Five blast-from-the-past designs from the Chatelaine archives
Flashback decor from archives
1950
The trend: Restful tones
What we were thinking: "Are you a good mixer? See how gay colours, fresh fabrics and contemporary furniture are blended with imagination."
1969
The trend: Supergraffiti
What we were thinking: "Can an ordinary box-shape room with straight lines, sharp corners and flat surfaces, look sexy? It can, if you give it curves it never had."
1970
The trend: Sunshine and colour
What we were thinking: "The illuminated wall with a split-screen effect in the living room is graphic artist Barrie Briscoe’s concept of the sun’s rays."
1981
The trend: 18th century classics
What we were thinking: "Goodbye, throwaway culture. Hello, traditonal decorating and a greater respect for things past. Traditional furniture is outdistancing modern now."
1984
The trend: Tiger stripes
What we were thinking: "The resurgence of interest in trompe l'oeil (visual trickery) includes a return to fabrics that look like luxuriant furs."
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