40s apartment

We take a look at room full of 1940s decor designed by Hazel Dell Brown, one of the most surprisingly influential designers in midcentury America!

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Master bedroom in the conductor's house at the Railway museum. Gorgeous 1940's style. Research for my next series of novels. www.christinelindsay.com

Better Homes and Gardens Magazine April 1941

Some vintage 1940s interior design decor trends veered into the overdone, like the 'glam' Hollywood-inspired look here - filled with satin, ruffles & bows.

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…

Hughenden Manor

This apartment may be small and old but it sure has its memories. I am ready to start new ones in the new house! We are finally all going to be able to fit under one roof without cramming ourselves!