December 31, 2010

AOM EXPANSION PREVIEW PARTY

Sooo much fun!! Thank You
Designers, My Artist, Rockers, Furniture Lovers 

Lets do it again soon!!


Quick shout out to University of Chicago!!! My Northsiders, we LOVE you!! Glencoe, Winnetka,  Oak Park & Evanston, we know its a trek, so from now on have 2 Corona's, and relax and really listen to Fela Kuti's rythmic flow. To all my dealers that supported us, lets gather for an Italian meal at "The Italian Village." The owners are chill! Southsiders you came out in full force & drag!! Haaaayyyy!!! Loved the mink coats!!! Thank you GaraFuna Flava for taking care of my customers. They gave you rave reviews!! As did The Cupcake Gallery! YUM! Chicago Home & Garden Editor, JP, love you! Domestica, B, you're a Babydoll. Ms. Mansfield please come back and do another show. I promise a dynamite sound system. I just signed a new lease, I don't want to get tossed out into the cold because Diana Ross is threatening at the top of her lungs, to "come out!"
BonGrande! Hehehehehehehehehehehehe! "Pick yo Afro Daddy" never sounded better! Eryka Badu eat your heart out!!
But most of all I have to thank everyone that's supported us from the very beginning. Last night I saw faces that were familiar, and faces that I hadn't seen in a while. I saw happy faces, beautiful people, and wonderful souls. Thank you guys so much for supporting us.
Now get in here and buy something! Will I see you tomorrow?
Take care loves!
"L"




Chicago's premiere house of Mid Century Modern furniture has re-upped!!
Danish, Mid Century Modern furniture, American of Martinsville, Heywood Wakefield, Steam punk, Lane, Scan Design, Victorian, Industrial, Knoll, Saarinen, Harvey Probber, French, Italian credenza's, Highboys, consoles, sideboards, record cabinets, cocktail tables, dining room suites &
un-traditional offerings.

Sugar Maple 9 Drawer Credenza



Stunning solid wood "sugar maple" nine drawer credenza with solid brass handles. Love it for your living room flat screen but can't figure out what to do with the drawers? Ask me about the "Eye."

Priced at $395
Dimensions:
32H
60L
20W

December 19, 2010

Rosewood Danish Designer Loveseat


Isn't he adorable??
Buttress style Rosewood "mortise & tendon" loveseat.
Seats of Haitian cotton...so 1960's its killing me!!

MINT!

SOLD
5/1/2011

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5pWinter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

December 16, 2010

Goodrich Electric Chicago!


Dear Design Stars-
Hows this for a piece of Chicago memorabilia? Made by Chicago's own Goodrich Electric Company, this "witches hat" industiral pole light screams COOL!!
Will I see you this week-end?


SOLD 3/12/11

December 10, 2010

IT'S A WRAP!!



Our 1st announcement is the expansion of An Orange Moon!
2nd announcement, drum roll please...
Just wrapped a reality "furniture" television show!!!!
I'll keep you posted on the air date.
*Due to confidentiality legalities,
I cannot divulge any info regarding the show...yet.
But I can tell you this. I'm on set in this photo.
Can you guess the show?


WOW, I look just like my mom! SWEEETT!!

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Lane Apartment Sized Credenza



Isn't this a little sweetie!?
It's apartment sized, so it'll fit in a
studio, 4 bedroom or loft!

 Use it for your Bang & Olufsen & flatscreen!
It has the doors!

*Ask me about the "eye"
for your remote control. No need to try a d-i-y.
It works through wood surfaces!


SOLD

Dimensions:
18W
54L
32H



An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

December 9, 2010

Sears, Roebuck & Co. "Cat Eye"



Harmony House
collection, sold only by
Sears, Roebuck & Co.


Sold 12/19/2010

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Hollywood Chrome Lamp & Venetian Mirror


Chrome globe lamp & Italian mirror.
Lamp has 4 globes with 2 on, 2 0ff, 4 on switch. Ebony wood in
"Barber pole" style.
Priced at $149

Venetian scalloped edged shadow box mirror.

SOLD
9/16/2011


An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday &
Sunday 11a-5p
Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Kent Coffey "Wharton" Credenza



Kent-Coffey!!
The "Kings of Cool."
They were a furniture company in Lenoir, NC.
Harold Coffey was the leader of furniture design in the early 1900's.
He hung out with James Broyhill & John Bernhardt.
WOW!
Can you imagine them all together
smoking cigs & drinking coffee at 2 in the morning
discussing design?
These brothers were too much!



SOLD 12/5/2010

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

December 2, 2010

Steampunk Vanity Lamps


Put these on either side of your bed in your boudoir. 
Or sit them on your French vanity,
and allow the glow to engulf the room.
Curl up & daydream of the gifts 
your Honey is bringing you this Valentines Day. 
Oh what fun...  




Priced at $195

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

STEAMPUNK Robins Egg Nest Blue Bachelor/ette Chest


This piece is so sweet, I literally wept when I first saw it! 
The wash, (inside & out). 
The gold highlights, the french pulls, his/her little feet...



Where do you see this piece?
The hall, bedroom, vestibule??
Well don't wait.
Get a wiggle on!

Dimensions:
24Lx22Hx17W.

sold 5/1/11

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

It's a STANLEY!





Designers, question.
Why are the un-marked pieces always
the hippest, slickest designs this side of the mother ship?
OOPS! Excuse moi--upon further examination--I've discovered it's a STANLEY!
Gotta Love the "clean-face."

Sold 12/19/10

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

*Camera did not show three solid brass handles on right hand side.

Signed Orange Abstract





How about this for a pop?
SOLD 4/15/11

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Dixie Credenza

This is an old school company that we rarely come across.
Remember the name.
D-I-X-I-E
It is MINT!

Sold 12/18/10
An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Kent Coffey "Wharton" Highboy




We love our Kent Coffey!!
Look at this sweet "Brandied Walnut" highboy.
The storage, the drawers, the cubbies...
Wait a minute, who am I kidding?
I love KC simply for his design style!!

 Priced at $495

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE



20W
42L
52H

November 30, 2010

Dorothy "Mad Men" Thorpe Glasses (4)

You've seen Roger Sterling & Don Draper drinking on the show. Did you know these are the glasses they use? Dorothy Thorpe! Top drawer!
4 Roly-Poly glasses
SOLD 5/1/11
 
An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

*come get our in-store special!!

November 22, 2010

Domestica Blog l Chicago Home & Garden Magazine



What's Going On??

We're going to An Orange Moon for the
"Black Friday Fun Sale."


November 26-27-28, 2010

 Chicago Home & Garden Magazine
Domestica Blog

Black Friday Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

O-M-Gee!

I ran into the bubbly Lynne McDaniel at the Chairs for Charity event a couple of weeks ago, and she gave me a heads-up about the Black Friday sale she’s having at her Chicago Lawn vintage furniture store,
An Orange Moon.
(Next week Domestica will be coming to you on the day after Thanksgiving, so I thought you’d appreciate the advance notice.)
Lynne is discounting every-dang-thing in the store by 25 percent, through Sunday, November 28 and, as she’s known to do, serving complimentary featured beverages (Hennessey VSOP Cognac and Coronas this go-around) and playing themed music (hip-hop Christmas, natch).
The mid-century-centric shop is located at 2436 West 59th Street, and the sale is daily from 11–5.

*Singing and dancing permitted!!
                                                   
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE


*The above photograph is from the
estate of the prominent Westside Seamstress/Designer
Sam Ella Williams.
(Pictured in the cat-eye glasses.)
Her initials spell SEW!
This was truly an "old school" Christmas party.
Look at those hair-do's! Can you spot the lift operator?
Very Mad Men!!




Seek and Go Hyde


Lynne McDaniel, the ebullient owner of the Chicago Lawn antique furniture and vintage art store An Orange Moon (we told you all about it in the July/August issue, remember?), has an ambitious side biz running estate sales, and she told me about a whopper coming up this weekend in a Hyde Park Art Deco condo at 5000 S. Cornell Street. The consignee is a world-traveling 80-year-old widow with a penchant for mid-century-modern furniture, eclectic artwork, jewelry, rugs, French china, and mod clothing and furs, and it will all be offered for sale on-site this Friday thru Sunday, from 8 a.nm.-4 p.m. each day (cash only). “She also had a thing for the Chicago Bulls,” says Lynne. “I found autographed balls, tickets, and even Chicago Bulls handkerchiefs.” To make her tag sales social, Lynne likes to have jazz music playing and free drinks flowing, and as the sale progresses, prices drop. Everything is reduced 50 percent on Saturday and 75 percent on Sunday. If you can’t join the party, check out her shop, which she describes as “Erykah Badu meets South Beach meets Martha’s Vineyard!”


By Bradley Lincoln

November 19, 2010

Help! We're completely full to capacity!



This week we have so much inventory...
No this is not a punchline, we are jammed!!
Some great Mid Century Modern finds are here this week, and fun!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!


An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

*We offer AFFORDABLE delivery CITYWIDE Sunday between 12p-4p.

November 14, 2010

Nine Drawer Credenza





This nine drawer credenza has the look doesn't it? My fav clean face, great length & laminate top. Again my preference. Ask me why?


 SOLD 11/20/10
An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday 11a-5p
Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Teak Scandanavian Design Credenza


Anyone out there remember when "Scandinavian Design" was located at Diversey Clark & Broadway??

This was years ago!!
Early 70's easily!!
OMG!! I LOVE CHICAGO!

All its nooks & crannies, beautiful architecture, history, strange stores, characters, offerings!!

I think this sweet little gem may have found its way from that infamous store! Stay tuned...
Dimensions:
50.5 L
18 W
26.5 H

SOLD 11/21/2010
An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday 11a-5p
Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Hollywood Highboy


THIS WEEKS IN-STORE SPECIAL!!

This Hollywood Highboy is the
sibling to the Hollywood Credenza.
If you squint your eyes and tilt your head to the right
you can see the credenza in the background.Or just click on the high def photo! Cheers!!
"L"


SOLD 11/13/10

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

November 12, 2010

Walnut Mid Century Modern Danish Lounge Chair




Covered in the original blue-green nubby tweed fabric from the manufacturer, this Danish lounge chair is perfect for building your heirloom Mid Century Modern collection!

Sold 11/13/10

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday 11a-5p
Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Madonna Blue Tuxedo Lounge Chair



Okay Ladies & Gentlemen, lets keep it pushing! Is this Mad Men or what??  Covered in "Madonna Blue" Knoll fabric, this Tuxedo lounge chair has the stature of a soldier! The tufted buttons are the finishing touch!! 


Sold 11/13/10
An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

November 11, 2010

Sears & Roebuck 1968 High Fidelity Stereo


This is a Sears & Roebuck 1968 Hi-Fi! The style is called the "Contemporary" and all the paperwork is included. Look at the price! The original owner was an employee at Sears & received a discount. Look at the taxes back then. Everything appears to be so "old fashioned" except for this BABY!! Truly another Chicago legend ahead of its time. 


Sold 11/14/10

Flashback...
When my husband brought this into the store, I felt a slight catch in my throat. We had the same one when I was little. It was in the living room on the right side of the fireplace.
My Mom & Dad entertained every Friday night. Sometimes big cocktail parties with hats, gloves, & cigarette holders. Sometimes just a kooky gathering of friends singing, dancing and pigging out.
 There was Mr. Moore, one of my fathers business partners. We called him Candy Man behind his back. He always had several boxes of Lemonheads or Red Hots for us kids, which we greedily accepted! Then there was Uncle Clifton. He spoke with a perfect Cockney accent even though he was born and raised in Chicago.
But most of all I remember my Mom and Dad dancing by the Hi-Fi in front of the fireplace to old Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Nate King Cole & Sarah Vaughn records. After the party was over, and the last guest either stumbled out or passed out, I'd catch a sleepy glimpse of them from the top of the staircase, as they danced to
"September in the Rain." 

An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours

RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

Mid Century Cat Eye Dining Room Set


How's this for style & grace??!!
This Cat Eye, 4 chair, 1 leaf dining room set slides open to accommodate an additional leaf, and folds down to the style of a gateleg! The seats are covered in nubby, Mediterranean "Florence Knoll" blue fabric!!
The design on this set is killer, and I'd love to have a coat made of this unbelievable vintage fabric!!
hmmmm....


Sold 11/12/10
An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p
Saturday & Sunday
11a-5p Winter Hours

RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

November 3, 2010

TWO Hollywood Credenza's


Wow! Siblings! I love it when this happens! What cutie-pies!! Look at those square handles!! Sooo HOLLYWOOD!
These 9 drawer credenza's await your flatscreens or flannel nighties.
Perfect in the living room, bedroom, or office!

SOLD 11/28/2010


An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
*Friday 11a-3p,
Saturday & Sunday
11A-5PM
(Winter hours)
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE

*New winter hours
**this credenza features a laminate top (my preference...ask me why).

October 30, 2010

ADRIAN PEARSALL China Cabinet





Talk about top drawer! Adrian Pearsall was one of the big boys in Mid Century Modern designs. 
He created this lovely honey walnut china cabinet which boast an upper glass case for your best 60's dish collection. Look at the drawer pulls on the lower cabinet! The handles are squared solid brass, and offer just a kiss of wicker around the top pulls.
And can we talk about the legs?? WOW!
Won't this cabinet will look super in your dining room this Thanksgiving?

SOLD 11/27/10

Dimensions:
L 40
W 18
H 62
An Orange Moon
2436 W 59th St.
Chicago,IL 60629
312.450.9821
Friday 11a-3p 
Saturday & Sunday 11A-5PM
(Winter hours)
RE-MIX & RE-IMAGINE