xcape: vintage modern design in long beach

My wanderings down 4th Street in Long Beach (a veritable retro paradise) on Shop Local Day got briefly interrupted for Christmas. Not to worry. We are back on track.

Can you say more high end vintage furniture then you have ever laid eyes on in one store? Sure you can.

Xcape
Mid-Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars 

2236 East 4th Street
Long Beach, CA 90814

(562) 433-9911

Xcape

Rebecca's 5 Point Rating Scale (1-not-so-great and 5-fabulous):

• Store Size / Inventory - 5 (Decent size store with an excellent variety of inventory, really focused on furniture for the most part.)
• Merchandise Quality  - 5 (High end, high quality and sometimes rare furniture.)
• Organization - 4 (Look around closely while shopping. It was only after I went back and examined my pictures that I did indeed realize what prizes were sitting tucked in all the nooks and crannies.)
• Pricing - 2-3 (Pretty darn high.)
• Service - 3 (There was staff and I assume they were nice people. But, not to be painful, you can see how many pictures I took  inside this store. You would think someone would say, "Um, what are you doing?" And for the most part, I was the only one in the store.)

Total Rating is 4 (out of 5 stars)

Link to Yelp Reviews

My oh my, what do we have here? A wall of Danish room dividers?

I bought my mom this shell (in pink) for about $30 in a thrift store. Times that price by ten for Xcape. Yes, I know I got a good deal.

My mom had this VERY Saarinen dining room set. Exactly like this except orange seat cushions. You can find many of the furniture pieces in the photos at XcapeModern.com, with pricing (if you are searching in the recent time frame of this post).

But irony of ironies. I spotted behind the dining set on a shelf, this Italian canister set which my mom also had.

Xcape has a good quantity of high quality glass and pottery. Very nice pieces.

What I really loved was the extensive collection of metal brutalist wall hangings. You just don't see this many, grouped together in one place.

This is a "multi-layer nail sculpture." Fabulous

The owners have a great eye.

Yum. What is not to love?

What I kind of dig about this picture is all the mid-century modern furniture captured in the mirrors. Also, a bit of a brutalist design.

The furniture just goes on for days.

These bent wood chairs are so delicate.

These Lucite bar stools appear to be attractive and comfortable. I looked around for two more because I was very tempted. But to no avail.

The ceramic handles on this dresser are beautiful. And the woodwork is detailed as well. I wonder if Dana knows what this is?

See what I mean about stuff tucked in every nook and cranny? This is a Heywood-Wakefield Sculptura dresser. I almost didn't spot it. Beautiful finish.

 Couple of mid-century beauties.

 This is an American of Martinsville Mid-Century dresser. Xcape also had matching nightstands. Can you see the cool little x's on the top in the second picture?

Sweet little Saarinen tulip end table.

Lovely little Danish mid-century modern sofa with a tight desk perched above it.

Tendo Mokko Co. vintage rocker. Excellent condition white upholstery. The mushroom lamp and another vintage wall hanging in the background are equally enchanting.

Perfect retro lamp for over your kitchen table.

I was very impressed with Xcape's furniture selection. I was in such a hurry on my accidental 4th Street adventure that I didn't appreciate what I was looking at. I had no idea that retro was so accessible just 25 short miles North of me. I'll be back.

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