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1930's Art Deco - need design inspo help!

11 years ago
My grandmother's completely restored bedroom furniture is being handed down to me. I plan to replace the handles and drawer pulls but have no clue how to decorate a room around it. Excuse the dollhouse and doggies etc on it, it's currently being stored at my sisters but is soon coming to my home and a completely blank canvas in our guest bedroom! There is also a dressing table not pictured here with the set. Need sheet set, paint color for room, decor, etc idea and am completely clueless as to how to decorate around this eclectic set!

Any photos that you could post would be extremely helpful! I'm bad at putting things together in my mind with this set. Truly, anything else you could throw at me, I could piece together; but with this, I'm having the toughest time. I've already gotten some great advice but am looking for more. Many thanks!

Comments (20)

  • 11 years ago

    Please do not change the knobs. This is a beautiful suite of furniture, probably from the forties or fifties. Waterfall with veneer. Do not let anyone tell you to paint or change them. What size & details of your guest room, please. Also send us photos of the room.

  • 11 years ago
    Hi Sandra! So I actually don't have a photo of the second bedroom, but here's a photo of the layout. The color of the carpet is a standard cream color you'd find in most newer condo buildings/apartment buildings and the walls are a soft white color, though I'd like to paint at least one wall (I hate white walls!). The furniture was a wedding gift to my grandparents in the thirties! It is lovely! The bedroom that it will be going in is the Bedroom #2 with the balcony off of it.
  • 11 years ago

    Sorry, I was wrong on the date & you even had it correct in your post. I'm sorry you do not like white walls, but it happens when used to living in apartments & condos, huh?

  • 11 years ago

    A dusty mauve was a color they used a lot then, but let's don't do that, very depressing. I would rather not see an accent wall either.

  • 11 years ago

    Would you be willing to do one accent wall (I just got through saying not to use an accent wall), however they have such beautiful irridescent colors now & they are not cheap.

  • 11 years ago

    HI -- Your furniture is actually called " Depression " furniture and it really isn't deco . Depression furniture was made from after the first world war to the second ww and into the late forties . It was made in sets as affordable furniture for war vet families . Designed in a deco type style with different wood veneers originally left over from more expensive furniture . Some of the handles on some sets were made out of "bakeolite " a cellulose type like plastic . If your sets handles are original , then do not change them. This furniture was considered cheap from that time but is made better than some things now . It does not have any great antique value , it is really only vintage right now . If the bedroom is not big enough for the whole set together then put some in the other bedroom too.

  • 11 years ago

    Tell me what style bedspread, curtain, etc you would like to see in the room.

  • 11 years ago

    Do you want silky, classy look. I would like to dress it up. Give me your thoughts.

  • 11 years ago
    I'm completely open to what the room could look like. Just looking for suggestions.
  • 11 years ago

    Let's go Hollywood glam. Okay?

  • 11 years ago
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    This is not really Hollywood Glam. I found some things at Ikea which would great with your set: 1 - drapes Angerlise 57 X 98 top grommet white background black & beige print 19.99 a pair

    2 - Fabrina bedspread 98 X 98 beige nubby 12.99

    3 - Sanela pillow covers 20 X 20 black velvet, turquoise velvet 7.00 each

    4 - Snabbringa pillow cover 20 X 20 white background, touches of aqua, black, yellow print 5.00

    5 - Art.Com - Tiger Notebook 31.5 X 23.5 10.98 shades of grey, yellow white

    6 - " " - Orion Nebula 32 X 24 10.98 yellows, oranges, greys

    7 - Lamps Plus 100 watt lamps Black Iron base w/ burlap shade 69.98 each

    8 - Bed Bath & Beyond full size sheets set Aqua 630 cnt 99.99

    9 - " Queen size pink vellux original blanket 39.99

    10 - Ikea full/queen lightweight white comforter Myskgras 7.99

    asoho thanked sandradclark
  • 11 years ago

    Place the bed on the wall facing you as you come into the room, bedstands at each side, low dresser to the right of right bedstand, High dresser on opposite wall & dressing table on that same wall closest to the door. Hang Tiger Notebook on small wall 5' high on small wall backing the storage off the patio, hang the Orion Nebula above the high dresser. Lamps on each night stand.

    asoho thanked sandradclark
  • 11 years ago

    Why did you start another thread on this? You had one yesterday https://www.houzz.com/discussions/30s-art-deco-bedroom-need-help-dsvw-vd~2938893

  • 11 years ago

    Partim, yep! I did! I wanted to repost, as this is my first time on houzz, and I figured it would get some new responses today - which it did. Thanks, Sandra, for all of your in-depth responses. This is a real help!!

  • 11 years ago
    When you take the time to answer thoughtfully and post pictures as Partim and I did, it is disappointing to find that another conversation thread has been started and our efforts cast aside. Many of us enjoy going back and reading comments that follow ours. The feedback is not only interesting, we often get feedback on our thoughts. That is why when this happens you will see someone write, 'duplicate post'.
  • 11 years ago
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  • 11 years ago
    last modified: 11 years ago

    miacometlady, I didn't mean any offense to anyone! Clearly I don't use houzz much, and I wasn't aware that posting a second thread was going to offend anyone since I was simply seeking advice for my own personal project. I'll note this for the future when I want to seek advice on other projects. I also wasn't casting anyone's helpful advice aside, as I'm sure you can see from my response in my first thread.

  • 11 years ago

    WOW those are beauties. please do not change a thing there. But do not make it into a museum by having everything period. I would have those with a couple of wall lamps (because your night tables are tiny) in brass (just not shiny)

  • 7 years ago

    Please do not change the knobs! While was not expensive at the time, that beautiful waterfall veneer makes it look expensive. I actually grew up with this type furniture in my bedroom. That was in the 1940s and 50s. I still have the chest of drawers whic had to be refinished because it had been painted. I am also looking for the other pieces. I intend to use a really bright tropical duvet cover on my bed and sheer white drapes. The walls which I intend to paint again may be violet or a deep coral. Wish I could find more of this furniture! I want the room to have an Old Hollywood feeling, maybe add a faux animal skin rug.. Good luck with your room, forget the white walls.