# Where Can I Buy "Bauhaus" Design Furniture, Lamps, Etc.? (Reasonably)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 13, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-bauhaus-design-furniture-lamps-etc-reasonably/387831 "2007-01-13T13:00:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-bauhaus-design-furniture-lamps-etc-reasonably/387831/1 "2007-01-13T13:00:25Z")

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😕  
I like the Bauhaus styles, unfortunately, I am not rich. Good reproductions are very difficult to find (here in NE, people want Colonial-style furniture-ugh!), and originals are museum pieces-plus, they are fragile (80+ years old). Take a Wegener table lamp-I saw one on ebay-it was geniune-went for $780.00! Oddly enough, a co-worker bought a plastic reproduction of this Wegener lamp for less than $40.00-I’ve never seen it again.  
As for a Bauhaus-style house-I can only dream! :smack:

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-bauhaus-design-furniture-lamps-etc-reasonably/387831/2 "2007-01-13T16:14:18Z")

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I’ve seen some stuff that looks a lot like Mies’ designs at Ikea of all places, if you’re just going for approximate aesthetic.

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-bauhaus-design-furniture-lamps-etc-reasonably/387831/3 "2007-01-13T16:27:13Z")

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Here’s some Bauhaus designs [http://www.unicahome.com/catalog/?cid=99&PartnerID=OV](http://www.unicahome.com/catalog/?cid=99&PartnerID=OV)

I think you should just keep putting the key words you want into Google.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-bauhaus-design-furniture-lamps-etc-reasonably/387831/4 "2007-01-13T17:17:00Z")

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Have you tried the Design Within Reach chain?

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-bauhaus-design-furniture-lamps-etc-reasonably/387831/5 "2007-01-15T00:45:35Z")

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Design Within Reach is very deceptively named. They have the most expensive furniture in Palo Alto.

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**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-bauhaus-design-furniture-lamps-etc-reasonably/387831/6 "2007-01-15T00:51:31Z")

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[QUOTE=According to Pliny]  
Design Within Reach is very deceptively named. They have the most expensive furniture in Palo Alto.  
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While I agree that DWR isn’t really “within reach”, it does have a few affordable pieces among its collection, so it might be worth checking out anyway. And if you happen to be near a studio, you could probably catch the tail end of a floor sample sale right now.