Flip through the magazines housewives used to read during the 1950s if you need more decorating inspiration.
Decorate your bedroom with a 1950's theme to go completely retro, different from anyone else's room that you know or because you love the era of simpler times. The 1950s included bright colors, such as orange or turquoise, with floral prints, neon, poodle skirts, rock-n-roll and soda shops. Choose your favorite 1950's detail, and work it into your bedroom.
Simply Retro
Transform your bedroom into a space that looks and feels like you've stepped through a time machine if you want to decorate to the era rather than a detailed theme. You can include cherry veneer furniture, particularly a platform bed. Painting the walls in a bright hue, such as turquoise, or putting up a floral wallpaper with orange and brown flowers works. Cover the bed with a chenille blanket or afghan with bright colors, and put up a sunburst clock and fancy ceramic-based lamps. Set up an old record player, or use a modern stereo disguised as a 1950's radio. Adding a thick shag rug and brightly upholstered chair is the final touch.
Rock-N-Roll
Incorporate the rock-n-roll and celebrities of the 1950s in the room. Frame black and white prints of the Hollywood sign, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra or movie posters. Keep the decor simple by using a mostly monochromatic color scheme, such as various shades of grays and white mixed in with a single bold color like orange. Low-slung furniture with chrome details will add to the modern look of the 1950s. Alternatively, use bright colors, and cover one wall in the room with authentic records from the 1950s. Neon signs and brightly colored renderings of guitars can add to the theme.
Soda Shop
Neon and bright colors went hand-in-hand with the chrome and vinyl stools, Formica tables and soda fountains. Use a chrome headboard with Coca Cola bedding, posters, wall clocks and lamps. Display collectible bottles or glasses on a shelf. Use an old Formica and chrome table as a dressing table or small work desk with a red vinyl and chrome stool. Hanging Coca Cola curtains works to complement the bedding. Install black and white checkered carpet tiles to mimic the common flooring of soda shops.
Sock Hop
Use a 1950s sock hop as the inspiration for your bedroom decor. Hang pictures of couples dancing at a sock hop with poodle skirts and saddle shoes. Better yet, display an authentic poodle skirt, top and corresponding scarf by hanging the outfit from a hook on the wall. Alternatively, create bedding that looks like a poodle skirt. Put an authentic jukebox in the room, or use a stereo that's disguised as a miniature jukebox.
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