Part of the excitement of buying a new home is getting to decorate it. As you are performing your new home search, you are probably also thinking about how you will go about decorating that home should you decide to buy it and that’s when the fun begins. Now that you’ve gotten all moved in and unpacked, it’s time to start decorating your new home. But first you have to decide on which type of decor will best suit your personal taste and style. You can begin by thinking about the things you like, then take those ideas and develop them into a theme. For example, you might like all things vintage, retro or perhaps you might like a mid-century modern home design to use as your theme.
Using a mid-century theme is great for combining vintage and retro ideas with modern mid-century furniture replicas. There are so many things you can do with this type of theme, because there are plenty of vintage, retro items available that you can decorate with. Additionally, this type of theme is also easy to build on when you find a vintage piece or any retro decor you know would look great in your home. By adding and subtracting to your mid-century look piece by piece as you go, you will be able to avoid having to re-do an entire room or your entire house whenever you get the urge for a little change. You simply remove one piece and replace it with another piece, it’s that easy.
What Does a Mid-Century Modern Home Look Like?
You will probably best relate a mid-century home to what things looked like in the 1950’s and 1960’s, although technically the mid century was from the 1930’s to the 1960’s in total. A mid-century modern home look made use of clean, sophisticated lines accented with smooth, curved designs, without the use of upscale embellishments or upholstery. A mid century design was more of a minimalist look and mainly used wood based furniture materials. Generally, only one or two colors were used and the furniture was designed without patterns at that time.
What Type of Furniture Did a Mid-Century Home Use?
Mid-century furniture was very simplistic, most often made with wood construction foundations and plain fabrics. Many mid-century homes contained an array of furniture and decor, which consisted of a TV stand, console stereo with a record player, a buffet and/or sideboard, a Danish walnut arm chair of some sort, telephone table or telephone seat, tall lamps with huge lampshades, teak room dividers or display cabinets, an egg chair, wood carved bookcase displays, gorgeous accent tables, starburst anything, including tables, clocks, mirrors, and more.
What Kinds of Patterned Decor Should I Use To Build a Mid-Century Look?
Mid-century patterns are critical when building your look. For example, you want to select asymmetrical, abstract patterns for wallpaper, throw pillows and area rugs. However, rustic decor and unfinished wood were not part of the mid-century look at that time. But remember, it’s your house, so you can do whatever you want, if you so desire.
You could include geometric, round, curved contour lighting with contrasting shades. And if you want to stay true to the mid century color palette you should use one of the many different colors of that era, which consisted mainly of the teal, aqua and turquoise blues, auburn tones, pinks and pale and avocado greens, just to name a few. Additionally, no mid-century modern home would be complete without a turquoise retro sunburst clock or a decorative retro sunburst mirror.
Where Can I Get Mid-Century Modern Home Ideas?
The absolute best place to get mid-century decorating ideas for your home is without a doubt, pinterest.com, as you can see by our many linked references above. Pinterest provides you with pictures, and in many cases step-by-step instructions for putting together the look they have shown you. And many of the Pinterest boards will also provide you with links to where you can buy vintage, retro and mid-century decor. HGTV.com also has some great ideas you can copy as well. And if you don’t like anything you see there, you can do a quick internet search for mid-century home decorating ideas and that will give you literally thousands of websites you can browse to find just about any type of vintage piece you want.
Where Can I Buy Mid-Century Modern Home Furniture, Decor and Accessories?
As we mentioned above, you can go to Pinterest and click on any of the boards you like and most of the time there will be a link to the website or location where you can purchase vintage or retro decor. And some of the sites also offer new decor that has been recreated to look like vintage decor, if that’s what you prefer. You can also find some great vintage pieces on ebay.com, etsy.com, houseofantiquehardware.com, froy.com, worldmarket.com, bellacor.com or overstock.com.
Mid-century modern home decor is hot right now and there’s no shortage of options for where can buy just about anything you want. Designing your home to a theme is rewarding and is something you can continue to on to whenever you come across a piece you think would work perfectly with what you already have in your home. You might even find that searching for mid-century modern home decor is so much fun that you want to continue it as a hobby. So start planning your design today and don’t be afraid to get as bold and creative as you want, because your mid-century modern home look will reward you for many years to come. Just think about how nice it will be to walk into your home after a long hard day and relax in the retro atmosphere you created.
2 Point Highlight
1. Part of the excitement of buying a new home is getting to decorate it.
2. You will probably best relate a mid century home to what things looked like in the 1950’s and 1960’s, although technically the mid century was from the 1930’s to the 1960’s in total.
