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The 1960s were a magical decade that continues to inspire new generations with its irresistible style. For some people, the ideas of that period remain unsurpassed, and the same applies to furniture. Sixty years later, 1960s-style design furniture continues to appear in homes around the world with its unmistakable taste.
If you too have a weakness for the era of the economic boom, the Beatles, and psychedelic colors, here are Casavo's tips for bringing a vintage touch into your home.
The characteristics of 1960s-style home furnishings
The decade between the 1950s and 1970s is universally recognized as the one that marks the beginning of the breaking of classic molds. È The era of the first anti-system ideas, of student revolts and cultural movements, of the flower power and rock. It is the time when widespread economic well-being is accompanied by an increasingly widespread need among young people for alternative lifestyles to those of their parents. These needs are also reflected in fashion and design.
The 1960s furniture is an explosion of imagination and eccentricity that joins the wave of all other artistic forms. Pop Art introduces new and original ideas even into the home. The shapes of furniture change compared to traditional models. The lines become soft, curved, the colors are released with new combinations and bright contrasts with geometric patterns and futuristic ideas derived from science fiction. Models and concepts that come mainly from the United States, but a specific line of Italian 1960s furniture soon establishes itself in parallel.
All intuitions that are still fascinating today, if you know how to bring them into your home in the right way. Here are some suggestions to get you started.
The colors and materials of the 1960s style
The extravagant identity of the decade is expressed already starting from the choice of colors for the furniture. The shades Warm colors enter homes with all their joyful welcome in shades of yellow, red, and orange, and veer towards cool but bright tones like purple and blue.
Contrasts are the order of the day, with bold combinations that never fail to include the timeless black and white for floors and individual pieces of furniture. There's also room for surprising fluorescent details that enhance the liveliness of the colors. general.
Solid colors often alternate with patterns rich in geometric shapes that recur on rugs, curtains, wallpaper, and tiles.
Even the choice of materials breaks with tradition, and elements such as plastic and vinyl arrive in 1960s-style home furnishings.
The right furniture for going back in time
To transform your home without exaggerating the retro effect, you can choose some designer 1960s furniture elements to add the right amount of style. Thrift stores are an excellent source of original pieces at attractive prices.
For the living room, leather sofas with geometric lines and deep seats and beanbag chairs immediately create a vintage atmosphere, perhaps enhanced by a stereo system to play your vinyl collection.
Lighting is also essential, with original lamps or ones inspired by the lines of iconic design objects of the era. On the walls, prints and posters inspired by the works of Andy Warhol are a must.
For tables and countertops, a material that plays a starring role in 1960s Italian decor: Formica. Colorful and easy to clean, it lends itself very well to a dining table accompanied by simple chairs with steel uprights.
In the center of the kitchen, on the other hand, an island or counter is needed on which to prepare your recipes and serve breakfast, which can be enjoyed on comfortable, high-seated stools. Original antique appliances today become precious ornaments that add an extra touch of sophistication.
For floors, make way for figures and geometric patterns
For floors from the 1960s, the decor includes a wide use of tiles in a wide variety of geometric shapes. Not just the traditional squares, therefore, but also rhombuses, pentagons, and hexagons, arranged in alternating different colors. We have already mentioned that the black and white checkerboard option is a great classic; similarly, dark and pastel geometric tile patterns that form floor decorations.
To take a small step towards 70s decor, you can also choose marble, especially in its grit mosaic version.
Patterns from outer space
If you're looking for something more eccentric, then we recommend looking at the latest developments in 1960s decor. It was the moment when the space race began to influence many different aspects of daily life, including furnishings, with the emergence of Space Age design. An extravagant and personality-rich style that pushed the typical shapes and patterns of the period to their limits, in exaggerations inspired by what was imagined to be the domestic life of the future.
These suggestions for furnishing your home in 1960s style are a good starting point for personalising your home as you like. Warm colors, geometric shapes, and unusual furniture lines are the three pillars on which to develop your interior design inspired by the boom years. If you have clear ideas, but still lack the space to put them into practice, visit the Casavo's classifieds platform where, among hundreds of different properties, you will surely find the right one to satisfy your passion for vintage.
