What is Retro Style Decoration?
We people living in metropolitan life are longing for many things in our homes and lives. As we are pushed into loneliness regarding the lifestyles and relationships of the old times, we decorate our homes with specific decoration styles to remember the past periods. Perhaps the most impressive of these styles are vintage and retro. Recently, especially with the retro style, praise for the past has become a common model we encounter in homes.
The retro style is the re-application of furniture, objects, and textures used between the 1950s and 80s in homes.
The retro style, which includes a bit of pop-art culture, often features vibrant colors and modern furniture influences. The vintage style, on the other hand, is the use of furniture from the 1920s-30s as individual objects. Therefore, it is important not to confuse the two. The dominant colors in the retro style are generally vibrant tones such as dark blues, greens, and reds. It is important to create contrasts with these vibrant colors, which are the general characteristic of the style, and to create focal points in homes. Colorful and patterned wallpapers used in old periods can be used together with paint. The walls of a living room can also be painted in different tones. In a style where textured fabrics and chairs and armchairs with geometric patterns dominate and are blended together, everything different is used together. For example, four different chairs can be used together. Furniture such as cabinets and bookshelves from the furniture understanding of the old period can be purchased, sanded, wallpapered, or painted. In a living room, a 1960s bookshelf can be used as a TV unit with this arrangement. Old-fashioned telephones or lampshades can be added next to it. Modern-lined paintings can be hung on the walls next to classic paintings. Crystal chandeliers and sconces, which were particularly fashionable in the 70s, can be used with extremely modern sets. Like any style, exaggerating too much in the retro style can be tiring to the eyes. Therefore, it is more logical to choose a single tone for the walls and make the furniture retro, or to make the walls retro, choose furniture from current styles, and support it with accessories. It should not be forgotten that the retro style is currently featured in the collections of some furniture stores. You can also renew and use furniture and pieces that you buy from second-hand stores. All kinds of retro style create homes that pay homage to the past. Therefore, it should definitely be tried in certain areas within the home.
