1920s Interior Design

Live-work balance: interior designer Marianne Evennou's new Paris office is set in an apartment designed as a workspace and crash pad, color included.

Bedroom and Breakfast Room Color Schemes www.antiquehome.org

Filled with luxurious fabrics, sharp lines, mixed metallics, and rich color palettes, Art Deco style decor is both glamorous and eclectic. No surprise then that some of the era’s most notable trends are popping up inside design-savvy interiors today.

Published in American Home Magazine. Karpen advertised their furniture in House Beautiful, American Home, and other shelter magazines during the 1920s. This eclectic living room has some decidedly Deco elements like the streamlined furniture shapes and especially the upholstery of the chair in the foreground. This is very "modern" for Karpen which generally tended to show more traditional furnishings. It uses a tetrad of muted red, purple, yellow, and green ... a very sophisticated color…

Discover captivating ways to infuse Art Nouveau interior design into your home with our insightful guide. Explore the timeless charm of organic forms, intricate patterns, and elegant craftsmanship that define this enchanting style, and learn how to create a harmonious and inviting living space

I almost cannot believe that the bathroom is nearly done… it feels like it’s been ten years. We’re still waiting on a few things like a second sconce, and towel bars, So in the meantime, here are some details we’re using that reflect an authentic vintage bathroom… Cove molding at the base of the subway tile. […]

Give your bathroom an antique brass makeover with faucets, sconces, vanities, and hardware sets featuring elegant detailing and timeworn patinas.

It's Friday. It's 5 o'clock on the East Coast and well past it in Paris. If I could, I'd be walking into the Le Meurice Hotel in Paris and finding myself a nice, comfortable seat at Le Bar 228 right now. What I'm drinking:

Part two of our 10 Decades of Color and Design series. Colors in the second decade 20th century, the 1910s, were taken from nature.