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Store Opening: Find Furnish

Twin Cities Design Scene — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:33:50 +0000

Nestled in the first floor of the white factory building at the Casket Arts Building is a new store called, Find Furnish. Owned by Marie Zellar and Brian Wilcox, Find Furnish specializes in found Mid-Century Modern furnishing and accessories. Marie spends hours looking through garage sales in the Midwest region and brings her treasures back to Minneapolis to restore to their original glory.

Brian and Marie both learned restoration when they were young. After working the political and environmental scene for a number of years, they both decided to partner and return to their restoration roots and open Find Furnish. Whether it is a Pomegranate colored sofa, a lime green 8-track table, or some funky lamps, Marie and Brian keep the selection fresh. In addition to stopping by their new showroom, one may also purchase items off of their Etsy site.

Please join Marie and Brian this weekend for their Grand Opening of Find Furnish at 1720 Madison Street NE, #10, Minneapolis Minnesota, 55413.

Saturday, October 15 from 12 noon to 8pm

Sunday, October 16th from 12 noon to 5pm.

Antiques Roadshow Stopping By the Twin Cities

Twin Cities Design Scene — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:29:29 +0000

Image via BBC Canada

Time to start digging in your attic and basement to see what sort of hidden treasure you may have! Antiques Roadshow, aired on PBS, has appraisers estimating how much people’s treasures may be worth. The television show stops by Minneapolis on July 9th. No venue has been announced yet, but you may learn more about the show’s Minneapolis stop on the Pioneer Press website.

Profile: Remnants Upholstery

Twin Cities Design Scene — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:57:26 +0000

As I walk into the Remnants Upholstery studio in the Northrup King Building, I feel like I am stepping back into a chic living room from the 1950′s. Owner David Osterberg invites me to sit down on one of his white Saarinen Tulip Chairs. Located in Northeast Minneapolis, Remnants is an upholstery studio that specializes in mid-century modern furniture and antiques. Read more after the jump to learn about Remnants Upholstery and tour the studio!

David Osterberg began his career as an architecture student, but with the recession of the late 1980′s, architectural jobs were hard to come by. “I decided to go back to school and do something that I could do for myself,” Osterberg says, “I had done furniture design in college, so I thought I would take some upholstery classes and see where that lead.”

The rest is history. Osterberg began his business in the Longfellow neighborhood, before moving his studio to southwest Minneapolis. He recently has settled into a studio next to Danish Teak Classics in the Northrup King Building in Northeast Minneapolis.

Being a mid-century enthusiast, Osterberg has developed a relationship with the furniture manufacturer, Knoll. As a result, he receives many referrals from the manufacturer for especially difficult jobs, such as Arne Jacobson’s classic Swan chair. Osterberg describes his relationship with Knoll:

“A lot of other upholsterers don’t want to touch items like a Swan Chair. they look at it and think it an unconventional upholstery method. It is done in a very different way and they don’t want to experiment. I have had people bring things to me, like Swan chairs for example, that other upholsters have worked with, almost in tears from previous upholstery job. So I am the go to guy in fixing it.”

While David loves mid-century modern pieces, he is a jack of all trades and works with all different time periods of furniture. He tells me, “as a student, I did a lot of Victorian, hand sewn, horse hair pieces. So I am very well rounded. I’ve restored 300 year old pieces that have come out of France that should be in a museum…I know clients would look into my shop in the past and think ‘Oh, he does not know how to do my antique piece’ because I only had modern pieces, but modern is my aesthetic.”

Well versed in most styles of furniture, David Osterberg turns his client’s furniture into works of art. Not only is he talented at his upholstery work, he is enthusiastic about sharing the story behind his pieces. David is in and out of his studio, the best way to reach Osterberg is by calling ahead to make an appointment at 612-823-5591 or e-mail him at REMNANTSUPH@msn.com. Check out the Remnants Upholstery studio below:

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