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3. It can inject midcentury modern style. The trend for things produced between the mid-1930s and the late 1960s is still going strong, and if one item of furniture is the flagship of the latter years, it’s the sideboard. There are plenty of vintage models to be found (you can hunt them down on eBay), but you can get modern lookalikes too. One in a warm-toned wood will look like the real deal.Find midcentury modern-style sideboards in wood finishes
In choosing colors, Visser knew she wanted mostly white walls but didn’t want the home to be too modern or sterile, so she painted some doors yellow and added a few accent walls, such as the one in this room covered in Drizzle from Sherwin-Williams. “If you come in the front door, you see a pop of blue at one end, and if you come in from the garage, you see it at the other end, so those were meaningful spots to create focal points,” she says.
The large dining area has more space than she and her husband really need, Visser says. More important to them was creating a lounge area where they could have cocktails together, so she created a conversational seating area next to the dining table. This room received all new lighting and is furnished almost exclusively with vintage items. Visser’s husband made the floor lamp in the corner out of a 100-year-old tripod.
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