Kitchen in the 40s style: how to give a vintage but very current touch to this environment. Features, colors, furnishings and attention to detail. Find out with us at Pianeta design which are the elements that you just cannot give up. Our journey back in time begins.
Welcome to the 40s in the house: if you love retro atmospheres, warm and welcoming typical of the second post-war period and of the rebirth that was taking place in those years, what matters is to insert the right elements and let yourself be carried away in an era that is now past. An era in which a revolution was also taking place in interior design.
If you need to renovate a typical house of those years, a great help will be offered to us by the house itself and its structure. It will be enough, in fact, to keep some elements intact and to follow the style for a perfect result. On the other hand self we have to furnish a modern house but we love to look back to the past for inspiration, a tour of an antique shop will help us in the enterprise. A few pieces typical of those years, even if only to be exhibited – like an old appliance – will recreate the ideal environment. But let’s take it one step at a time.
Read also: Ibs outdoor furniture catalog: decorate balcony and garden with style
How about trying to furnish the kitchen with us? Domestic hearth, in those years the fulcrum of the home, played a decisive role in the home. Let’s find out more together.
The choice of colors and materials
For an excellent final result and to let ourselves be enveloped by the ideal atmosphere, first of all the colors come to our aid. What is the ideal palette to refer to? Without a shadow of a doubt we must prefer pastel colours, pink and green above all, to alternate with warm earth tones like brown, red and orange that will help us draw interesting contrasts.
Natural materials such as wood and stone with a purely handcrafted workmanship and the addition of unique details will be the undisputed protagonists of this environment which, however, are starting to be joined by some industrial models. If we find delicate nuances on the walls, what to choose to cover the floor? Let’s see together.
The ideal floors for the 40’s style kitchen
Several options to choose from if you want to recreate the typical flooring of the 40s. If you are looking for the right mood, remember that the trend of those years was characterized by absolute refinement and architectural design solutions that are still perfect today.
It might interest you: 10 things to do to make the apartment vintage
If wood is an expensive solution you can opt for the linoleum, appreciated for its durability and affordable cost. Or rather bet everything on floor tiles – square, hexagonal or mosaic – in grit or cement tiles. Born at the end of the 19th century from the processing of waste material mixed with concrete, they made the history of the interiors of the 40s and 50s: dark colors alternating with whites and geometric or floral patterns are its characteristics.
The porcelain stonewarefinally, it combines the beauty of vintage with more current technical performance. Let’s choose the furnishings together.
Kitchen in the style of the 40s: the furnishings
To give your kitchen the right vintage look you will need insert some typical furnishings of those years. Let’s start with the belief whose history has very ancient origins. An indispensable element in the kitchen, and not only from the 40s, it immediately gives a warm and comfortable appearance to the environment. Originally it was a low cabinet then the upper body was added in the same style as the low one, with the addition of showcases, doors and drawers.
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Belief is strictly in wood, walnut, mahogany or cherry are the most common, and was used to store all the accessories useful in the kitchen. From glasses to cutlery, to glass jars with provisions inside and taking care to display all the silverware.
Let’s move on to kitchen table who had a place of honor. Also in wood, very large and with a rounded shape, it was placed usually in the center of the room and he was ready to welcome guests by presenting enveloping seats at his side, always in wood, sometimes painted.
Lastly, the exposed refrigerator often with an extra touch of color that recalls the other furnishings and markedly vintage lines. A must still much loved today to recreate the slightly retro atmosphere. Choose which furnishings to include in your kitchen and mix them with other more modern ones to give it the right look.
Vintage accessories
The details are what make the difference within an environment and not even our 40’s kitchen does not escape this indication. Take care of search for some typical objects of those years: a great clock on the wall, one weight scale manual, some mug in ceramic to be exhibited, of pots in copper to hang on the hob without forgetting the textiles. Curtains on the windows and geometric patterned carpets will add a touch of style. Finally, we come to the right lighting.
The ideal lighting
If you want to let yourself be enveloped by the warmth and sense of familiarity that reigned in those years then pay due attention to the lighting as well. Lamps and chandeliers with clean lines, simple materials, as the worked glass or wrought iron, and a few points of bright color to underline the enthusiasm of rebirth are all that is needed. Study the placement carefully and shed some light on your vintage furniture.
Kitchen in the style of the 40s: photos and images
If by reading our article you found it pleasant to take a dip in the past and you can’t wait to furnish your kitchen with a vintage touch, do not miss some other images that we have included for you in the gallery below. Get the right inspiration.
Kitchen in the 40s style: how to give a vintage but very current touch to this environment. Features, colors, furnishings and attention to detail. Find out with us at Pianeta design which are the elements that you just cannot give up. Our journey back in time begins.
Welcome to the 40s in the house: if you love retro atmospheres, warm and welcoming typical of the second post-war period and of the rebirth that was taking place in those years, what matters is to insert the right elements and let yourself be carried away in an era that is now past. An era in which a revolution was also taking place in interior design.
If you need to renovate a typical house of those years, a great help will be offered to us by the house itself and its structure. It will be enough, in fact, to keep some elements intact and to follow the style for a perfect result. On the other hand self we have to furnish a modern house but we love to look back to the past for inspiration, a tour of an antique shop will help us in the enterprise. A few pieces typical of those years, even if only to be exhibited – like an old appliance – will recreate the ideal environment. But let’s take it one step at a time.
Read also: Ibs outdoor furniture catalog: decorate balcony and garden with style
How about trying to furnish the kitchen with us? Domestic hearth, in those years the fulcrum of the home, played a decisive role in the home. Let’s find out more together.
The choice of colors and materials
For an excellent final result and to let ourselves be enveloped by the ideal atmosphere, first of all the colors come to our aid. What is the ideal palette to refer to? Without a shadow of a doubt we must prefer pastel colours, pink and green above all, to alternate with warm earth tones like brown, red and orange that will help us draw interesting contrasts.
Natural materials such as wood and stone with a purely handcrafted workmanship and the addition of unique details will be the undisputed protagonists of this environment which, however, are starting to be joined by some industrial models. If we find delicate nuances on the walls, what to choose to cover the floor? Let’s see together.
The ideal floors for the 40’s style kitchen
Several options to choose from if you want to recreate the typical flooring of the 40s. If you are looking for the right mood, remember that the trend of those years was characterized by absolute refinement and architectural design solutions that are still perfect today.
It might interest you: 10 things to do to make the apartment vintage
If wood is an expensive solution you can opt for the linoleum, appreciated for its durability and affordable cost. Or rather bet everything on floor tiles – square, hexagonal or mosaic – in grit or cement tiles. Born at the end of the 19th century from the processing of waste material mixed with concrete, they made the history of the interiors of the 40s and 50s: dark colors alternating with whites and geometric or floral patterns are its characteristics.
The porcelain stonewarefinally, it combines the beauty of vintage with more current technical performance. Let’s choose the furnishings together.
Kitchen in the style of the 40s: the furnishings
To give your kitchen the right vintage look you will need insert some typical furnishings of those years. Let’s start with the belief whose history has very ancient origins. An indispensable element in the kitchen, and not only from the 40s, it immediately gives a warm and comfortable appearance to the environment. Originally it was a low cabinet then the upper body was added in the same style as the low one, with the addition of showcases, doors and drawers.
Do you want design advice on how to furnish? Join the group
Belief is strictly in wood, walnut, mahogany or cherry are the most common, and was used to store all the accessories useful in the kitchen. From glasses to cutlery, to glass jars with provisions inside and taking care to display all the silverware.
Let’s move on to kitchen table who had a place of honor. Also in wood, very large and with a rounded shape, it was placed usually in the center of the room and he was ready to welcome guests by presenting enveloping seats at his side, always in wood, sometimes painted.
Lastly, the exposed refrigerator often with an extra touch of color that recalls the other furnishings and markedly vintage lines. A must still much loved today to recreate the slightly retro atmosphere. Choose which furnishings to include in your kitchen and mix them with other more modern ones to give it the right look.
Vintage accessories
The details are what make the difference within an environment and not even our 40’s kitchen does not escape this indication. Take care of search for some typical objects of those years: a great clock on the wall, one weight scale manual, some mug in ceramic to be exhibited, of pots in copper to hang on the hob without forgetting the textiles. Curtains on the windows and geometric patterned carpets will add a touch of style. Finally, we come to the right lighting.
The ideal lighting
If you want to let yourself be enveloped by the warmth and sense of familiarity that reigned in those years then pay due attention to the lighting as well. Lamps and chandeliers with clean lines, simple materials, as the worked glass or wrought iron, and a few points of bright color to underline the enthusiasm of rebirth are all that is needed. Study the placement carefully and shed some light on your vintage furniture.
Kitchen in the style of the 40s: photos and images
If by reading our article you found it pleasant to take a dip in the past and you can’t wait to furnish your kitchen with a vintage touch, do not miss some other images that we have included for you in the gallery below. Get the right inspiration.
