In home design, history often repeats itself. “By reaching back for culture and forward for contemporary techniques, we combine the best of old and new,” says Katie Skoloff, principal designer and founder of In Site Designs, an interior design firm in Greenville, S.C. “People feel validated by heritage, especially as we age, and are always peeking into our ties from the past.”
Trends we once loved reemerge and are being enjoyed with fresh eyes. Homes are becoming design time capsules of a sort as ideas evocative of themes and styles from the past spring to life. “Everything old is new again,” says Julea Joseph, owner of Reinventing the Space, a home staging and interior design firm in Chicago. Such is the case with the resurgence of 1930’s Art Deco Glam.
Art deco design in the 1930s embraced geometric patterns to make a big statement. High-contrast bathroom and kitchen tile flooring in black-and-white checkerboards was all the rage. Nowadays, these bold shapes and patterns are making a comeback in lighting fixtures, tile backsplashes, wallpaper, artwork, rugs, and mudrooms. Joseph says she sees black-and-white geometric shapes being merged with urban farmhouse styles, such as in the bathroom with mosaic black-and-white octagon tile then mixed with other classic period pieces like a claw-foot bathtub and pedestal sink. “Black-and-white is timeless,” Joseph says.
Go ahead and try adding a little checkerboard into your home design to bring this classic 30’s design style into the future.
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