Rise of the Decorator

The Rise of the Decorator started in Paris during the Art Deco period. During this time there was a need for a wealthy class of people as well as designers to design homes that reflected class and status.

One of the main designers during this period was Elsie de Wolfe. I really liked her style and what she did with her interiors.She was an actress that later decided to go into interior design. Her main focus was restoring Victorian interiors with French furniture and lighter colors. She helped interior design separate from architecture. One quote of hers that I thought was very inspirational for designers was "I'm going to make everything around me beautiful- that will be my life."

This is one interior she designed that I really liked. The bright colors and the symmetry really work well together.

Another designer I really liked from this period was Dorothy Draper. Her interiors were even brighter and bolder than Elsie's. I personally love this kind of style because it is fun and exciting but not too overwhelming.

Her style was very fun and had a lot of patterns. However, they were balanced out with the bold statement walls.

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Reviews:

I reviewed Sammy V's blog and I liked her history section because it laid out the whole timeline of the period. It was very easy to understand and flowed nicely. I also liked her current applications. I reviewed Alex's blog as well and I liked how she talked about each designer and an example of each. It helped break down the period instead of looking at it all together as one.

Since I really was intrigued by Dorothy Draper's designs I found a video with some examples of her work!