Dorota Dyman & Associates Real Estate - HOLD the paint brushes - your old 1970s wallpaper or 1950s bathroom may well be a selling point when it comes to putting your house on the market.
Do a search under "retro" in realestate.com.au and you will find dozens of agents highlighting original features from the 1950s, 60s and 70s in their marketing.
Adelaide interior design duo Cain Rumbelow and Markus Hamence say they get plenty of requests for makeovers with a retro influence.
"Retro style has a lot of colour, and a pop, mod feel to it - it's especially popular with young people and it's never really gone out of fashion," Mr. Hamence says.
"We're actually doing up a pool room in retro style for a client at the moment. We're having lots of fun creating furniture from recycled tin drums for it."
Mr. Rumbelow advises anyone interested in buying and "doing up" a traditional 1950s to 70s home in retro style to start by having a good look at the furnishings already in place.
"Start by studying the paint colours, wallpaper and curtains. Curtains will probably be old and moth eaten so you'll want to replace them. But make a note of the textures and colours that have been used and try to replicate that."
Do a search under "retro" in realestate.com.au and you will find dozens of agents highlighting original features from the 1950s, 60s and 70s in their marketing.
Adelaide interior design duo Cain Rumbelow and Markus Hamence say they get plenty of requests for makeovers with a retro influence.
"Retro style has a lot of colour, and a pop, mod feel to it - it's especially popular with young people and it's never really gone out of fashion," Mr. Hamence says.
"We're actually doing up a pool room in retro style for a client at the moment. We're having lots of fun creating furniture from recycled tin drums for it."
Mr. Rumbelow advises anyone interested in buying and "doing up" a traditional 1950s to 70s home in retro style to start by having a good look at the furnishings already in place.
"Start by studying the paint colours, wallpaper and curtains. Curtains will probably be old and moth eaten so you'll want to replace them. But make a note of the textures and colours that have been used and try to replicate that."
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