As european designers and artists fled to the us bringing many new ideas development of new designs remained at a standstill until shortly after the war ended.
Retro vintage 1940s bedroom decor.
Technically however the term vintage refers to any item that is more than 20 years old but less than 100.
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Elements of 1940s retro decorating style.
I see a lot of red white blue kitchen color combinations in the kitchens of 1940s homes.
But remember this was war time.
Today some of these decorating ideas may seem over the top.
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Dominated by wwii design in the early 1940s was quite creative.
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Homemakers likely only had paint fabric and yes flooring to spice up their interiors.
This was primarily due to material shortages.
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But in general vintage style means decorating with furnishings fabrics accessories and colors that were popular decades back in particular the styles of the 1940s and 1950s.
Look at most any magazine of 1940s decor aimed at the middle class and the ladies were painting and stenciling and embroidering and slipcovering.
I also see richer colors full on primary colors and jewel tones than in the later 1950s pastel period.