Title: 1940s interior design - the 8 most popular looks -
Headings: 1940s interior design — the 8 most popular looks
1940s interior design — the 8 most popular looks
Recovering and rebuilding after World War II dramatically affected 1940s interior design and the size of 1940s homes
Innocent 1940s interior design :
Sentimental 1940s interior design :
Sunny 1940s colors:
Sanitary 1940s kitchen design:
Patriotic 1940s decorating style:
Traditional Colonial Revival 1940s furniture and interior design:
Hollywood glamour 1940s decorating style:
Streamline – deco – jazz age 1940s high-contrast color schemes:
Which 1940s interior design style is your favorite?

Content: Recovering and rebuilding after World War II dramatically affected 1940s interior design and the size of 1940s homes
In the immediate wake of the war’s end, there was a tremendous housing shortage. I’ve read that we needed to get 6 million homes built as quickly as possible. And I’ve even seen references indicating that the government was concerned that if we didn’t deal with the housing (and jobs) situation quickly enough, America’s young men would become restless and political – in a bad way. So, we built houses as fast as we could. Usually: Very small houses by today’s standards, no more than 1,000 s.f. I also swear I’ve read somewhere that there were prohibitions on building more than one indoor bathroom at some point… I need to find the source. Also, in terms of design, in this immediate postwar period, the “look” still tended to be similar to that of the late 1930s and wartime period. There had also been material shortages during the war, so manufacturers had put all their new-design work on hold. A good example: