A Little Mid-Century Modern

Dave R · 22 Jun 2012, 13:09

This is my morning SketchUp practice piece. I'll learn to work this program, yet.

davidheim1 · 22 Jun 2012, 17:51

For a proper mid-century look, shouldn't the top be made of salmon-pink Formica with that boomerang pattern on it?

Dave R · 22 Jun 2012, 18:00

You know, I think you're right. Or else aquamarine with stars. I did glass but maybe I'll change it. I wonder if you can still by salmon pink Formica with the boomerang pattern.

boofredlay · 22 Jun 2012, 18:52

I have that pattern in white as my router table top. I found it in my father's basement and he allowed me to re-purpose it.

Nice table Dave.

Dave R · 22 Jun 2012, 21:07

Thanks Eric.

Your router table is probably unique.

boofredlay · 22 Jun 2012, 21:15

It is indeed, I will send you pics.

dale · 23 Jun 2012, 12:42

I don't know about the pink, but you can still get the grey

Dave R · 23 Jun 2012, 12:46

I think the pink and turquoise have been discontinued. I should try to make a seamless material of it. Thanks, Dale. Are you up early or haven't gone to bed, yet?

dale · 23 Jun 2012, 14:52

Hi Dave
Up 4:45 am, Model till 9:00 am, build house till 6:00 pm, maybe a little more modeling, maybe a glass of wine till 8:30- 9:00 PM, down for the count... repeat... repeat... ( sneak in a little SketchUcation, and some grub)
But, as Dad used to say, you dig your own hole

Another Formica retro are those ones that used to come on the chrome kitchen sets.

By the way, love the table

boofredlay · 23 Jun 2012, 17:11

Here is my router table. It is not the boomerang I thought it was and the surface is not new enough to make a seamless texture. Thought I would share anyway.

Dave R · 25 Jun 2012, 17:38

That's a pretty fancy router table, Eric. Good work.

Here's another Mid-Century piece I did while doodling at lunch.

davidheim1 · 25 Jun 2012, 19:22

Dave,
Gorgeous texture for the blond wood. Is this for a hi-fi and a stack of LPs, or will it hold a Mad Man's liquor supply? (They do knock back an awful lot of Canadian whisky on that series.) And doesn't the cabinet need midcentury-modern pulls, shaped more or less like Rude Osolnik's iconic candlesticks?
Best,
dh

midcentury pull.skp

Dave R · 25 Jun 2012, 19:47

David,

Frankly I would go for the booze.

It does indeed need some mid-century modern pulls. Yours is pretty good maybe we'll go with it. Thanks.

Roger · 25 Jun 2012, 21:43

@dale said:

Hi Dave
Up 4:45 am, Model till 9:00 am, build house till 6:00 pm, maybe a little more modeling, maybe a glass of wine till 8:30- 9:00 PM, down for the count... repeat... repeat... ( sneak in a little SketchUcation, and some grub)
But, as Dad used to say, you dig your own hole

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By the way, love the table

My schedule is somewhat similar to Dale's. It involves wait for weekend then drive 150 miles and repair newly acquired old house, curse original builder and after the weekend drive back 150 miles and spend the week planning the next remodeling attack. Hope to live long enough to enjoy the fruits of my labor. This week is dead as the jeep developed an oil leak and the gear box gave out. Today I limped three miles in 103F heat from the repair garage back to my house. That is not so far, but with the heat and gout the journey was infinite. I could see mountains in the distance called the "Estrellas". Old Spanish maps were marked "Journada de las Estrellas" meaning in Spanish "Journey by the Stars" with the implied ending "or the heat of day will kill you." Blessed are those who build and repair their own homes for they will be able to pass through the eye of a needle"

Dave R · 25 Jun 2012, 22:14

Dale and Roger, we seem to have sort of similar schedules. I seem to wake up sometime between 2:00 and 4:00 am, do SketchUp work until it's time to get ready for work at 5. Leave for work at 5:30. Work until 4. Back home and back to doing drawing work until 9 or 10. Repeat. Weekends I sleep in until 4:30 or 5, draw at least until the family is up. Depending on weather I draw most of the rest of the day unless the weather is nice and we go sailing.

chrisglasier · 25 Jun 2012, 22:46

@davidheim1 said:

For a proper mid-century look, shouldn't the top be made of salmon-pink Formica with that boomerang pattern on it?

It's bound to come back.

Dave R · 26 Jun 2012, 00:45

Chris, you're probably right.

David, here's a slightly different version of your pull and the same case on a different base.

Dave R · 26 Jun 2012, 00:57

Someone told me the pulls were on the doors incorrectly although the cabinet that was the inspiration has them the way I did them originally. Anyway, here's the left hand door turned around.

davidheim1 · 26 Jun 2012, 16:39

Dave,
I like your pulls as well as the second version of the base with the more-vertical legs. Are you planning to build this, or was this just a drawing exerise?
dh

Dave R · 26 Jun 2012, 17:01

Thank you, David.

Well, it is probably mostly drawing practice but I would like to replace the old cherry sideboard we have now. The curent one is a piece made in the Amana furniture factory in 1961. It a beautiful piece. Solid cherry throughout and hand carved drawer pulls. There a gate leg table and four chairs, too. This was a dining room set my grandmother ordered from the factory and although it is beautiful furniture, it doesn't really suit us. Before we can get rid of the sideboard, though, we have to a place to put the contents.