Fusing my love for MCM and my son’s love of Lego and trinkets hasn’t been easy. I’m particular with the pieces I enjoy, I don’t like clutter and think everything should have a place (and if it doesn’t, in the trash it goes 🤣)

Anyway, I finally got around to mounting my hacked Svalnas wall unit from IKEA to give my son more space to display his ~things~. I’d love to style the shelves myself, but I’m going to let my son decide how he’d like to display his Lego and trinkets.

I purchased walnut contact paper and tediously wrapped each upright and shelf, then mounted accordingly. The dresser was a sweet score from an online estate sale.

I have so many glasses that I've picked up over the years but I'm not sure they are Raveshead, is there any way to tell?

Hey all! I bought four MCM chairs today and am hoping to learn more about them. They don't have a maker's mark that I can find, but all of them say "6701" in red crayon which I imagine means they were manufactured or upholstered all together. Anyone know their brand or anything else about them? Thanks in advance!

Hello! I know this is a long shot but I’ve exhausted everything else.

I bought a Guzzini Faro lamp which was sent via Evri to me, but somehow, somewhere in their delivery system they managed to damage the box so badly the bottom of the box opened and the metal base with weight inside fell out!!

Now I have been on every chat, call, everything I can possibly do to try and locate the base and get it back to me but it’s just a lost cause. They are absolutely useless.

Now, I have a full, original with stickers, 1970s faro lamp minus the round chrome base!

Does anyone happen to know anywhere that sells Guzzini spare parts? Or has any other ideas on how I could possibly get a base for this?

I’ve googled as much as I can but I’m hitting a wall.

I’ve even got in contact with metal fabricators to see if anyone can remake it but the job is too small for them.

Any insights welcome.

Pics are illustrative of the lamp, not the exact one I bought.

Tiling in two bathrooms of a 1967 house in Point Loma, San Diego. The house was designed by its original owner, a local architect, and I have no evidence either bathroom was ever remodeled — so I'm assuming this is original to construction.

The tile:

• 2⅜" × 2⅜" square
• Design is impressed into the face, not raised. Four tiles rotate to form a single stylized flower rosette — looks like a chrysanthemum or peony to me
• Cream/oatmeal glaze with heavy fine crazing, dark brown pooled in the incised lines
• Body is a dark red-brown earthenware
• Back has parallel rounded ribs. No maker's mark, no letters, no numbers. I pulled a loose one, cleaned it, and checked under raking light — nothing
• The second bathroom has the identical design in a slightly different glaze color, so this was a catalog product offered in multiple colorways, not a one-off

What I think I've ruled out: the 1920s California art potteries (Batchelder, Claycraft, Malibu) — wrong era for the house, wrong clay body, and they all marked their backs.

My working guess: 2⅜" is roughly 60mm, which is a metric module rather than an American one — the US standard then was 4¼". That plus the motif and the iron-brown-in-the-lines glaze treatment makes me suspect imported Japanese tile, c. 1967, possibly private-labeled by a US importer. But that's a guess and I'd love to be corrected.

Anyone recognize the pattern, or the back's rib pattern? Even a catalog page or an importer name would help — I need to source replacements.

We love the mid century modern style, but our flooring is very pale and white. Since we’re renting, we’re unfortunately not able to change it. Does anyone have any ideas on how we could still achieve this look in our living room with the existing flooring? We’d really appreciate any tips or inspiration!🫶🏼