Boomerang Table (preferably Tiki style) - Collecting Tiki

T tikijackalope Tiki Socialite KS/MO Joined: Oct 23, 2003 Posts: 835	T tikijackalope Posted posted on Tue, Mar 1, 2005 2:31 PM About two years ago I ran across some new formica googie-inspired tables in a Wichita, KS flea market. They were nice, but I was really looking for boomerang (Formica Skylark) pattern tables, which I eventually found http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=5588&forum=6&vpost=78151 . If you don't find a more local source or established dealer, let me know and I'll see if I can track down the builder. I think the price was $350 for a set of one amoeba and one boomerang shaped coffee table in a plain off-white formica. They were of slighty different heights so that they could overlap. I loved the shapes, but couldn't justify that price for something new. If I were you, I'd find a local craftsman, draw up exactly what you want (shapes are so subjective), and have it made. I have occasionally run across the amoeba or kidney shaped bamboo-sided tables, some of which are roughly boomerang-shaped, but unfortunately, even here in the middle of nowhere, they are pricey. I hope the public at large gloms onto some other style soon. Maybe someone is working on a chrome and glass furniture book that'll throw people off the tiki/googie path...one can hope.

About two years ago I ran across some new formica googie-inspired tables in a Wichita, KS flea market. They were nice, but I was really looking for boomerang (Formica Skylark) pattern tables, which I eventually found http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=5588&forum=6&vpost=78151 .

If you don't find a more local source or established dealer, let me know and I'll see if I can track down the builder. I think the price was $350 for a set of one amoeba and one boomerang shaped coffee table in a plain off-white formica. They were of slighty different heights so that they could overlap. I loved the shapes, but couldn't justify that price for something new.

If I were you, I'd find a local craftsman, draw up exactly what you want (shapes are so subjective), and have it made.

I have occasionally run across the amoeba or kidney shaped bamboo-sided tables, some of which are roughly boomerang-shaped, but unfortunately, even here in the middle of nowhere, they are pricey. I hope the public at large gloms onto some other style soon. Maybe someone is working on a chrome and glass furniture book that'll throw people off the tiki/googie path...one can hope.

Post #144013 by tikijackalope on Tue, Mar 1, 2005 2:31 PM