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Best places to buy mid-century modern furniture online
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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
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
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
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
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
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.
The Biden administration has asked Congress for special permission to increase spending on Secret Service in the weeks ahead, even if Congress only passes a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, multiple congressional and administration sources tell CBS News.
The White House Office of Management and Budget submitted a so-called anomaly request to congressional committees amid the fallout of a second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, this time, at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Short-term spending bills, known as a continuing resolutions or CRs, are used the fund the government at current levels for a brief period until appropriations bills for the entire fiscal year are passed. CRs often contain anomaly provisions for programs or activities that require support that departs from general funding levels, according to the Congressional Research Service.
OMB warned in its request that without some flexibility to ratchet up Secret Service spending soon, “the Secret Service would have insufficient resources to sustain and enhance protective operations.”
Congressional staffers say there are increasing concerns about Secret Service’s funding levels, and uncertainty over how much additional funding will be needed is part of what’s bogged down ongoing negotiations and deliberations over government spending for 2025 on Capitol Hill. Congress has until Oct. 1 to fund the government, risking a partial government shutdown a few weeks before Election Day.
In the short term, OMB said in its request that granting special dispensation to boost Secret Service spending would enable the agency to “sustain current operations and address additional protective and campaign travel, operations, and overtime costs as they arise.”
President Biden told reporters at the White House Monday morning that the Secret Service “needs more help.” He added, “And I think that Congress should respond to their needs if they in fact need more service people.”
The Secret Service has separately notified Congress that it needs more resources to complete its mission. In a letter sent a week ago to a Senate subcommittee from Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said “increased mission requirements of the Secret Service necessitate additional resources.”
Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in Sunday’s incident, was charged Monday with two firearm offenses in federal court. Routh, 58, was armed with an AK-47-style rifle and was allegedly 300-500 yards away from Trump at Trump International Golf Course when members of the Secret Service detail spotted him and opened fire, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. Routh, who did not fire his rifle, fled and was detained soon afterward. Trump was unharmed and thanked Secret Service agents and local law enforcement, calling them “absolutely outstanding.”
But this incident comes barely two months after Trump was shot in the ear during a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. And Congress and federal agencies are still investigating this incident, which resulted in the death of one rally attendee.
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10 Delta passengers receive medical attention following emergency landing in Salt Lake City
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing Sunday morning due to a pressurization problem, resulting in at least 10 people requiring medical attention.
In a statement, Delta told CBS News that paramedics met passengers at the gate and identified 10 individuals in need of evaluation or treatment. There were 140 passengers on board.
The passengers were all treated and released by medics but airport officials say some may have opted to take themselves to the hospital for further treatment. The airline told CBS News that it offered to cover transportation costs for customers to go to medical facilities.
The Salt Lake City Fire Department, which deployed the paramedics to the scene, said it could not comment on incidents that occur on airport grounds, but confirmed that its medics did not take anyone to the hospital.
Delta flight 1203 was en route from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland, Oregon, when a pressurization issue occurred, prompting the flight to return to Salt Lake City. Oxygen masks did not deploy but the plane was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet, according to the airline.
The pilots of the five-year-old Boeing 737-900ER declared an emergency and descended below 10,000 feet. According to flightradar24.com‘s preliminary flight data, the plane was only briefly above the 10,000 foot level.
“Descending below 10,000 per cabin altitude warning,” the pilots of flight 1203 can be heard telling air traffic controllers in audio obtained by CBS News from LiveATC.Net, “And Delta 1203 we’re declaring an emergency.”
The FAA told CBS News in a statement the plane “landed without incident at around 8:30 a.m. local time.”
The FAA said it is investigating the incident.
“We sincerely apologize to our customers for their experience on flight 1203 on Sept. 15,” Delta said in a statement provided to CBS news. “The flight crew followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on the ground supported our customers with their immediate needs.”
The airline said the plane was taken out of service on the morning of Sept. 15 and went back into service on Sept. 16. after technicians resolved the pressurization issue.
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