Fireplace Dressing
Designer Linda Allen takes a blast to the past and shares how fireplaces were dressed different for each decade.
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Victorian
- romantic floral arrangement in pastel colors
- a frameless oval mirror
- sepia-toned family photographs
- colored water in a crystal glass
- candleholders with beaded shades
- lace used as a mantel drape
Arts-and-Crafts
- accessories with simple lines and organic shapes
- earthy colors, like sage green, brown and russet
- symmetrical look with the straight lines on the clock and matching heights of the vase and tape candles
- natural items, like the ivy and twigs running the length of the mantel
1950s Japanese
- an atomic clock
- the maple ledge to the side creates symmetry
- organically-shaped accessories like the bent-wood chair
- Hawaiian florals
1960s Danish
- colored glass accents
- low furniture lines
- walnut woods
- furnishings with a crisp linear look
1960s Modern
- acrylic chair
- high-fashion model picture on the ledge
- flokati rug
- punch of color against a neutral background, like the tangerine-colored pillow
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