Saturday, August 20, 2011

Dream Home: Art Deco - Front Entrance

I've been in a creative funk as of late. I've taken a cue from Dooce's inspiration boards and decided to create some of my own. For several years I've been collecting pictures of art deco furniture as inspiration for decorating my future home. BBC Home describes the style of Art Deco as
  • Geometric and angular shapes

  • Chrome, glass, shiny fabrics, mirrors and mirror tiles

  • Stylised images of aeroplanes, cars, cruise liners, skyscrapers

  • Nature motifs - shells, sunrises, flowers

  • Theatrical contrasts - highly polished wood and glossy black lacquer mixed with satin and furs



Here is my first attempt at an inspiration board:

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I'd appreciate your feed back and let me know if you've created your own inspiration board.

2 comments:

Ky said...

I am in love with the bench and the cabinet. So fantastic!

Teacher Lady said...

Thanks! Those are actually pictures I found in 2003. I've been collecting pictures ever since I had a computer with Internet access but it has been fun putting things together.