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Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Back
Leonard Riforgiato 1 min read
Heywood-Wakefield Vintage Furniture Questions from Fans – #3

An occasional series featuring questions from the public about vintage Heywood-Wakefield pieces Question I've attached a photo of a china...

mid-century modern Rio Bed
Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Forward
Leonard Riforgiato 7 min read
Crafting the Mid-Century Modern Rio Bed

The elegant, Art Deco-inspired Rio Bed is one of our favorite pieces. Originally just one part of the Rio bedroom...

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Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Back
Leonard Riforgiato 1 min read
Heywood-Wakefield Vintage Furniture Questions from Fans – #2

An occasional series featuring inquiries from the public about vintage Heywood-Wakefield furniture Question I have a round wooden rotating table...

slang from the 1950s
Category_Spotlight on the Mid-Century Era
Leonard Riforgiato 3 min read
Dig It! Slang from the 1950s

Every generation develops its own quirky terms and phrases to refer to popular items and activities of their day, different...

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Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Back
Leonard Riforgiato 2 min read
Books About Vintage Heywood-Wakefield Mid-Century Modern Furniture

Vintage Heywood-Wakefield furniture is highly sought after and highly valued on the antiques market. We get lots of questions about...

7 Things You Might Not Know About Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Category_Inspired Décor & Design with Heywood-Wakefield
Leonard Riforgiato 2 min read
7 Things You Might Not Know About Mid-Century Modern Furniture

Mid-century modern furniture is one of the most enduring styles of home furnishings. It caught on quickly starting in the...

decorating different types wood
Category_Inspired Décor & Design with Heywood-Wakefield
Leonard Riforgiato 3 min read
10 Decorating Tips for Combining Different Types of Wood or Wood Finishes

Solid wood furniture is great. Maybe we're biased because that's what we make (all Heywood-Wakefield furniture is crafted from Norther...

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Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Forward
Leonard Riforgiato 3 min read
Put Your Feet Up and Relax... Finally! Introducing the Biscayne Ottoman

The CM 388 C Club Chair is one of the most famous and beloved items from the Heywood-Wakefield furniture catalog,...

Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Forward
Leonard Riforgiato 2 min read
Want us to match the color of your non-Heywood-Wakefield furniture? 

Send us a sample of the color you want, and we'll use advanced technology to match it. Send us the...

mid-century modern home architecture
Category_Spotlight on the Mid-Century Era
Leonard Riforgiato 4 min read
Hallmarks of Mid-Century Modern Home Architecture and Its Enduring Retro Appeal

Life in America began taking on a distinct shape in the latter half of the 1940s and through the 1950s...

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Category_Inspired Décor & Design with Heywood-Wakefield
Leonard Riforgiato 4 min read
More Retro Home Décor That's Totally Cool Today

Since we've had such an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to our recently published piece called Retro Home Décor That's Totally Cool...

Heywood-Wakefield Amber furniture finish
Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Forward
Leonard Riforgiato 4 min read
About Heywood-Wakefield Amber Furniture Finish

Before my partner and I bought the Heywood-Wakefield trademark, I had a furniture refinishing business in Miami and a South...

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Category_Heywood-Wakefield: Looking Back
Leonard Riforgiato 1 min read
Heywood-Wakefield Vintage Furniture Questions from Fans – #1

An occasional series featuring questions from the public about vintage Heywood-Wakefield pieces Recently, we received an email and some pictures...

Starlight Village mid-century modern development
Category_Spotlight on the Mid-Century Era
Leonard Riforgiato 2 min read
Spotlight on Starlight Village, a New Mid-Century Modern-Inspired Development

Ever wished you could hop in a time machine and go live back in the 1950s or early 1960s—but decided...