“always complete but never finished” … a wonderful strapline and perhaps appropriate motto for a magnificent and incredibly practical piece of office furniture that is as desirable today as it ever was.

Formed in the late 1800′s in America by the merger of the Wernicke Furniture Company and the Globe Company, Globe Wernicke are best known for their high end bookcases, desks, and other office furniture.

Typically referred to as a sectional, stacking or barristers bookcase, today “Globe Wernicke” is synonymous with a specific style of modular bookcase with a width of 34 inches and fall-front glass doors that cover the shelves.

This bookcase also had an ingenious support mechanism for the doors that allowed the bookcase doors to lift upwards and slide into the ceiling of each shelf above the books or content of the case.

The bookcase was designed so that the sections may be stacked in different ways, to adjust the depth and height of the bookcase, allowing them to be adapted to practically any space, and can always be added to…”always complete but never finished” !

A belated Happy New Year to everyone!

Our first batch of exciting fresh new stock for 2012 is in!

From which our top 3 picks are:

We would like to wish all our customers and friends a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

We look forward to seeing you again in 2012.

NEW IN

We just couldn’t resist the opportunity to acquire these, as not only do they evoke wonderful childhood memories, but they are also a charming, stylish and practical pair of kids chairs. Clarks is one of the more distinguished, iconic and treasured British brands that dates back nearly 200 years. These vinatge childs leather tub chairs likely date from around the 1950-60′s and are in excellent condition – and what’s interesting is that the kids who sat in these chairs in the 60′s, still try to sit in them when they visit our shop today…by the way, I have tried, and no I didn’t fit!

A little bit of fun from Refined – see if you can guess what each of these items that we have sold is (or was used for)…

…reply with your answers for example: 1 = victorian hair clippers; 2 = antique surfboard repairing table; 3 = fancy monocle….etc…

We will post the answers in about a weeks time.   GOOD LUCK!