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Brutalist in the bedroom
16 December 2021, 08:06 AM
Steve MillerBrutalist in the bedroom
We picked up a dresser and two nightstands off of Craigslist. We don't need the dresser but the lot was $350 - less than a pair of flat pack night stands would cost and I've had quite enough of flat pack furniture for a while.
The ad described the style as "Brutalist", a term I have heard used to describe architecture but not furniture. It's not great furniture and it never was - particle board, nameless, only marking is Canada 1974. The veneer is too thin to sand but the drawers are dovetailed so there is that. Nightstands were in decent shape but the dresser is hammered.
Cleaned up the nightstands and I think they look pretty good:
Here is a link to a dresser like ours on First Dibs, listed at $2,600. I'll be amazed if it sells for anything close to that - its in about the same terrible shape as mine is with chunks of particle board missing in about the same spots.
It's roomy if nothing else. 
It's going to take some time to restore, which should give me something to do during the Great Blizzard of '22.
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16 December 2021, 08:47 AM
MikhailohI was hesitant to open this thread.
But I like the nightstands a lot, which is more than I can say for the architecture.
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16 December 2021, 09:16 AM
CHASLike the nightstand
Thought the thread would involve something more Epstein-like and was hesitant to open the irresistible headline.
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16 December 2021, 09:32 AM
RealPlayerI like the 2 pieces shown, but I wouldn’t call them brutalist. Wood tones are too comforting for that.
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16 December 2021, 09:43 AM
ShiroKuroquote:
I was hesitant to open this thread.
+1
Steve, those are really cool! I've never heard the term brutalist, huh.
16 December 2021, 09:47 AM
Steve Millerquote:
Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
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I was hesitant to open this thread.
+1
Steve, those are really cool! I've never heard the term brutalist, huh.
Look up “brutalist architecture”. It’s some of the ugliest work you’ll ever see and for a long time it was the favored style for government buildings.
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16 December 2021, 10:17 AM
jodiquote:
Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
I was hesitant to open this thread.
But I like the nightstands a lot, which is more than I can say for the architecture.
Haha, me too! Nightstands look great!
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16 December 2021, 12:00 PM
pianojugglerquote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
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I was hesitant to open this thread.
+1
Steve, those are really cool! I've never heard the term brutalist, huh.
Look up “brutalist architecture”. It’s some of the ugliest work you’ll ever see and for a long time it was the favored style for government buildings.
I kinda like Brutalist architecture. To me, it looks solid and sturdy. But that may be a generational thing. I like it even more since I-1 says he hates it.
I was in Long Beach a couple years ago when the new city hall complex opened. My friend who was studying design at the time walked me over there -- past the old Brutalist building that was going to be torn down. He proclaimed it a big, ugly, soulless box. I thought it was nice.
Anyway, I like the nightstands. Can you re-veneer the top of the dresser?
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16 December 2021, 12:10 PM
Piano*DadHmmm. Easy to (wrongly) conflate Brutalism with everything "modern" and Bauhaus.
Interesting Article The Pompidou Center in Paris is ... brutal!
16 December 2021, 12:13 PM
Piano*DadAn example in Albany NY.
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16 December 2021, 09:17 PM
pianojugglerThe old Long Beach, California City Hall
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16 December 2021, 09:33 PM
pianojugglerThe J Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC
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16 December 2021, 10:21 PM
RealPlayerI don’t know if this will copy, but here’s a local example from Staten Island. Quite bizarre.
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16 December 2021, 10:30 PM
BeeLadyBoston City Hall
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16 December 2021, 10:45 PM
ShiroKuroWow, super interesting to see these buildings, and then think about Steve’s nightstand, the nightstands give such a different impression, I would have never connected them to these architectural styles.