1940 home decor

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an advertisement for furniture in the 1950's and 1960s's

Better Homes and Gardens has covered interior design since the dawn of the Jazz Age. Join us as we take a decade-by-decade look back through the furniture, colors, and styles that filled our homes over the past century, along with the people and events that drove the designs of our lives.

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a brick house with an advertisement on the front

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a living room filled with furniture and pictures on the wall

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

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a woman sitting at a desk in a living room

The 1940s were a tumultuous time. It is impossible to understand those years outside of the context of WWII. The war not only defined the decade but from a design perspective, split it virtually in half. During the first half of the decade, new design was halted, as supply shortages and rationing demanded that all available resources — material and otherwise — be directed towards the war effort…Socially, the decade featured a similar split.

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