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| A mixture of style makes for an interesting home |
Fred Comer, of Comer & Co, was just visiting in the shop and we began discussing the difference in people's decorating habits, according to where they live. Living in Virginia we have noticed that in certain areas there is a reluctance to change. In the more metropolitan areas the taste becomes more diverse. Where people have come together from different ethic back grounds, there seems to develop an openest to experimenting with both colors and design. Rules are broken and expanded. Life becomes more and more exciting.
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| French Early Modernist Chairs 1940's |
I've never been one much for following rules when it came to decorating. To begin with I was forced to decorate with whatever we could afford. There was a lot of, " would you like this," "Why yes thank you." Things from the attic or hand me downs from relatives. Most early married people start out that way.
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| Italian Deco Dresser 1940's |
Today, however a lot of young people marry later, and have more money with which to work . Some couples both work. They have developed their taste. They can afford to be picky. The period that seems to be the most popular is the Deco and Early Modernist. The designs of this era are easy to mix with other periods. The best looking interiors are those that are eclectic, drawing from all sorts of diverse sources.
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| 1950's Modernist "wheat shaft tables" |
The Deco and Early Modernist Furniture were made with a cleanest of design and with uncompromising quality that compares with find pieces of an earlier time.
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| Painting 1960's by Charles Sibley |
My best advise is to buy one good piece at a time. Good design never goes out of style. Get the best that you can an build up slowly. The good American, Italian and French designs from the 1930's and 1940's will continue to build in value. They are good investments now for the future.
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| 1940's green Murano lamps |
All of the pieces that we have shown above can be used together in a room.
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