Hello!

Jess and Joel here – we run Retro Bay, our showroom located in Jannali Sydney. We’ve been sourcing, repairing, refurbishing and re-homing mid-century and retro furniture and homewares since 2020. We love what we do, and when asked why we generally summarise it in three points:

Design

In our opinion, the post-war period produced some of the most innovative, beautiful and functional pieces of furniture ever. The fact that most ‘new’ furniture is heavily ‘mid-century inspired’ is testament to this. We stock items from several manufacturers including Parker, Chiswell, Fler, Tessa, Berryman, TH Brown, Elite, Namco and Danish De Luxe.

Australian Made

Although we source the occasional European piece, the majority of our items were produced by Australian companies in a golden era for the Australian manufacturing industry. We are talking about a time when a piece of furniture was literally made by hand, and left the factory in its completed form (as opposed to a flat-pack). Almost all of these companies have sadly ceased trading as manufacturing moved overseas.

Sustainability

We live in a disposable society today, where large furniture purchases are made with a 5 year life horizon and with ‘trend’ in mind, rather than quality, materials, investment and longevity. A Parker or Chiswell table will last 100+ years with appropriate care, keeping 10 IKEA equivalents out of landfill.

We stock around a dozen new items each week. We hope to see you in the showroom soon.