Webster's dictionary contains one of the most successful interpretations of the word retro - it's everything that has to do with antiquity, all that concerns the methods of its reproduction, nostalgia and fashion for the past. This definition allows us to state that retro is a variant of the interior style, recreated in accordance with the fashion of past eras. Modern design design in retro style can be limited to a specific time period - from the early fifties to the end of the seventies of the twentieth century.
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A modern retro interior is the style of several decades
Retro interior can be considered a return to the perfection of style, in demand and fashionable in the middle of the twentieth century.
At the end of the Second World War, designers have the opportunity to diversify the created interiors with materials such as: plastics of different colors and textures, various metal alloys, glass. It is with their help that the furniture industry and the retro interior received such diversity and brightness.
Today's retro allows the use of fragments from different stages of the retro era in creating one interior. It makes sense to devote more time and attention to the correspondence of drawings, colors and textures. A few carefully selected fragments and added to a specific interior in a modern retro style, will be able to emphasize their charm on the general background of the room or cabinet.
Retro design - signs, differences, details
50s style design
Equipment. The design of most household appliances was adopted from the style of modern, at the time, cars. For example, the panels with sensors and knobs looked just like the panels for information. The difference can be found only in the additions in the form of chrome fragments. On the facades of refrigerators quite often you can find an ornament in the form of chevrons, covered with chrome and symbolizing the name of models of cars. Handles were also made by analogy with the car, the same size, shape and all with the same chrome plated finish.
Situation. The chairs and sofas in those days were extremely square. Seats did not make it too soft. In the outfit, minimalism was welcomed and the complete absence of all kinds of frills, ruches and so on. Chairs and tables intended for use in the kitchen were made with laminated worktops, with metal chrome legs, and all the furnishings of this kind of furniture were made of chrome-plated fragments. The chairs were wrapped in a laminated fabric that visually resembled a patent leather.
The actual colors of that time were the following: black, yellow, sea waves, red, pink, turquoise.
The musical preferences of the youth of the 50's were of great importance for the latter and had a special impact. Therefore, in the creation of the interior in the style of the 50's it is quite acceptable to use, as a decor for walls, various printing information (posters, posters, etc.) with images of famous musicians, actors and the like.
60's style design
Equipment for everyday life everything is also in square shapes with sharp corners, the finish is all also chrome plated. Refrigerators have changed for the better: the freezer compartments have become more spacious, and their location has moved to the lower part. The doors of the ovens and stoves began to be produced with glass. Less common were the doors from the colored or matte stele. The boards with the instruments looked like dials with swivel knobs and switches.
The situation with furniture has practically not changed: everything is also a preference for square shapes with minimal softness. As a result, asymmetric patterns and geometric patterns began to appear in the fabrics used for the upholstery.
Color palette allowed the use of all the primary colors of the spectrum. The only condition was: use of soft colors to create a more natural look.
The musical preferences of that time were under the full influence of the hippy movement, whose slogan was "flower power". In this regard, the design was oversaturated with the flower theme and the symbolism of the world. Fashionable curtains of beads decorating doorways or serving for the zone division of the room.
70s style design
With regards to technology, the fashion for angular square shapes still ranked first in fashion trends.
Refrigerators were modernized: now the location of freezers was found in three variations - from above, from below, in the middle. The hobs replaced the cooktops, which were mounted in the countertop.
The situation did not differ much from the style of the 60's. The only thing that is worth noting: the shape of the furniture has become more rounded. Chairs and sofas have become softer. There was a slight shade of village style.
The color scheme was saturated with warm and soft shades: from warm green, to brown and gold.
The musical priorities of that time flooded disco. The moral of this style of music boiled down to unrestrained gaiety and constant parties. The wide ottomans became fashionable, making it possible to comfortably accommodate more guests. Stylish in the interior steel cabinets - bars, coffee tables, sideboards with glass doors, enabling guests to consider standing in it alcoholic beverages and utensils.
Retro style does not have any special and strict rules. You can mix and mix almost everything. The main thing is that the result obtained should meet all the needs and be as comfortable as possible. If there is no desire to combine, you can safely study a certain decade and recreate the chosen style in the desired room.
Retro Room
Typically, the room is decorated with a retro look very bright and attractive. Surprising its various colors, eccentric patterns and bizarre forms of fragments of the interior.
The basis of the retro room is styled furniture. Furniture should not be antique, it should be an abstract form with fantasy motives of the past century.
Lovers of more peaceful comfortable interiors can be preferred to a simple furniture set in a classic style, a retro note in the interior can be made with stylish accessories, textiles, finishes.
For pasting walls, you can use wallpaper in striped or with a floral print, it is appropriate to paint the walls for rough plaster. Floors can be made of natural wood, parquet, they can be tiled with tiles or carpet. Ceilings in those days it was customary to whitewash.
The completion of the recreation area will be provided by an installation near the floor lamp of the floor lamp on a high leg or a coffee table. From furniture items should be given preference to a secretor, a sideboard, a pedestal on high legs, the hallmark of which should be a retro style. To create an effect, use coloring, give rubbing, and varnish. To assemble a single ensemble of retro furniture items, originally included in several different sets, you can apply to each of them after painting the same ornament with a stencil.
In addition to the style often used:
- very fashionable in the 50 years of palaces and carpets, bright, with high pile, with clear ornaments,
- crystal products or glass, multi-colored decanters and vases,
- photo or pictures in frames,
- mirrors in old frames,
- a telephone reminiscent of the type of model popular in the middle of the last century.
As for the lighting of the living room, it should be predominantly artificial and bright enough. The assortment of lighting devices is wide enough, it can be ceiling chandeliers on laces, lamps with shades, floor lamps.
To make the retro interior look more picturesque, you should use the color scheme correctly. Acceptable is the most unexpected combination of colors, including blue with orange, salad with pink, black, white, which are basic in color. Shades of these colors can be present in the decoration of walls, textiles, furniture upholstery.
Interior in olden time - we design a bath in a retro style
The original design can be not only living rooms, the interior in the retro style will make the bathroom more attractive and cozy.
Inherent accessories of style in this case will be:
- bathroom mirror in retro style
- white shell of traditional round shape,
- white bath of cast iron, on legs.
The mixers in those days were usually bronze, if you can not get the same models, you can replace them with more modern ones, but their appearance should not go against the general style.
The main accent can be made on a large mirror in a carved wooden frame. To extend the life of the wooden frame, it is desirable to treat it with water-repellent agents.
Since the premise of the bathroom is small, the color scheme should not include many different colors, it is best to use a combination of black and white, orange and brown, the floors can be tiled, the colors in which will alternate in staggered order. The walls can also be tiled, although the more suitable option for the chosen style is painting.
An important moment in creating a retro design is not only the selection of stylish accessories, but also their functional justification, and the ability to harmoniously combine the old and modern components of the interior into a single whole.
Kitchen in retro style
In the interior decorated in the old days there should be a place for installation:
- dining table,
- corner, which would become a place of reading the latest press,
- comfortable kitchen unit,
- cooker, designed for cooking.
If there is a suitable old furniture (tables, cabinets, chairs) - it can be restored, the special energy that has been possessed by people who have served for many years will allow them to organically fit into the created interior.
If for some reason you can not use old furniture - you can buy a new one, stylized for the era you chose. Of course, this option may not be the cheapest.
In order to save money, you can buy the most usual inexpensive headset and grow old with your own hands. When choosing it should be remembered that the retro design assumes the presence of convex, semicircular elements on the cabinets and cabinets, smooth patterns made on the stencil on the windows or doors.
The optimal setting for the dining area is an ordinary rectangular or round table, the table top of which can be laminated, light colored. Chairs to this table can be used on metal legs, such often used in the middle of the last century in public catering. An excellent addition to this situation will be a refrigerator made in the last century - if you are lucky you can find a working model.
To illuminate the kitchen you can use a small chandelier, on the shelves you can arrange boxes of tin for spices and loose products, cups and saucers, various trinkets that will accentuate the style. Do not be too zealous - to create a harmonious and comfortable atmosphere of such elements of antiquity will take a little.
Retro design welcomes bright colors and contrasting combinations, it is bright, bold decisions that can revive the spirit of the cheerful past of the century.
Bedroom in retro style
You can start decorating a bedroom in retro style with giving the walls a bright color, it can be paint or wallpaper, one of the walls can be decorated with wallpaper. A characteristic feature of that time was the fashion for two-tone decoration of the walls - lighter at the top and dark below.
Naturally, the interior in the retro style should be present:
- old, renovated furniture,
- objects of decor, including various statuettes and vases of glass,
- a picture or photo depicting popular in that era people,
- textiles with bright ornaments,
- mirrors,
- hard floor carpets with contrast prints.
The color scheme, which is recommended for retro-bedrooms - is brown-white, orange or turquoise. If there is an idea to create an ensemble in the style of the 80's, then you should prefer a more relaxed shades of color and elegant furniture and decor items.
Bedroom furniture in retro style is:
- obligatory double bed, which has a high headboard, perhaps - decorated with forged elements,
- nightstands installed at the sides, night lights on them,
- chest of drawers with drawers,
- large, tricuspid wardrobes.
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