Q. I want to decorate my bedroom with a retro vintage theme. Can anyone give me ideas of what type of items I should buy and where I should look?
I do always like to begin with selecting pictures and paintings for my walls(but not too excessive). Of course, the pictures have to be retro themed or vintage looking.
I do always like to begin with selecting pictures and paintings for my walls(but not too excessive). Of course, the pictures have to be retro themed or vintage looking.
A. Red walls will certainly do the trick...although bright colors in general. Frilly bedding is pretty accurate if you're looking for 1940's/1950's look around antique store for furniture. You can look for fabric with pinup girls and/or vintage tattoo art on them. If you look around HGTV.com, I remember Design on a Dime did a retro-vintage bedroom at one point, they have all their episodes with the ideas and processes listed on the site. Good luck!
OH and when you're looking for furniture, specify mid-century, you'll get a lot of good stuff.
OH and when you're looking for furniture, specify mid-century, you'll get a lot of good stuff.
How to decorate my new duplex retro style?
Q. im getting a duplex in a couple of months and i wanna decorate it with a retro vibe to it..only problem is im on a budget and alot of things retro and vintage are very expensive.I can't paint the walls so im stuck with white walls. theres 3 bedrooms and 2 baths
50s 60s style...and incorporate music since ima musician
50s 60s style...and incorporate music since ima musician
A. "Vintage" doesn't have to mean expensive. Hit the thrift stores. Look for fabrics you can use to make pillows for the sofa, curtains, or table covers. Use table covers to make curtains. Mix it up.
As for being stuck with white walls, use poster frames from the dime stores to frame large blocks of fabric...colors limited only by the fabric or paper you find. You could frame a polka-dot in one, a solid of the same color in another, stripes in a third, and a paisley print in the fourth, then hang them all in a row for a color statement. Or do 4 blocks of solids, then use the prints for table covers, curtains, and pillows.
Retro means different things to different people. To some, it's 50's red and white and black, to others it might mean totally 70's. Just let the fabrics you find lead you.
(An old chenille bed spread with panels on it was cut up on a "kids room" design show I saw recently. She used some of the panels for pillows and some of the spread to make a bed-skirt. It was cute, and very retro if your idea of retro was 1940!)
As for being stuck with white walls, use poster frames from the dime stores to frame large blocks of fabric...colors limited only by the fabric or paper you find. You could frame a polka-dot in one, a solid of the same color in another, stripes in a third, and a paisley print in the fourth, then hang them all in a row for a color statement. Or do 4 blocks of solids, then use the prints for table covers, curtains, and pillows.
Retro means different things to different people. To some, it's 50's red and white and black, to others it might mean totally 70's. Just let the fabrics you find lead you.
(An old chenille bed spread with panels on it was cut up on a "kids room" design show I saw recently. She used some of the panels for pillows and some of the spread to make a bed-skirt. It was cute, and very retro if your idea of retro was 1940!)
Has anyone ever decorated their home like that of a designer and would you do it again?
Q. Am currently working on a project at home to modernize my frontroom since Thanksgiving..only have weekends to work on it but I am happy with the outcome so far. It is tough work but I enjoy what I am doing and want to work on all areas of my house later on. What I want to know is how much time did it take you with your project, what room did you fix up to decorate, were you ultimately satisfied with the look, and would you do it again?
A. We were interior desingers in LA for about 30 years, doing everyone else's homes but our own. Eight years ago we built our dream home and started working on it. We took the builder's basic everywhere and began the process of upgrading, redesigning and re-doing almost every room in the house. So far, we've re-done the kitchen, the nook, the family room, the living room, the master bedroom, the guest bath and room, the patio and the dining room. We still have the masterbath, the library and the office left to do. Although we are happy and satisfied with our work, there are always changes "we wish we would have thought of" or things we'll eventually change. It is an ongoing process and every time we visit model homes, home improvement and design shows we get new ideas. I definitley call it a labor or love and would spend every dime and every hour all over again! It is a joy to live in what we have created!
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