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A Jazz Age Inspired Industrial Furniture Collection
We recently visited New York and really enjoyed strolling through the lobbies of grand old hotels like the Roosevelt and the Plaza. As we listened to Jelly Roll Morton overhead tickling the ivories in Wolverine Blues, our newest collection was inspired. We were swept up in the aura of the roaring twenties. We easily imagined the brightly chandelier-lit grand halls and the dimly-lit prohibition-era speakeasies. Jazz filled our ears as we imagined the young and beautiful from the pages of the Great Gatsby dancing the Lindy Hop and the Charleston. World War I was over. The standard of living...
RetroWorks is a Market Maker Now!
RetroWorks is excited to announce that we will be at the Toronto Evergreen Brickworks with the Toronto Etsy Makers Market this Sunday, June 3rd. We will be bringing a selection of our industrial and rustic designs and on hand to discuss any other designs you might be interested in. It looks like it's going to be a beautiful summer-like day! Come down to enjoy all the Brickworks has to offer and see all of the great original designs for sale by a wide variety of Etsy Makers! We hope to see you there! Cheers,RetroWorks Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed...
Make a Bid for the Future at the DXDA18 with the Manhattan Hotel Bar Cart
RetroWorks is excited to release our latest design, our Manhattan Hotel Industrial Bar Cart. Since we think our latest design is the greatest thing since dry martini's, we're very proud to be donating one to the Fourth Annual Design Exchange Design Auction, held May 24th at Toronto's iconic Design Exchange location at 234 Bay Street. This excellent fundraiser, featuring limited edition furnishings, decorative objects, and bespoke design adventures is focused on supporting design education. Funds raised from the evening help the Design Exchange - Canada's Design Museum provide accessible design, experiences and education to thousands of children, teens, vulnerable youth, adults and newcomers across Toronto through...
The Bar is Open! Introducing the Manhattan Hotel Industrial Bar Cart
Straight up! Served neat! The industrial bar cart has an old-fashioned spirit, distilled from 100 proof Canadian northern white pine and steel angle iron that blend together for an appearance that is cosmopolitan cool. Here's a cordial: Serve guests from this layered cart that features two tall wood shelves, a steel top and rear wheels with a twist. The steel pipe handle helps to wheel it around with mixed cocktails on top. The Manhattan is the right tonic for a space that's a little dry. What's your pleasure? Cheers! RetroWorks Cart Features: wood middle and lower shelves steel top shelf steel rail around top shelf fixed front...
Custom Made with You in Mind
Looking for a Custom Piece? RetroWorks does custom furniture too! We offer some customization of our products so we can help to meet our customers' space and style needs. If you have a design modification in mind for something from our collection, we would love to hear from you. For example, we can: modify dimensions use a different color scheme switch a wood table top for a glass or a steel top try something completely new Tell us what you need! Custom Pieces in our Collection We've built our business from listening to feedback from our customers. Some of the products...