Retro Inspo: Vintage home decor inspiration for today, from Click Americana

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.

The latest retro decor & designs

This gorgeous draped boho-style tented nook was a retreat right at home

Two bedroom decor in white grey red (1930s)

Art deco met modern in this bedroom decor from the 1930s

Wild shapes bright colors retro geometric room 1960s-1970s

Wild shapes & bright colors took on new life in this retro geometric room

Green and white retro futuristic mod living room decor

Wild green & white retro futuristic mod living room decor was a space-age wonder

some of our retro inspo faves

15-foot-tall ceilings and green & white decor made this Texas living room big and bright

Dramatic living room with a high curved wood ceiling, and skylights above (1964)

Don’t miss this dramatic retro living room with a high curved wood ceiling

Open space & unique textures helped this tall mid century dining room rise above the rest

Circular sunken living room conversation pit (1968)

This circular sunken living room conversation pit will have you wishing for your own

Vintage batik dramatic night sky living room

Green & blue batik was the starting point for this dramatic night sky living room

Vintage kitchen decor

Country-style breakfast nook had patterns everywhere (1974)

This California country-style breakfast nook had big patterns everywhere

No wall between kitchen and dining room decor from the 1950s

By removing the wall between kitchen & dining room, this became a whole new space

Vintage pumpkin orange kitchen decor (1965)

The warm glow of this pumpkin orange kitchen made up for no view

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retro bathroom style

Cool and colorful decorative old-fashioned bathroom tile style from 1930

Cool & colorful decorative old-fashioned bathroom tile style from 1930

This blue & white bathroom had an all-tile look that wasn’t actually tile

Cool harmony Blue and gray Asian-themed 1950s bathroom decor

Cool harmony: Blue & gray Asian-themed 1950s bathroom decor

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classic bedrooms

Vintage clear glass screen dividers from the 1930s

Clear glass screen dividers, painted with undersea designs, were beautiful set against white

Blue striped decor helped make this vintage study/guestroom seem bigger than it was

Quilted, padded and draped fabrics gave this bedroom a soft look (1978)

Quilted, padded & draped fabrics gave this lavender bedroom a soft look

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Vintage living room decorating inspiration

Curved white and gold living room midcentury modern luxury style

Built on a curve, this white & gold living room showed off midcentury modern luxury style

Here’s what a simple 1940s-style living room makeover looked like

Turquoise orange decor warm house cool home (1950s)

Turquoise & orange décor turned a warm house into a cool home

A two-sided stone fireplace united two rooms in this renovated country house

Fab funky colors metro retro carpeted conversation pit living room fireplace

Fab funky colors filled this living room & its metro retro carpeted conversation pit

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Family room decor ideas

Super 70s home decor - vintage family room makeover

Want to see how to get super 70s home decor? Check out this family room makeover!

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!

Rattan furniture with blue vintage family room decor tropical feel

Rattan furniture with blue cushions gave this family room a tropical feel year-round

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.

This pink living room looked like it belonged in Barbie’s Dream House

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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Want to see how to get super 70s home decor? Check out this family room makeover!

Rattan furniture with blue cushions gave this family room a tropical feel year-round

This pink living room looked like it belonged in Barbie’s Dream House