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10 Mar 2010

Retro furniture 'is back'

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Advice on how to use the retro trend includes appropriate colour choice.

Mustard yellow, aqua, black, white and turquoise have been recommended as the appropriate colours for those looking for a retro interior.

Additional advice from Helen Green posted on Terrys Fabrics blog was to combine white or red motifs with chequered board patterns.

The blogger continued that people harking back to an era when most women were homemakers should embrace the attitude of make do and making your own.

She said: "All lounges had a star-burst wall clock as well as a kidney-shaped coffee table or curvy-shaped coffee tables. This was the age of daring and breaking the moulds."

Window dressings could be based on venetian blinds or easy-care curtains and retro wallpaper should be bold with geometric patterns, Ms Green explained.

Wallpaper has been the subject of other design news as Sarah Harding recently announced that she is to release her own series, featuring life-size images of herself in various designs.ADNFCR-2589-ID-19660482-ADNFCR

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