The Traditional Look.

  Conventional by nature,the traditional look in rooms is
  elegant and comfortable. 
  The choice of those who like to live graciously and entertain
  in formal fashion.

 The colors are usually soft but lively , with elegant smooth
 fabrics. Golden Yellow was a great Colonial favorite, and
 Williamsburg green and blue became ubiquitous background
 colors.
Classic florals and stripes in satin, damask and chintz are
excellent choices for period rooms.

In America, 18th century styles from the” golden age of
furniture” are great favorites for traditional rooms.
Queen Anne, Georgian and Colonial styles are very popular,
with designs copied from the great English cabinet-maker–
Chippendale, Heppelwhite and Sheraton, vying with such home-
grown successes as the Philadelphia highboy and the Norfolk
block-front chest.

 Quite elegance is combined with comfort in a small traditional
 living room.
 There could be twin loveseats, cherry butler’s- tray table, and
 this would complete a very cozy grouping around a roaring
 fire.

The Contemporary Look.

Innovative materials  and an anything- goes attitude
towards design earmark the 1960′s and 70′s.

Interior design has become a great adventure, now as
much as the province of the architect, as of the decorator.
The elimination of all conventional furniture in favor of
built-ins is one avant- garde theory.

The introduction of steel tubing for furniture construction
in the 1920′s started a rush to find other materials which
would be feasible for furniture.
Steel, glass and all kinds of plastics won the race, and now
anything shiny, silvery or transparent is very much in fashion
if the Contemporary look is to be followed.

lets decorate!