Customer Reviews

Retro Style : The '50s Look for Today's Home

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The historical information and pictures of classic furniture are useful and can serve as some inspiration when putting together your own 50s look. The projects in the book, however, seem like a lot of work for not a lot result, time consuming, perhaps more expensive than an equivalent purchase, and in one instance (a wall hanging from a CD sleeve) downright tacky. There are way better books on this subject (see, Pad).

This book has many helpful ideas about turning modern items into retro-looking pieces. A definite help if you're in the market for something and just can't find it you can do it yourself.

It's an interesting text but disappointing in its' blend of British and US mid-century modern. I had hoped for more American mid-century modern. The text borders on a craft book approach of "projects you can do at home".
I had hoped for more focus on mid-century modern classics. Would not buy again, but that is due to my error in not reading the descriptions more carefully.

This book is great for the coffee table. Its interesting, fun, and adds some color to a dreary day.

Giving a house today a 1950's look is a dated idea. The cool thing now is creating your own look. What isn't cool or very creative is just sort of buying a lot of 1950's things and attempting to create that look instead of mixing things up. What we and our friends are doing is mixing all styles. I mean, like, we're not the Jetsons. This is 2002. Almost 2003.