RETRO INSPO: VINTAGE HOME DECOR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY
See interior decorating ideas from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s & 1970s on the pages below! Discover dozens of classic color schemes, vintage furniture, midcentury modern decorating, old-fashioned flooring, retro wall decor, traditional window treatments, and lots more in our exclusive collection of authentic home decor photos from the 20th century.
What this retro family room needed was color, pattern, and texture. And it definitely got it, going from bland neutrals to colorful super 70s home decor!
Natural materials like wicker and rattan have an almost magical ability to create a tropical feel year-round, indoors and out. That was certainly the case with this lounge setup, seen here back in the mid-1950s.
When decorating this spectacularly pink living room back in 1969, the interior designers said that one of the most effective and most versatile was to apply color in the form of a pattern.
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