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Best places to buy mid-century modern furniture online
Wander through enough furniture stores and you’re bound to run into sleek pieces of wood furniture that manage to look classic but also modern at the same time. If you’ve ever wondered what this style of versatile style furniture is, it’s got a name, and there’s a reason it’s everywhere. Mid-century modern furniture has been around since the 20th century (hence the term “mid-century”), and the originals have price tags that aren’t exactly budget-friendly. But nowadays, everybody has knockoffs. Unless you’re shopping strictly vintage, it’s the knockoffs of mid-century modern furniture that you’re likely seeing, especially at big retailers such as West Elm, AllModern and more.
Given the design style’s appeal, we decided to round up the best places to buy mid-century modern furniture online. We were delighted to find some of our favorite retailers, such as Castlery and Wayfair, have a wide selection of mid-century modern furniture, ranging from lounge chairs to bookshelves. The price of mid-century modern furniture varies by retailer and furniture piece, although you can expect to pay anywhere between a couple hundred for a bedside table to more than $2,000 for a dining table set.
Best mid-century modern furniture overall: West Elm
West Elm is known best by many as being the premiere place to shop for mid-century modern furniture. Browse their site and you’ll find lounge chairs, coffee tables, dressers, beds, dining tables, bookshelves, desks and more in the mid-century style.
What’s more, you can easily find the brand’s selection by inputting “mid-century” into the search bar. Scroll through the collection and you’ll find many pieces currently on sale, including this mid-century bookshelf with drawer for $200 off and this mid-century media console for $300 off. The latter piece of furniture is made of FSC-certified wood, can fit a TV up to 96 inches and comes with ample storage, including two cabinets and six drawers.
Best budget mid-century modern furniture: Amazon
Can’t afford West Elm’s mid-century modern furniture? No problem. Head over to Amazon. The retail giant has mid-century modern pieces at a fraction of the price. The caveat with buying from Amazon is that it’s not a dedicated home store the way that the other retailers we listed are, so you may find yourself taking longer to find the piece you want.
Some of our favorite finds include this loveseat sofa, which is currently 21% off for a limited time and this eye-catching, slatted TV stand that’s on sale for 23% off. There’s also this comfy wood-and-linen accent chair that is $45 off when you add the available coupon.
Best selection of mid-century modern furniture: Wayfair
Wayfair’s inventory is massive, so you have a large selection of mid-century modern furniture to choose from. The quality will often be better than Amazon, and sometimes, you’ll find pieces that are more affordable than West Elm. In fact, we’ve found some West Elm dupes on Wayfair.
Wayfair’s selection of mid-century modern furniture includes dressers, media consoles, couches, chairs, beds, patio furniture, side tables and more. We’re fans of this four-row dresser from Mercury Row, this splurge-worthy leather sofa and this affordable wood-spindle platform bed from Zinus.
Best mid-century modern dining furniture: Casterly
Castlery stands out for having a solid selection of mid-century modern dining tables and dining sets. Most of the dining tables themselves are more than $1,000, but you can find a couple of options under $700, including this small round dining table, perfect for compact kitchens or dining rooms, for $499. Shopping for a family dining table? We love this extendable option that seats eight.
Dining sets with chairs are more costly, but they’ll save you the time and hassle of having to buy chairs separately. We like this set that comes with an oval dining table and four padded seats. You can get the Brighton oval dining table with four Carrie chairs on sale for $86 off for a limited time.
Best mid-century modern bedroom furniture: AllModern
AllModern offers a smaller selection of furniture than its parent company, Wayfair, but many of the choices are certainly more stylish. This includes mid-century modern furniture. AllModern has mid-century options across furniture categories, but what stands out is the bedroom furniture.
The retailer has sleek platform beds as well as multi-drawer dressers and nightstands that you can match with it. And if you want a bed with upholstery, there’s some mid century modern beds covered in fabric, offering a more cozy sleeping set up, or even vegan leather.
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Harvey Weinstein is hospitalized in New York City after emergency heart surgery, according to the ex-movie mogul’s representatives.
“At our urging he was rushed to the hospital last night and after examination the medical team decided to perform a procedure,” Arthur Aidala, one of Weinstein’s lawyers, confirmed to CBS News.
Weinstein, 72, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan from the Rikers Island jail complex “due to severe medical conditions,” his publicist Juda Engelmayer and prison consultant Craig Rothfeld told the Associated Press.
“We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein had a procedure and surgery on his heart,” the pair stated, declining further comment.
The development was first reported by ABC News.
The disgraced Hollywood figure is awaiting retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan.
After the New York case is finished, Weinstein is to return to California to serve a 16-year sentence for a separate rape conviction.
He was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 while already serving a 23-year sentence in New York. But his initial 2020 conviction in Manhattan was thrown out this spring by New York’s top court, which found that the judge had unfairly allowed testimony based on allegations outside the realm of the trial.
Weinstein has denied raping or sexually assaulting anyone.
Weinstein has been in and out of Bellevue Hospital since returning to Rikers Island from state prison in April.
He was hospitalized in July for health troubles including COVID-19 and pneumonia in both lungs, his representatives said.
Weinstein became the most prominent villain of the #MeToo movement, which took root in 2017 when women began to go public with accounts of his alleged behavior.
At the original trial, Weinstein was convicted of forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and rape in the third degree for an attack on an aspiring actor in 2013. Those allegations will be part of his retrial.
Weinstein, the co-founder of Miramax and The Weinstein Company film studios, was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, producing such Oscar winners as “Pulp Fiction” and “Shakespeare in Love.”
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