The lacquer was chipping away from my mid-century modern dining chairs — one of which also had a wobbly leg — when I contacted two refinishers to inquire about a makeover. The estimates they ...

People often assume that all mid-century furniture was finished with teak oil, Kennedy said, but most was finished with sprayed, toned lacquer. Therefore, you likely won’t want to use teak or ...

A garage full of furniture and then two packed storage units followed. Two years later, Susan Fessenden has a small showroom/warehouse in Virginia Beach for her business, Wholly Mid-Century.

“When I moved here, I didn’t know a soul and had very little furniture,” he says. He started furnishing his loft and noticed a pattern. “Strangely enough I started buying mid-century ...

“We saw the potential in the structure,” Rochelo says. “We knew we could bring in our own style with wallpaper, art, and furniture.” Sutton’s mid-century–inspired pieces, for instance, are a perfect ...