Back to Work: Retro Telephones
From Julie
Matt of Farmhouse Modern and Barnhouse Modern sent us a link to this reconditioned 1960s Siemens rotary telephone from Three Potato Four. At $195, it's no bargain, but it's been outfitted with new wiring, microphone, and cord. And it's got a Euro retro appeal.
Below: More cheer via Urban Outfitters Classic Kitchen Phone from Crosley, a reproduction of the original Henry Dreyfuss design (based on measurements from more than 2,000 faces to determine the average distance between the mouth and ear). $54 at Urban Outfitters. See more retro phones at Crosley. 
Below: Rotary Dial Phones sells both reconditioned and new (vintage but never used) dial telephones, starting at $69.99.
August 28, 2008
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My fiance and I have an old rotary phone from my parents' house in our office and it looks great--the only problem is that it rings so loud that we had to unplug it!
I have a red Ericofon and it's one of the things I would save if my house is on fire!! I love it to pieces, here in Portugal they are about €200, I got one in Barcelona for €80, which would have been a bargain if I wasn't a student back then (sandwiches the rest of the trip, you know what I mean...). But I don't regret it (even if today it sits there on the credenza, unplugged, since I don't have a phone line...oh well)!
