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 Heywood Wakefield Chair Hey Woodite Chrome Student School Yellow Plastic $32.00 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 31m Buy It Now for only: $32.00 |
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 PAIR Of 1950s Heywood Wakefield End Tables M308G $395.00 Time Remaining: 3d 16h 15m Buy It Now for only: $395.00 |
 1950 Heywood Wakefield ENCORE Style DESK w Chair SIGNED BAUMRITTER $150.00 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 6m |
 Vintage Heywood Wakefield Champagne Finished One Drawer Nightstand $365.00 Time Remaining: 28d 8h 15m Buy It Now for only: $365.00 |
 Heywood Wakefield Encore Wheat Full size Bed $500.00 Time Remaining: 28d 5h 14m Buy It Now for only: $500.00 |
 Heywood Wakefield dining table and four chairs Sable $100.00 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 59m |
 Vintage HEY WOODITE School Chair Retro Mid Century Heywood Wakefield Chair $29.99 Time Remaining: 4d 5h 55m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 Heywood Wakefield M189 Junior Dining Extension Table 1951 55 All Original $100.00 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 48m |
 HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD Danish Mid Century Modern Drop Leaf TABLE Mid Century Modern $1,099.00 Time Remaining: 28d 10h 17m Buy It Now for only: $1,099.00 |
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 Vintage Antique Heywood Wakefield Nightstand Good Shape Pickup Only $399.99 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 59m Buy It Now for only: $449.99 |
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 Heywood Wakefield Dining Set Oak Stripped ready to refinish $399.99 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 8m Buy It Now for only: $399.99 |
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 VINTAGE HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD 1950S M312G THREE NESTING TABLES WHEAT FINISH $388.00 Time Remaining: 27d 14h 33m Buy It Now for only: $388.00 |
 HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD ENCORE BEDROOM SET 8 PIECE BEDROOM SET ORIGINAL FINISH VGC $2,700.00 Time Remaining: 3d 23h 39m |
 VINTAGE HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD AIRFLOW BEDROOM DESIGNED BY LEO JIRANEK 1937 1939 $2,200.00 Time Remaining: 11d 12h 23m Buy It Now for only: $2,200.00 |
 VINTAGE HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD BED AND MATCHING PAIR OF NIGHT STANDS $950.00 Time Remaining: 12d 16h 14m Buy It Now for only: $950.00 |
 ANTIQUE HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD WICKER SIDE TABLE SEWING BASKET STAND CARRYING HANDLE $150.00 Time Remaining: 3d 7h 16m |
 Vintage Encore Heywood Wakefield Full Bed $150.00 Time Remaining: 20d 9h 25m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 Heywood Wakefield Dining Set $250.00 Time Remaining: 6d 14h 20m |
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 Early Encore Heywood Wakefield Mid Century Modern Bedroom Dresser and Mirror $525.00 Time Remaining: 7d 4h 48m Buy It Now for only: $525.00 |
 Eames Kartel Era HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD Retro Mid Century Hey Woodite Dining Chairs $99.99 Time Remaining: 1d 5h 32m |
 Heywood Wakefield encore champagne lamp end table night stand finish removed $100.00 Time Remaining: 29d 5h 13m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD ROCKING CHAIR $75.00 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 53m |
 Heywood Wakefield wheat encore dresser high chest armoire cabinet mid century $549.00 Time Remaining: 1d 4h 11m Buy It Now for only: $549.00 |
 VINTAGE HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD 6 ARMCHAIRS CINNAMON by piece $100.00 Time Remaining: 6h 1m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
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 Mid Century Heywood Wakefield Champagne Encore 6 Drawer Chest Dresser Mirror $700.00 Time Remaining: 15d 14h 48m Buy It Now for only: $700.00 |
 Heywood Wakefield Dining Set $800.00 Time Remaining: 3d 19h 27m |
 WHEAT refinishing stain HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD $45.00 Time Remaining: 2d 18h 56m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 Eames Kartel Era HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD Retro Mid Century Hey Woodite Dining Chairs $100.00 Time Remaining: 1d 5h 36m |
 VINTAGE HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD SET OF 8 CHAIRS DOG BONE STYLE $2,000.00 Time Remaining: 11d 12h 25m Buy It Now for only: $2,000.00 |
 Heywood Wakefield Bedroom Set 2 beds Wheat dressers mir $1,800.00 Time Remaining: 11d 13h 36m Buy It Now for only: $1,800.00 |
 Heywood Wakefield rock maple coffee table collectable $135.00 Time Remaining: 5d 14h 24m Buy It Now for only: $160.00 |
 Mid Century Modern Heywood Wakefield China Cabinet $675.00 Time Remaining: 3d 17h 35m Buy It Now for only: $675.00 |
 MID CENTURY HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD DRESSER CHEST OF DRAWERS $394.88 Time Remaining: 7d 13h 6m |
 1950s Heywood Wakefield Furniture Book Table Chairs Etc $39.95 Time Remaining: 2d 5h 21m Buy It Now for only: $39.95 |
 refinish WHEAT stain QUART HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD $45.00 Time Remaining: 2d 5h 44m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 Matched set 4 Gilbert Rohde CHAIRS Heywood Wakefield 1931 Art deco Machine Age $795.00 Time Remaining: 6d 10h 31m |
 Vintage Heywood Wakefield Scandinavian Inspired Mid Century Modern Furniture $29.95 Time Remaining: 2h 51m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD DESK CHAIR GOOD CND 1896 60187 PICKUP $549.99 Time Remaining: 6d 7h 49m |
 Fine Sweet Design Great Quality Mid Century 3 Drawer Dresser Heywood Wakefield $275.00 Time Remaining: 20d 13h 22m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 |
 Vintage Heywood Wakefield Chairs Pair Cinnamon $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 15m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 vtg Heywood Wakefield Ashcraft Rattan Bamboo table tlc $150.00 Time Remaining: 12d 7h 9m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
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 Antique HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD Rocking Armchair w1344 $375.00 Time Remaining: 4d 20h 9m |
 refinish CHAMPAGNE stain QUART HEYWOOD WAKEFIELD $45.00 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 57m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 NICE Pair Antique Heywood Wakefield Theater Seats Art Deco FANCY CAST IRON ENDS $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 16h 54m |
 78x55 Heywood Wakefield Bed Frame Kohinoor $1,395.00 Time Remaining: 24d 12h 37m Buy It Now for only: $1,395.00 |
Heywood Wakefield
Why Heywood-Wakefield Furniture is Cool
Depending on who is reading this blog, some people may know what Heywood-Wakefield furniture is and some may have no clue. That's okay. I didn't have a clue until about a year ago. I know! Shocking. (I let you in on a little secret... Designer's don't know everything. Shh... I'm not one to gossip and you didn't hear it from me.)
So Heywood-Wakefield make furniture. The coolest furniture in the 40s and 50s. Really. The company started in 1826. Think about that. 1826 was the year that both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, on the same day, July 4th. So, the company was started in 1826 by five brothers; Walter, Levi, Seth, Benjamin and William. They started their company by making chairs in Gardner, Massachusetts in a barn.
Their company started kicking butt and taking names. They created some technology to make everything better. They also created other pieces of furniture to go along with their chairs. Then they joined forces with the Wakefield Rattan Company. First they called themselves The Heywood Brothers and Wakefield but shortened it down to what we know it as: Heywood-Wakefield Company.
So these homeboys are really getting their groove on. They are making furniture and making dollars. Cool, but not. It's the 1930s and their furniture isn't as cool and the gang as it once was. They knew they needed to make some modern furniture, but at that time who was to say what in the world was modern furniture? There was no Psychic Friends Network at that time for these guys to call.
They found some hep cats to help design the future at the Kiwanis Club. I know! Who would think that all the help cats were hanging at the Kiwanis Club? Anyhow, they found Russell Wright, Gilbert Rohde, Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, Leo Jiranek. These fellas were all about streamlined design and knew that quality furniture could be made in mass on a production line.
So with all the heppest cats in town working together they create the "The Heywood-Wakefield Modern Line". The guys said we want round corners, nothing on the table tops, and use some light hardwood and simple lines, don't forget the simple lines.
Birch furniture was coming out of their factory big time and people were eating it up like a coke head doing their next line. Can't get enough. You weren't the bees knee's unless your home had some Heywood-Wakefield in it. You would sadly be known as that pitiful fellow who simply wouldn't know good design if it bit him in the behind.
All was fine and dandy until... you guessed it. It wasn't cool anymore. Like wearing a tuxedo t-shirt to the prom, they fell out of favor with the buying public in the late sixties. In 1980 the company went bankrupt. *insert tears* In 1994 South Beach purchased the name and logo and has brought the furniture back to life.
Now, there are people out there, and you may be one of them, who goes to thrift shops looking for this furniture. You hope the poor schlubs at the thrift shop have no idea what they have in their store and you will score on it with the $5 price tag. These people are very addicted to owning, restoring and reselling this furniture. It has become an obsession. You might get obsessed too, after your first purchase of some Heywood-Wakefield furniture.
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Fixing Heat Burns on Cherry Wood?
My fiance and I inherited a Heywood Wakefield table and didn't know that you couldn't use Pledge (the orange oil one). We had one meal there and used place settings but when we removed the settings a week later, we noticed the areas were all white. It looks like the finish is off right down to the grain.
Is there a way to fix this? We think we are going to have to completely sand it and refinish.
What if it is wax build-up coming to the surface? My dad said my grandma used linseed oil on it very liberally and a lot.
What happened is moisture got below the surface finish. Use place mats from now on. You could use linseed oil. The thin with this is that is has a smell to it plus its very flammable. So if you ever use it you need to dispose of the rags in a can of water. If not they can spontaneously combust. The spots will clear up over time. You can also buy a product called Howard's Restore a Finish. That you can wipe on. Then from there use their feed and wax. I have used it many times and it works well. Sanding the table down especially if it is cherry will lighten the top since cherry darkens with age. So if you do the top you have to do the whole table. The table will then go from that nice dark red to more of a pinkish red.
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