As promised, here are some photos of our amazing finds at our local thrift shop. We picked these up about a month or so ago. Long story short, we needed to get new furniture because the movers destroyed much of our stuff. However, we didn’t have the money to buy that new furniture. One day, we were dropping off a load of items at the thrift store when we decided, what the heck, let’s see what they have. Little did we know we hit the jackpot! We picked up a couch and 2 chairs for $120… total! We knew they looked like they were worth more than that, but little did we know, quite a bit more.
After a lot of web searching we finally were able to get an estimate of how much each of our pieces might be worth. (Not that we were selling, but we were just curious.) These Sling Arm Lounge Chairs we found were designed by Finn Juhl for France & Sons, Denmark, circa 1950s. We found a pair of them in “good” condition for $4200! We bought them for $10 each!
Bonsai enjoys our super cool Danish Lounge Chairs, too. Although, his little white hairs like to get stuck in that wool fabric. Very irritating. These orange cushions may or may not be original. I am not able to tell based on my research. They need to be cleaned, but in good shape otherwise.
And, here, we have our $100 “couch” which turns out to be a Peter Hvidt daybed, by France & Sons, Denmark, 1960s. We found this online ranging from $800 to $1000. Still a great deal. This daybed is not in perfect condition, but it in pretty good condition. We actually took off the rectangular backrest so the back cushion would sit flush with the wall. It is more comfortable this way. It looks as though the backrest is tilted too far forward, but we can’t figure out how to fix that. We love it still!
Again, Bonsai’s hairs like to get stuck in this wool! I’m considering recovering these cushions to make them more comfortable to sit on. Wool is a bit itchy for me. But, that will have to go on the back burner for now.
France & Sons logo on each of the pieces. This first tipped us and my cousin, Amanda, off that it might just be worth more than we paid. She was able to identify that it was France & Sons, which narrowed things down quite a bit for us! Thanks, Amanda!
All three pieces are teak wood. The chairs look like they need a little bit of TLC from, well, being over 50 years old! I’ve done some research on how to care for teak, but any tips or advice is more than welcome!
I just have to mention that I fully and completely attribute this amazing find to the fact that God adores all of us so much that He even cares to bless us in these seemingly insignificant areas of our lives. Sure, us finding this furniture dirt cheap doesn’t change any lives, but it does show me that God loves who I am, and He cares enough to bless me with something He knew I would ADORE! How cool is that? I just think it’s awesome. Don’t overlook these little things in your life.
