1940s home

Over the last century, our homes have changed dramatically in both the way they look and function. From changing interior fashions to new technology, the timeline of house design has been constantly on the move. Whether you're a baby boomer or first-wave millennial, let's take a trip down memory lane...

I showcase 8 distinct looks popular in 1940s interior design. Furniture, colors & decor inside 1940s homes were sunny, patriotic, 'sanitary' & more.

This week we’re talking about home design trends over the years, which ones have stuck and which have totally faded, and how long trends last.

Probably more than any other era in the 1940s we have a big divide between the illustrated ideal kitchens and what people really had. For the first five years of the decade the Second World War mea…

1940's House Dining room | Flickr. A lovely recreation of a 1930s British domestic interior.

Name: Joanne O’Callaghan Location: Melbourne, Australia Size: 510 square feet Years owned: 16 years Joanne recently renovated this late-1940s Art Deco apartment in East Melbourne, Australia. The entire place is full of light and charm, but the apartment’s living and dining space, called the “blue room,” is a particular jewel: It features Art Deco cornices, a tiered mirror above the original fireplace and a large framed window.

Laura Blackstock, a painter, and her architect husband, Joel, bought their 1940s cottage 22 years ago and have since carefully crafted a serene home.

This gallery documents Joanna Francis's 1940s home at Burton Stather near Scunthorpe. Life on the home front during the 1940s was very different to today's modern world. Until war broke out in September 1939, most women did not work outside the home. Many homes did not have running water in the house, water was carried in buckets from an outside well, or perhaps some were lucky enough to have a pump inside. To produce hot water it would be heated on top of a stove, often wood burning. That…

These 1941 interiors from Hazel Dell Brown of Armstrong Floors are beautifully designed and full of great decorating and color combination ideas.

Browse photos of kitchen design ideas. Discover inspiration for your kitchen remodel and discover ways to makeover your space for countertops, storage, layout and decor.

A 5,000-square-foot 1940s Georgian Revival on a large lot is renovated to address a young family's needs.

Hughenden Manor

Even the furniture is 80 years old!

Although this Queen Anne-style building may look like a typical English farmhouse on the exterior, it hides an incredible secret inside: a home left

Dive headfirst into the world of vintage glamour as we explore how you can recreate the captivating essence of 1940s interior design in your own home.