{"id":2691,"date":"2015-08-11T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/decor-through-the-decades-the-1920s\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T09:09:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T09:09:40","slug":"decor-through-the-decades-the-1920s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/decor-through-the-decades-the-1920s\/","title":{"rendered":"Decor Through The Decades &#8211; The 1920&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><!-- [if !mso]&gt;v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}&lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 669 3819 The Little House Company 31 8 4480 14.0 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bdcolourdesign.net.au\/wp-content\/themes\/elegance\/cache\/2013MOD_123detail_900px.jpg.510x371_q85-510x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image Source: www.bdcolourdesign.net.au<span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Undeniably, the 1920&#8217;s were a pretty special decade. The First World War had not long ended and peoples lives were just starting to get back on track. The 20&#8217;s also saw the first television, the first talking picture, and <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 150%;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/homes\/design\/period_1920s.shtml\">the rise\u00a0<\/a><span color=\"#1074b9\" style=\"color: #1074b9;\"><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">of modernism<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><\/span>\u00a0entering the homestead, creating new fashions across Europe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">For an idea of what a traditional 1920s <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a> might look like, think of F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, which was set in 1922. It was all about elegance, sophistication, and opulence. It was a time of bolder colours, new shapes, and experimental fabrics to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">add depth<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0of character to any <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/room\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06ht1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Room\" >room<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/glamazondiarie.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/101928_gal.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Image Source: glamazondiaries.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Typical Features<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The new 1920&#8217;s style was very elegant and smart, involving <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"lot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-lot\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_lot;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0gs32y;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_lot\" >lots<\/a> of geometric shapes and sharp angles. Furniture was usually rather streamlined and came individually rather than in the suites we see more commonly today. We all know how a good rug can pull a room together, and the 1920s saw the start of this with large rugs\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">patterned with<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0geometric shapes and bold colours being used as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">centrepieces<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0in the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/living-room\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/living_room;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03f6tq;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Living_room\" >living room<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">When it comes to fabrics and features, it was all about shiny fabrics, chrome statues, and the odd\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">ostrich feather<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0for some real class. The walls would not be cluttered with decorations but instead featured a single painting or figurine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The cornerstone of 1920s interior design was simplicity and functionality.\u00a0That isn&#8217;t to say that appearance was secondary, as that certainly\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">was not<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0the case, but rather that a room defined the individual occupying it, expressed their character, while also being suitably arranged for\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">natural living<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">In <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 150%;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adamsinteriordecorating.com\/\">The Principles of Interior Design<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">, Bernard Jackway, an interior designer from the 1920s, says &#8220;One who sets out to furnish a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">given <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"houses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >house<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><\/span>\u00a0for the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/occupancy\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/occupancy;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0cr_8q;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Occupancy\" >occupancy<\/a> of a given family faces a three-fold problem. He must select and arrange in the house such things as suit the age, sex\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">and temperament<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0of the individual members, meet their needs, express their tastes and aspirations, and fit their purse. He must, moreover, see that the things so selected and arranged suit the house itself, in scale,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">colouring<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0and style. Finally, he must see to it that these things are not only suitable but intrinsically good-looking, and that they combine to form a harmonious and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">beautiful whole<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Travel\/Pix\/pictures\/2008\/04\/10\/Prague4.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\" align=\"center\"><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/travel\/2008\/apr\/12\/prague.weekends<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you&#8217;re looking to redecorate your <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Housing estate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/housing-estate\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01rtvp;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Housing_estate\" >home<\/a> with a touch of the 20s in it,the best place to start is by checking out what other people have done. See how Annie Werden has brought the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/home-garden\/decorating\/1920s-vintage-home-redo\">1920s into the twenty first century<\/a> in her 3-<a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"floors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/storey\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/storey;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02vk6kk;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Storey\" >storey<\/a> home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Also, <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 150%;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bdcolourdesign.net.au\/the-art-of-decorating-in-the-1920s-and-30s\/\">Bettina Dedas blog<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\"> shows you how to capture the 1920s look using this years\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 18px;\">style guides<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0and spring\/summer trends. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/property-blog\/118\/7_deadly_sins_decorating\">For tips on avoiding decorating disasters, check out our blog<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/thelittlehousecompany.com\/property-blog?author=8\" target=\"\">Jessica Lawrence<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Image Source: www.bdcolourdesign.net.au\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Undeniably, the 1920&#8217;s were a pretty special decade. 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The 20&#8217;s also saw the first<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/decor-through-the-decades-the-1920s\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/decor_through_the_decades_-_the_1920s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15222,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions\/15222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2691"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=2691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}