Apartment Decoration: Retro-Modern Lines

When apartment decoration is discussed, the retro-modern line comes up often: it feels familiar and still reads new. The detail is usually vague. This article names the style, then splits the practical notes. Umut GÜRLER Interior Architecture - Ankara Interior Architecture writes that mix into the survey note on Ankara apartment projects; there is no rule that every piece must be period.

What Retro-Modern Design Is

Apartment interior design and flat decoration share the same plan. Retro means taking objects, furniture and colour from earlier decades into a house used now. In short: an older language mixed with the pieces we use today. Retro-modern is that mix without breaking the contemporary plan. Period colour can sit on a cushion; the kitchen run can stay plain.

Practical Notes for a Apartment

• Bright, period colour carries the line. A piece that already looks lived does the same job.
• Orange, brick, mustard, green and blue sit in that palette. You do not have to collect all of them in one room.
• If large furniture should stay quiet, keep the colour on a rug or cushion. A few pieces are enough instead of a whole house of period furniture: a wood dining table or a TV stand sits beside a modern plan.
• An antique market can still yield a useful, cheaper accessory. Measure and soundness come before the story.

Who Sets the Mix?

Holding period colour and a contemporary plan in one room by yourself turns into a museum when measure slips. Umut GÜRLER Interior Architecture - Ankara Interior Architecture writes that balance from survey to handover. On Ankara apartment projects, apartment decoration is the room layout, not a style name.

See apartment decoration examples and the homes page.