A Return To 70's Home Decorating

There seems to be a return back to 70's  home  decorating says the author of this article Christopher Muther, BOSTON GLOBE

ASTRANGE thing started happening to the chichi displays of bath fixtures in Billie Brenner's showroom earlier this year. Colors and materials that have not been in vogue since the days when Joyce DeWitt was landing steady acting gigs began resurfacing with alarming frequency in the fittings that fill Brenner's Boston Design Center space."I was designing in the 1970s," Brenner says, picking up a citrus orange faucet. "And no one has been using these colors since then. These are the colors that we were taking out of houses in the 1980s. Trust me, nobody wanted these."The most striking example in Brenner's showroom, an orange Lucite lounge chair from German company Dornbracht, epitomizes the new approach to 1970s decor. While the colors and patterns are familiar - oranges, acidic greens, florals, lattice prints, and enough faux bois to fill the Black Forest — designers are reenvisioning the decade from a sophisticated new perspective. The bold hues, metallic wallpaper, and cork flooring are back, but being used far more judiciously than they were during the Carter administration. Read more......

Inside Bay Area - A stylish return to '70s for home decorating

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