Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

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Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth
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Six Reasons Why Mid-Century Modern Furniture is Perfect for Any Period and Style

Six Reasons Why Mid-Century Modern Furniture is Perfect for Any Period and Style

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Mar 17, 2021
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At the beginning of the year I told you that I was working with the Swiss furniture brand USM and for today’s post I have interviewed the UK CEO (who actually launched the brand in this country back in the 1980s) about why mid—century furniture is perfect for any style of interior and properties of any period.

USM in Hotel Villa Clementina in Navarra design by Fernando Oiza

USM in Hotel Villa Clementina in Navarra design by Fernando Oiza Ian Weddell lives in an Edwardian house, which he loves for its period features - square rooms (those of us in Victorian terraces can only dream) and high ceilings (those in modern houses I hear you) but he surrounds himself with mid-century modern design believing it to be timeless and a perfect foil for all the frilly bits of period architecture. Here’s why:

IT’S TIMELESS

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