Post #142442 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Feb 21, 2005 10:28 PM

Thanks Scott for the extensive post. Do you have an idea where your parents got the knack for this exotic stuff (given that your mom went oriental in the 70s)?

That outrigger wallhanging was one of Witco's big sellers, there should be quite a few out there still.

I was wondering, could one find old newspaper or magazine ads for Young furniture in York? I'd love to get an original slogan from them. The name YOUNG is so perfect, because it seems to me that the people who bought Witco were often young professionals who celebrated their financial freedom from their parents' generation by buying furniture their parents would have dismissed.

Do you know http://www.atomic-ranch.com ? It is a really well done new magazine for people like you and me who like vintage architecture and decor, and it purposely features not just high brow name designer (Eames/Miller/etc) stuff. Every issue shows well renovated mid century homes and their interiors, with lots of tips, and ads for good retro stuff. It's quarterly, I have all four issues so far, and I can really recommend it to everyone.