How To Decorate Mid Century Modern

In this video I explain how you can decorate your home in the mid-century modern design style! I am giving you my tips on how to get a mid-century look for your home, I go through the benefits of mid-century modern design, who should not decorate in mid-century modern, and I give you my favorite mid-century modern retailers with pictures and links to some of my favourite mid century modern pieces!

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⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 - How To Decorate Mid Century Modern
00:51 - What is Mid-Century Modern Design
02:54 - What are the Benefits of Mid-Century Modern Design
03:51 - Disadvantages of Mid-Century Modern
05:09 - Mid-Century Modern Design Tips
05:16 - Tip #1 - Use Simple Shapes
05:41 - Tip #2 - Use Geometric Patterns
06:30 - Tip#3 - Have Fun With Color
07:57 - Tip#4 - Use Sculptural Furniture
08:54 - Tip#5 - Use Man-Made Materials
09:47 - Tip#6 - Lots of Natural Light
10:22 - Where to Shop For Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Decor
10:27 - West Elm
11:15 - CB2
11:53 - Design Within Reach
12:27 - Society 6
13:08 - Etsy
13:37 - Thrift Sales, Estate Sales, Vintage Shops and Grandma's Basement!

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[evamagnusson]

As a child I grew up in a stuffy Victorian decorated house. As a child of an immigrant euro family every one i knew thought of this style as a mark of success. One day I walked into my mothers kitchen after coming home from school and the ladies in her kitchen were quite a buzz about a friend who had the audacity to break out of mold and critiqued this woman’s house to no end. She and her husband had built a new home and being a child i didn’t know what the fuss was all about. And in fact I personally adored this lady. She was always cheerful and kind to me when ever she’d visit my mother. After a while I visited her house with my parents and I never forget how blown away I was when we pulled in front of her exquisite spit level mid century home. I had never seen anything so magnificent in my life. I literally couldn’t breathe from excitement . After we entered the house I burst out crying from happiness. It was vibrant with style and colour and screamed hey kid play on the floor.(first time I ever saw wall to wall carpeting. My, other so friend picked me up and coaxed me to tell her why I was crying. I told her it was the most beautiful house I had ever seen! I told her the house made me so happy! Well she kissed my cheek and hugged me so hard! My parents were so miffed but I don’t care. I grew up and when I got married my husband and I raised our daughter in a mid century ranch with happy colours and enough floor space for kids to play on the floor. I’m a grand mother now I just redecorated my condo. Yes it is mid century modern.

[kristinak.]

I’m striving for MCM meets boho/ eclectic in my home. Like, beautiful streamline furniture with warm wood tones with a dash of bright colors and funky art and plants.

[EmyEleni]

I love that you show us picture examples and provide detailed explanation on how we achieve these designs!

[grat]

Love deep dives into specific styles. Just really helps me, a complete amateur, to understand and recognize them much better. Thanks for the info.

[chumabanjwa]

You are so good at explaining interior design concepts! Also, I love that you like what you like but you are not snobbish towards styles that you might not like.

[celestesullivan]

I love how organized your videos are. "Spacing" the different points you make is genius.

[sophievanderbilt]

Awesome video!! I inherited some kick ass furniture from my grandma. She was born in 1927 so the furniture that she had when raising her family was mid-century. No one else in my family wanted them when she passed because they all have traditional styled houses (my sister has the live love laugh barnhouse style 😅)! I got some beautiful peg leg furniture and a chair that looks exactly like that one @11:07. I also got her sunburst wall clock. Thanks Grandma, love you and miss you 💗

[cjo]

So the furniture was made to be more accessible to most people and today it's so expensive to get just one MCM chair.

[victorialove]

I inherited my childhood home, a 1940 brick bungalow. My childhood bedroom is totally mid century modern. Other rooms in the home are more traditional but I have mixed mid century modern touches in there as well. The kitchen is genuine mcm with a still working mint green oven. I'm gently renovating it keeping the oven and the flat panel birch cabinets. The smaller of the two bathrooms is tiled in Mamie Eisenhower pink tiles framed in black. At first I was going to renovate the pink out of it but I fell in love with it and I'm happily leaning into it. Makes me happy. I also inherited a Florida room full of mcm cane and rattan furniture. I feel so grateful and fortunate to have been gifted this treasure. Mcm is my favorite style and thank you for explaining it so well. I don't want to live in a movie set so I am mixing and modifying styles. I've toned down the colors to more muted versions of themselves (except for the pink bathroom) and that is working for me. Thank you for this video and all your other excellent videos.

[justme-cisg]

Could you make a series on which styles could be combined and how? I personally like boho and mid-century 😍

[tia.the.mockingbird]

Your voice is so gentle! Could listen to you all day, Nick!

[karelmillard]

We are six months into our 1958 MCM, “fixer-upper”. This was so helpful. I’ve sprinkled some oriental rugs throughout and a few traditional and travel (places we’ve personally visited) but this was so affirming and gave me new ideas! Thank you!

[carableu]

Wow, I loved that ad that popped up for a home within 12 hours... If only! I love mid century modern.

[Aurora-lwgb]

Fell in love with mid-century modern because of Dakota Johnson's house featured in AD. Am I the only one?

[shrimpgeisha]

Our decor is MCM and we have a lot of antiques. I love the hope and embracing of the future and science during that era. It was happy and creative and in many ways, hopeful time. That’s why I like to decorate my home to remind me of that feeling

[markbaxter]

Nick seriously great video. I really love the recommendations of mixing in various pieces without overwhelming a space. I think there is a difference between gentle hints of mid century vs making the space look almost comical. A number of folks take mid century modern and go full on Sputnik. Very nice and educational. Great video

[Halbmond]

I absolutely love MCM! In my apartment, I’ve blended MCM and Scandinavian by mostly using furniture that’s either from that time or inspired by it, and mostly Scandinavian in origin. I’m using a bit more color than you see in many Scandinavian interiors but my colors are muted and dominated by neutrals, and while I opt for dark woods and a generally darker color palette, I also try to maximize light. I’m also mixing lots of natural materials with engineered wood, polypropylene and fiberglass, and subtle use of modern tech. I think the two styles blend really well!

[tatigalactic]

I am definitely a mid century modern style gal! 90% of the furniture in my house is my grandma's.🙂 Love your videos, thanks for all the tips!

[karenebarker]

Our very "beige" RV needed some color! After ripping out the carpet and vinyl, we replaced it with pale gray plank flooring. Took out that hideous U shaped dinette and turned the half circle table to face the window. Adding 2 lovely white and gray tulip chairs. Our colors are turquoise, orange, gold, gray and beige. Such fun to find mid century pieces to brighten our tiny place. We travel full time exploring the USA. Enjoy your channel ❤️

[d.e.t]

I love love LOVE your channel!! Your approach with explaining your advice, and opinions is quick, clear and concise, and makes it so easy to binge watch your videos.