Comments on: A smoke gray palette for a retro living room http://retrorenovation.com/2008/01/24/a-smoke-gray-palette-for-a-retro-living-room/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s 60s and 70s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:35:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sharkeysday http://retrorenovation.com/2008/01/24/a-smoke-gray-palette-for-a-retro-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-3642 sharkeysday Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:13:13 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/01/24/a-smoke-gray-palette-for-a-retro-living-room/#comment-3642 Hi Pam! Yes, my posted room would be in contrast to this wouldn't it? Nice to see a little less "enthusiastic" room! :-) Sue - I made similar mistakes with our house and I'm still trying to find the right mix. I do find that furniture arrangement helps too tho...they did furniture arranging VERY different in the 50's (ooo, I feel another post coming on!) And as for the drapes "Vintage" you'll find (and cover your ears here Pam) that a lot of people buy vintage pinch pleat drapes for the barkcloth fabric and they cut them up and use them for pillows or upholstery. However, that's another good post....are people using pinch pleat drapes much? I used to have a "wall of drapes" in our house and took them down to "update the room" - however I found that they actually kept the cold and heat under control with a really big window. Sigh...I guess you live and learn! Hi Pam! Yes, my posted room would be in contrast to this wouldn’t it? Nice to see a little less “enthusiastic” room! :-)

Sue – I made similar mistakes with our house and I’m still trying to find the right mix. I do find that furniture arrangement helps too tho…they did furniture arranging VERY different in the 50’s (ooo, I feel another post coming on!)

And as for the drapes “Vintage” you’ll find (and cover your ears here Pam) that a lot of people buy vintage pinch pleat drapes for the barkcloth fabric and they cut them up and use them for pillows or upholstery. However, that’s another good post….are people using pinch pleat drapes much?

I used to have a “wall of drapes” in our house and took them down to “update the room” – however I found that they actually kept the cold and heat under control with a really big window. Sigh…I guess you live and learn!

]]> By: vintagegoodness http://retrorenovation.com/2008/01/24/a-smoke-gray-palette-for-a-retro-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-3494 vintagegoodness Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:21:17 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/01/24/a-smoke-gray-palette-for-a-retro-living-room/#comment-3494 Hi Pam, apparently the eBay buyers aren't as turned on by the pinch pleat curtain thing as you and I are - my curtains went for $66. I was really hoping for at least $100, but I still made a decent profit so I guess I can't bitch (too much). I just hope they appreciate the awesome deal they got. Thanks again for posting about them! Hi Pam, apparently the eBay buyers aren’t as turned on by the pinch pleat curtain thing as you and I are – my curtains went for $66. I was really hoping for at least $100, but I still made a decent profit so I guess I can’t bitch (too much). I just hope they appreciate the awesome deal they got. Thanks again for posting about them!

]]> By: Sumac Sue http://retrorenovation.com/2008/01/24/a-smoke-gray-palette-for-a-retro-living-room/comment-page-1/#comment-3490 Sumac Sue Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:28:45 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/01/24/a-smoke-gray-palette-for-a-retro-living-room/#comment-3490 When we moved here last July, we picked out pale, cool wall colors for our 50s house. I guess we were trying to fight the sweltering temperatures outside. But, we have found that the house does not seem to like these watery shades. For instance, the living room faces west, so we thought we needed a cool color in there. But, the original light taupe with a greenish cast was too blah, like a hospital. We made the radical switch -- for us -- to a medium harvest gold, of all things, and the room came alive! We are surprised at how we love it. We uncovered a medium teal blue color under the chair rail in the dining room. We thought it was way too much. But, the pale blue we used in the dining room and kitchen just seems anemic. I know that at some point I will repaint those rooms with something warmer and brighter. The room in the llustration is a really classy looking room. The touch I like best is, instead of brown wood tables, the tables are black, and brown turns up on the sofa. The tables look so crisp and the sofa looks so warm with the yellow wall and pillows. When we moved here last July, we picked out pale, cool wall colors for our 50s house. I guess we were trying to fight the sweltering temperatures outside. But, we have found that the house does not seem to like these watery shades. For instance, the living room faces west, so we thought we needed a cool color in there. But, the original light taupe with a greenish cast was too blah, like a hospital. We made the radical switch — for us — to a medium harvest gold, of all things, and the room came alive! We are surprised at how we love it.

We uncovered a medium teal blue color under the chair rail in the dining room. We thought it was way too much. But, the pale blue we used in the dining room and kitchen just seems anemic. I know that at some point I will repaint those rooms with something warmer and brighter.

The room in the llustration is a really classy looking room. The touch I like best is, instead of brown wood tables, the tables are black, and brown turns up on the sofa. The tables look so crisp and the sofa looks so warm with the yellow wall and pillows.

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