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As part of our 150th anniversary celebration, we’re featuring the color palettes from the most memorable decades, starting with the 1930s and ’40s. The Bauhaus-inspired modern movement featured impactful, streamlined design. Interior colors tended to be soft and dusty with yellows, bluish grays and pinks with deep green and burgundy accents. Want this look for your home? Try Vogue Green SW 0065, Cascade Green SW 0066, Belvedere Cream SW 0067, Copen Blue SW 0068 and Orchid SW 0071. Vogue Green, Cascade Green, 1940s Interior, 1930s Decor, 1930s House Interior, Copen Blue, Living Colors, Vintage Colour Palette, Green And Burgundy

As part of our 150th anniversary celebration, we’re featuring the color palettes from the most memorable decades, starting with the 1930s and ’40s. The Bauhaus-inspired modern movement featured impactful, streamlined design. Interior colors tended to be soft and dusty with yellows, bluish grays and pinks with deep green and burgundy accents. Want this look for your home? Try Vogue Green SW 0065, Cascade Green SW 0066, Belvedere Cream SW 0067, Copen Blue SW 0068 and Orchid SW 0071.

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1940s color ideas from a 1939 Kroehler guide - Retro Renovation 1940s Decor, 1940s Home, Mid Century Ranch, Wine Print, Retro Renovation, Living Vintage, Interior Painting, Décor Boho, Interior Paint Colors

Feast your retro eyes on the 1939 color harmony guide from Kroehler, one of the largest furniture manufacturers back in the day. That smart devil Missouri Michael found it on ebay — it’s still in its original crinkled cellophane wrapper (!) — won it for $2 with no competition, and posted it on his blog.…

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1940s Interior Design, Kitchen Colors Schemes, 1940s Interior, Mexican Kitchen Style, Home Decor Colour, Vintage Color Palette, Classy Decorations, 1940s Kitchen, Best Kitchen Colors

What did a 1940s home look like? Flying ducks, old fashioned radios, display cabinets, rich dark timber furniture, light neutral colored soft furnishings were popular in the 1940s. The destruction caused by the war led to a shortage of materials and a shortage of housing. Money was tight and houses small. But it was also…

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Fashion Colour Palette, 1950s Aesthetic, 50s Aesthetic, 1950s Fabric, Vintage Colour Palette, Vintage Fashion 1950s, Trendy Sewing, Clothing Fabric, 1950s Style

Manufacturing processes improved greatly in the 1940s so much that ready-to-wear clothing was almost as affordable as fabric alone. The need and desire to sew clothing at home significantly decreased in the 1950s. For those who still chose to sew their own clothing, the diversity of new fabrics and the variety of colors, prints and

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