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Opting for this decoration is to design and recreate an environment, inspired by the retro style adapted to modern times. Consists of furniture and objects combine modern design with decorative elements of the years 1950 to 1960, or even parts of the ’20s classic, like glassware, lamps, rugs and textiles.

As for the colors predominate in retro style, it’s rather garish colors used in enamels, tapestries, rugs and even wallpaper.

Also combination of brown-ivory, ocher with cakes and the most daring mix of turquoise, fuchsia and lime green combined extremely psychedelic prints, as well as red or black combined with white. The geometric shapes and circles and rectangles also characterize this style.

With regard to modern furniture from the 20s far has not ceased to surprise. They are classics that never die design issues, reborn and integrated into the contemporary decor with a capacity of adaptation to the environment at least for surprising. All outstanding furniture designers of the 20s, and 50-60, have been reproduced almost exactly, or have been subsequent prototype designs based on them.

The retro style allows us to play with much of the decoration, and taking into account simple things like the color scheme, you can very easily achieve an atmosphere worthy of those years.

Kitchen is an area that offers many possibilities for the time to give an appearance of earlier decades. If you are nostalgic of the past and want to turn your kitchen into a special place not misses the following we will give you ideas.

Use colors like blue, orange or brown soils combined with checkerboard design. The red, white and black are combination that we can also find in the decades of 50 and 60. With regard to materials that can be found in this type of cuisine we have the metal, glass and brass (and laminated tables).

If you already have an allowance you can choose to buy a table with a laminate surface or a metal refrigerator door. In general, any object that looks from decades past will look good in your retro kitchen.

Once you have decided on the color palette that you plan to use we recommend that you take up some cards with these colors. In this way, you can choose the best combination when buying furniture and accessories.

In the kitchen you can add kitchen towels, tables and chairs with a retro look adorable. You have two options: find old items at a reasonable price or buy new products with retro style dial.

There are some web sites which offer a range of retro products for our cuisine. Here we find ovens, refrigerators and dishwashers with a really vintage (not to lose the functionality and modern efficiency).

Now let us look at the lighting. This will be responsible for highlighting the bright colors and designs characteristic of retro style. Opt for lamps and bulbs geometric shapes that are partially exposed. Anyway do not forget to decorate the kitchen should be practical.

Choose from different retro accessories. One of the most popular is kitchen accessories such as hand towels, serving trays and table cloths. You can also install a few moments and put a series of retro items like salt and pepper shakers or old cans of biscuits.