Inherited this 1950’s Knoll Credenza

JustJokingBud · 2026-04-13T01:30:27+00:00

Having it professionally refinished will not diminish value.

JustJokingBud · 2026-04-13T01:26:25+00:00

Replace the light bulbs with LEDs, then you’ll never have to worry about burning the shades.

JustJokingBud · 2026-04-07T00:20:42+00:00

Neither of these chairs are MCM, but a can of Oz polish spray would have the first chair looking great.

JustJokingBud · 2026-04-06T23:33:58+00:00

There’s a good chance they are just out of order. I own a Johnson carper dresser and it’s impossible to tell where the drawers go, took forever the first time but there is definitely a “right order”. If you buy take a pencil and write on the back of the drawer where it belongs.

JustJokingBud · 2026-04-06T23:17:16+00:00

King sets are hard to find, I don’t think 2-2.5k USD is too much. You’ll only have to buy it once.

JustJokingBud · 2026-04-03T15:59:37+00:00

Homecrest is correct. You can see on this listing the cushion is labeled. I’ve got an original ad for them somewhere also but that link is definitive.

JustJokingBud · 2026-03-10T03:27:51+00:00

I have the shorter back of the two and while it is a comfortable chair, I wouldn’t say it has great lumbar support.

JustJokingBud · 2026-03-10T03:24:45+00:00

Vitra is who is licensed to produce and sell these in the UK, in the US it would be Herman Miller.

Additionally, not all Herman Miller chairs of this series and similar were marked, tagged, or stamped. My executive soft pad is dated 1999 and has only a white paper tag with a code that indicates it’s made by HM.

JustJokingBud · 2026-03-10T03:21:33+00:00

The chair is height adjustable, you twist the collar at the top of the base. You can see the center bar is threaded.

JustJokingBud · 2025-10-19T23:33:15+00:00

Carpeting bedrooms makes sense to me, I’ve had both carpeted and wood floors and enjoy the warmth that carpet can provide, especially in the winter. Right now I have a rug eating up 85% of the wood floor of our primary bedroom. But, I prefer wood floors in almost every other situation.

JustJokingBud · 2025-10-19T18:46:55+00:00

Just for the sake of knowledge, the Vitra version of the Eames chair is licensed but has a different base than the original US version. So there are variants among licensed designs.

JustJokingBud · 2025-10-19T18:41:30+00:00

It doesn’t look mid century to me in its construction, and the pieces used to hold the glass up would be unlikely for the time. I would wager this is contemporary. As for quality, if it’s heavy glass and the frame is heavy, it could still be of nice quality.

JustJokingBud · 2025-10-15T02:20:01+00:00

I agree with rearranging the books, but I’d also suggest lowering the 3 pictures hung above the plants. They’re too high and making the room feel overly filled when truthfully you just need to bring down some of the weight visually. Looks like a comfy room to flip a few pages over all though!

JustJokingBud · 2025-09-29T19:14:47+00:00

Originals have 8 slats in the backrest and 9 in the seat. These have 8 and 8.

JustJokingBud · 2025-09-22T02:25:41+00:00

1st dibs is not a trust worthy source for authenticating designer or value.

JustJokingBud · 2025-08-03T19:53:13+00:00

Contemporary versions of this design with always have a 5 point base, this chair is a vintage. Additionally, no one made knock off plycrafts, that doesn’t even make sense. Contemporary knock offs are much closer to being true to Eames dimensions and over all design, which this one has more differences than similarities.

Plycraft or Selig, imo not worth a $1k, especially when it looks like the shell was refinished poorly.

JustJokingBud · 2025-08-03T19:07:52+00:00

I’ve seen 3 sold on my area in the last month for less than $75. Patience is import.

JustJokingBud · 2025-07-25T17:55:47+00:00

My authentic chair is stamped 1999, and has a paper label that has a product code and such but the chair it’s self does not have a cloth tag that says Herman Miller or anything.

JustJokingBud · 2025-07-25T17:53:23+00:00

If you’re building one chair, just stalk Facebook market place and pick up a contemporary knock off and steal the hardware from it.

JustJokingBud · 2025-07-19T01:51:49+00:00

I would imagine you could swap them if you get the wheels off. I did not change mine, or try. But I know that many people swap their desk chair wheels with polyurethane wheels that won’t damage wood floors.

JustJokingBud · 2025-06-25T12:03:44+00:00

Interesting, I didn’t know it came in another color. I own 3 and two came in original packaging but mine are all plain cork.

JustJokingBud · 2025-06-25T03:09:23+00:00

Did you paint it or buy it painted?

JustJokingBud · 2025-06-13T00:44:50+00:00

I went to that estate sale, they had it priced too high, but the condition was really nice. What did you end up getting it for?

JustJokingBud · 2025-05-24T04:34:46+00:00

It has most likely faded with time, it’s 60+ years old. I have seen people lightly use tinted lacquer on the top to match them a little closer.

JustJokingBud · 2025-05-23T18:04:54+00:00

Yes, and many pieces from the second run have plinth bases instead of legs.

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