info since I have gathered some of her works. One thing on my bucket list was to visit the only 2 sculptures she turned into statues. They are publicly available at the Temple Shalom in Greenwich, CT. Howard’s book was published in 1995, a year after his wife passed. Much has changed at the Temple Shalom since then as well, having some new structured erected. Upon checking google maps, I noticed not much of a courtyard, which is where the book said the sculptures were placed, I had a delivery in the area and wanted to find them, but was not sure if I could access them. I zoomed in my google and I had hope!!!

The image on thr right was from google maps. It sure lookS like her! Fingers were crossed! This is right off the parking lot so definitely accessible.

I pulled in and saw her! My heart fluttered as i parked my car.

From this vantage point, I looked to the left down the parking lot and saw the second sculpture.

These are some powerful sculptures. Beautiful from every angle. The maquette I own is equally as delicate. I have not figured out it’s ‘title’ and it is not shown in the book containing some of her works. I have found that the University of Pennsylvania has the ‘Howard Fast Papers’ in their archive. It includes lots of items from Howard’s book dealings, personal household items and more. I am not sure if any of Bette’s sculpture records are contained in it, but that is probably the next exploration I need to do. Lucky for me, it’s only in Philadelphia!
XO MALISSA

Who’s Looking for Fab Merch?

I have been going nuts with bringing home inventory and processing it, helping a few clients with downsizing projects and you know, regular life and work. First off, I will be in Brooklyn again on August 8th delivering 2 night stands and a bed. I can fit something else so if you are in the neighborhood and want something, let me know and I will see if I can swing it.

Amazing opportunity! I am assisting a local client to downsize her amazing collection of incredible furniture. Rare opportunity to shop like a dealer! We are making deals at auction/wholesale price points. If you are available and willing to pick up in Reading, PA area, have cash or Venmo and act quickly, you can get in on the action! Hurry as this is a time sensitive mission and anything I purchase or consign after this initial phase will be sold at retail in my national markets. Please contact me ASAP to discuss any items you are interest in and we will set up an appointment with my client. All items must be removed by August 15th. Ready …. GO!

SEE MY INSTAGRAM FOR NOTES ON EACH ITEM!

As shown plus additional table, additional arm chair. Ames Aire in FABULOUS aqua!

This piece will Go very reasonably! All glass shelves remOve and it breaks down for transit

Use them in a row….use them separately or stack them! So fun!

Really nice desk, sorry i dO not have a better pic! Message me if interested and will get one!

It’s hiding! 5 star base.

Please reach out! We are accepting reasonable offers but only if you act quickly. Some items are already in negotiations by higher end dealers than myself. You will need to act quickly to shop with them. Thanks for your support!

NEW ITEMS- I am also bringing home an influx of new inventory and have been getting things ready and listed. There is much more coming. Etsy will hit first and cross listings on Chairish will hit a bit later. I am processing lots of Knoll items right now! They are so amazing. If you want the best deal, pay cash and pick up. The less involvement I have the better I can do, stay tuned to my Instagram and fb for first looks!

CLEARANCE- please remember I use my local retail spaces at Fleetwood Antique Mall as a clearance. You will get my lowest prices here….cash/carry. I just moved a fantastic black lacquer post modern bed out there. Come see it! It is still for sale nationally on Etsy and Chairish if you don’t live close enough to take advantage of my special offer!

SweeT Pair Of lane walnut surfboard end tables. $100 cash or venmo pick up only. As is. They need some finish clean up. If i get to them before they sell, they will be sold at retail. I think i got $250 plus shipping for the last oNE i haD. Put some elbow grease iN them and save now or flip them yourself! I have so much more stuff coming in i will taKe less to keeP them from hanging around! 🤣

Help us! We need some cleaning but wIll make your home look amazing!

I just brought home a really pretty Walnut bedroom. Heading out to clean and photograph. If you are looking for any or all please reach out! Dealing direct with me will save you money! I pay up to 20% seller fees in my retail markets, you save yourself these fees by dealing with me directly!

This set is handsome!!!! I have this tallboY, lowboy with 2 rad detachable mirroRs, pair of nightstands plus the king headBoard (no frame). Stay tuned for cleaned up pics On my insta/FB!

Back to work……. XO MALISSA

New stuff, get ready for a whole influx of items!

I am back from a great vacation week and things are about to get nuts! I just bought some great items I am working on getting listed and have another consult this week. I will probably be consigning a whole bunch of really good items so stay tuned and grab it while I got it!

First up is a few things I grabbed from a friend of the family who is cleaning out her late mother’s home. There is a great custom round kitchen table featuring a pedestal base and boomerang Formica top in. Charcoal with pink and white boomerangs. It’s amazing! The iron garden style chair set of 4 is also available. Everything is in great shape and the chairs could be recovered in a fun fabric- currently in cream vinyl.

The table as we were removing it. The top Is disasse for easy transit. Check out the tile work in it’s former home! 😍

Closeup of this sweet formica!

I love these great iron chaiRs! There are some missing plastic feet caps on The front legs and i was trying to find a source but no luck, this is a heavY chair I would only use indoors. The seat is a drop IN wooden frame with Padding and vinyl upholstery. They are in nice condition with signs of use. UpholsterY is in goid shapE. No tags or makers noted..

My next adventure was to meet a super man whose late father spent a long career assisting the great designers of Knoll making prototypes and perfecting the production process of these new designs as they got ready to launch. He was a talented cabinetmaker and woodworker. I will be assisting in helping to downsize his vast collection of furniture and accessories that were collected over the span of his career, retiring in the 1990s. There are definitely prototypes in his collection and some items will be in needs work condition. I cannot wait to get my first round cleaned up and on the market. Here is a sneak peek!

The PlaTner coffee taBle is in Special order bronze finish and includes iTalian marBle top. ThE marble will be resealed. The paiR of Frank GehRy designed ‘Hat Trick’ chairs are most likely preproduction pieces as noted by the LaCk of woodburned signatUres and almost sloppy application of glue. ThIs was the last project he worked on before retirement. The delicate yet AMAZINGLY sturdy chairs are unbeliEVably lightweight amd so fun to look at. Eero Saarinen tulip based stool with custom butcher block style seat fabricated as a one of a kind. A few ‘knoll extras’ labeled plastic trash cans and a wicker and chrome chair that i have yet to identify. I haVe much more to unearTh from this property and will be assisting to find it homes. Please stay tuned!

I will be working hard to collect and process this stuff as fast as possible. Please stay tuned to my social media for sneak peeks and message me to get first details as they become available.

****Brooklyn delivery coming on Sunday August 8th. If you need something and I can fit it with the bed I am taking, please reach out now to get on my delivery schedule!

****CLEARANCE SALE on select smalls in my ETSY SHOP going on now through the next month. I am done with smalls so grab some items and help me find them homes. Save 15% right now. No coupon required.

Custom pillow covers are available! See them in my retail space or purchase here on my website! The first pair found a new home and are looking fabulous! The hand woven vintage ikat is looking amazing in their new home!

The ikat pillows are stuffed with optional luxe down insert available in 20 by 20 size (for 18 by 18 pillow coverS). You can add on an insert or use your Own.

Stay tuned for updates and live listings! XO MALISSA

Vacation!

Heads up! I will not be shipping any new orders until July 19th. I may not have consistent internet access during our trip so you may or may not get a prompt reply to questions. I do have a few things on hold as we finalize details and the I am planning a delivery to Brooklyn when I return so if whatever you are looking at fits with a dresser and possibly a bed, reach out! Thanks for your support as always! Have a great week! Malissa