Found: Mid Century Modern Room Divider

I waited over a week before making a move on this piece.  From the one small listing photo, the wood grain looked so pronounced I was sure it had to be laminate and despite my feelings of love for mid-century laminate (last paragraph), it just doesn’t sell all that well.  We have also been so busy that I rarely have time to scour Craigslist, let alone time for both of us to go take a look at something.

However, this weekend was looking free for us, so I decided to pull up my saved folder of potential Craigslist pieces and see what was still available.  The “tv stand” was still posted, and a Google image search revealed that it was a pretty popular Mid Century room divider or wall unit (it’s actually finished on both sides) that was real wood, so of course I had to go take a look!

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Isn’t she a beauty?  This lovely lady needed A LOT of work with Restor-A-Finish and 000’ (synthetic) steel wool, and I had to reattach the whole back panel with little finishing nails, but I love it and can’t get over that stunning wood grain!  There’s not a smidge of particle board in sight – just lovely veneer over plywood and solid wood.

You can see my “go-to” styling elements, previously used here and here – gold cocktail set from the Neiman Marcus for Target collection last winter (bought on clearance for 75% off, of course!), brass thrift-store finds – candlesticks and swans, and those crazy wooden hands!  You know, I think it’s time to expand my “prop closet” a little bit 😉  The perfect excuse for a thrift-store trip!

Love the carved wooden pulls!

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If you guessed booze, you win!  I seem to have this problem where my brain interprets “shelving unit” as “bar”, so I just roll with it.  That’s very midcentury, yes?

Well, I hope you enjoyed my latest find!  They may be a little farther in between these days, but I’m still always excited for a good Craigslist score!

Have you found anything good on Craigslist or in a thrift store lately?  Are you part of the “I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-laminate!” club (I mean, come on – look at that gorgeous veneer!)?