'70s style is back.
, Robert McKinley of Studio McKinley painted the kitchen floor an unusual color: avocado green. In an age of all-white eateries andAvocado green? Like my grandmother’s house?
But McKinley’s kitchen evokes an earthy, Laurel Canyon meets Wes Anderson ambiance, a delicate balance of earth tones with playful color that doesn’t tread into the kitsch. It’s cool, it’s calming, and it’s, well, a little bit ’70s. Oh, yes. Among the avant-garde, 1970s interior design trends are making a definitive comeback. “Earth tones and fun multi-color concepts are current trends now, as well as low slung soft furniture,” McKinley says. A similar sentiment was echoed back in February by a host of interior designers embracing that“The 1970s are definitively on trend in design,” Giampiero Tagliaferri, principal of Studio Tagliaferri and former creative director of Oliver Peoples, says.
A avocado-green kitchen—a staple of the 1970s—gets a modern twist thanks to Robert McKinley of Studio McKinley.Don’t take their word for it? Here are some statistics for you. In a 2022 survey of 600 decorators by 1stDibs, 26 percent of respondents said they’ve witnessed a resurgence of the distinctive decade's decor hallmarks.
A bathing room designed by English decorator David Hicks in the 1970s with green backsplaces and plumbing features. To the right, more modern interpretations of the aesthetic. Photo by David Massey forA mudroom by boND architecture.The design elements and motifs that top interior designers today are borrowing from the ’70s tend to fall within a specific set of parameters.
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