So I have this really old chair...

Midcentury modern furniture has the potential to be very expensive.  For the average homebuyer, this can present quite the challenge.  So the trick is, rather than to buy it new, buy old.  Recently we purchased four Erik Buck dining chairs for $50 a piece.  You can see one of the chairs below:

Pretty inexpensive when compared to some other chairs from Design (Not) Within Reach at $700 a piece.  You can see how similar it looks to the one we bought for less than 10% of the price:

After buying the chairs we also decided to get a new fabric which we will use to reopholster the chairs we bought with.  We'll show you the finished product in a future post.

Family can also be a great resource for midcentury modern furniture.  Below you can see a contour chair that we got from a family member:

Other places to get affordable midcentury modern furniture and or decorations are from companies like CB2 (http://www.cb2.com/) or Chiasso (http://www.chiasso.com/).  Our clock from Chiasso (about $50):

By being smart and looking for deals, you can make your house swing, without draining your bank account.