I was given a vintage book by a client last week on "All about Decorating", written in the 1970's. Ya'll, my bubble has been burst! it has ALL been done before:) It was fun flipping through the books and seeing all that was "in", is totally "in" now. I mean these photos could have been taken out of ANY number of shelter mags in the past couple years. The only thing that really dated the book was the relentless matching of wallpaper and bedspreads and fabric. There were actually a few ideas that I would like to try.
Forgive the bad images, I took them with my phone, but you will get the "picture":)
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| All white, green velvet sofa, matched with french provential. And the old books. |
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| Notice the garden stool. |
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Painted bookshelves, mixing metal and wood..notice the sconces on the side,
very similar to high end pieces I have seen lately |
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| Mixing of finishes, I think I saw a table similar to that on Williams Sonoma |
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| punched of color, and glasss top table |
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| rustic chic trestle table |
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| bentwood table and chairs with rustic beams |
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| zebra rug anyone? Oh, and the antlers on the wall. |
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| zebra, metal, french, wood, need I say more....oh just a few more |
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| letters on walls. |
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| awesome graphic wallpaper |
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| white walls punch of color. |
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| I have seen these chairs all over...and the pendants. |
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(I couldn't get this to turn) so if you don't mind turning your h ead
It reminds me of a vignette seen in Lonny. |
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So there you have it. I know, not EVERYTHING has been done before, and all of what we see now is updated in some sort of way, reworked and made new and current, but go grab an old design book, there just might be some great design ideas lurking around.
Happy Monday!
