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Retro Rooms Doing Double Duty

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[Amazing Armstrong Floor ad published in Country Gentleman, September 1948 ]

People have been finding ways to make the most of their space long before they could click around the internet for ideas. With vibrant colors in mind, we decided to look through internet archives of vintage print publications for some examples of rooms doing double-duty more than 20 years ago.

 
 

This 1965 Life photo shows a bedroom-cum art studio in a Noyes-designed Nantucket summer home...
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A 1968 Better Homes and Gardens shows that a guest bedroom can double as an office...
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This House Beautiful loft apartment with an elevated library is straight from the 80s...
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LINKS
•Guess the Decade: Master Bath With Books
•Art & Architecture: Online Archive
•Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Digital Collections
•Look: Google Brings Life Magazine to Your Computer
•Interior Decor From Classic Oscar Films

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inspiration, history, retro, small spaces

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Comments (4)

i love those laurel lamps in the third pic... i have a similar table version

posted by wampler on March 18th 2009 at 5:07pm
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Is that guy cleaning a rifle in the second pic?

posted by Mlle Kate on March 18th 2009 at 5:40pm
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I'm loving the loft apt with elevated library...!

posted by akzrm on March 18th 2009 at 6:34pm
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hahaha i think he is Mlle Kate

posted by wampler on April 6th 2009 at 6:40pm
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