Retro Décor
Retro themes are very popular these days, not only with regard to fashion in the clothing world, but also with regard to home décor. Read about how Juliana and her husband used retro décor to bring life back to the interior of their home:
Last year, my husband and I decided that our house needed to be decorated, since the lack of decorations and style was kind of depressing and boring. Our kitchen has a lot of “built in” vintage 1950’s appliances and features, such as steel cabinets and a chrome stove, so we went with a retro theme for that room. First, we painted the cabinets an aqua color. Then, we painted the wood paneling (which was not original to the kitchen – it was installed in the 1970’s) white. We didn’t want to go with a cheesy 1950’s “black and white checker board/records/hot pink poodles” feel, so we completed the kitchen’s look by decorating with authentic 1950’s items decorated with cherries, to add red accents to our aqua and white kitchen. For our living room, we painted the walls a light olive-like green color (a bit more bright green than olive, though) and installed track lighting we bought at Home Depot. We also bought framed 1930’s vintage replications of French liquor ads from Garden Ridge to hang on the walls, and pointed the track lights at the art. The effect when the track lighting is on is really cool. The wall color near where the lights are aimed shines an earthy green color, but it’s sort of a muted olive color everywhere else. Additionally, we replaced the curtains with bamboo window blinds to complete the room’s new look. Finally, we redecorated our bedroom. This is going to sound absolutely hideous (we weren’t sure in advance ourselves that this was going to pan out right, to be honest), but hear me out, because it’s awesome. We painted the trim and doors glossy black. We painted the walls a dark raspberry color (think halfway between bright raspberry and burgundy). We also installed track lighting, which is crucial to the color combination working. The end result is a 1940’s jazz club feel. We aimed the track lights at an eclectic variety of artwork hung on the walls, and where the pointed lights directly hit the wall paint, it shines bright burgundy, but everywhere else, the walls look like a deep mahogany color. The bedroom’s finishing touch was replacing the ugly aluminum window shades with dark wooden shades. Overall, we’re really happy with the changes.
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