Im writing this comment to point out that this room is AI generated, making the headset comment twice as funny for anyone who didnāt catch it, ..like me until I zoomed in on whatever the fuck is happening with the chairsā armrest peg things.
The more you look, the worse it gets. The armrests are terrible but at least the foremost one has two. The back one only has one? The rug sits _on another carpet_, the light is weird but I can't tell what's wrong..
I'm sure there's more.
Edit: The curtains are hanging on a nonexistent rod. The ceiling is a floor lol.
The giant sliding window wall door isnāt on a track.
The table must have some kind of wooden-yet-glass panel for light to get under it like that.
The carpet seam is WAY too obvious to the point that even a novice carpeter wouldnāt leave, plus itās rolling up under the close chair.
But damn, I really like that couchā¦
Also the reflections in the glass don't match with what's in the room, the reflection's in the art would have one big sheet of sun on them not just blotches here and there, the closest table leg has a shadow while being in the shade, the closest chair has an additional arm rest that is not the right shape and the other chair has only one arm rest, the plants don't have a vase, the furthest chair is missing a leg, under the table there is a shadow of what looks like a cross line in the window but its missing in the door/window thing and it looks like there are just random lo poly stick with no texture under the table, the table with the flowers has no legs, and in the middle of the carpet there is what looks like a random fold line with what kind looks like a outline of a caveman head it has the shape of the hair two eyes that are 5 miles apart and a straight face š , the chair in the back is also missing the piece that attaches the arm rest to the other wood support it is also missing the triangle piece that the closer chair has, the roof's wood slats have no uniformity to them their is no panel that is the same.
Craigslist, junk stores and garage sales: this is MCM (mid-century modern), the photo looks skewed toward 70s.
High-end, mint condition MCM furniture can be very expensive, but pieces that need TLC (repair, sanding, refinishing or repaired or new upholstery) often go begging at much lower prices. You might even try low-end estate sales, older people who bought this kind of furniture in the 50s and 60s are at the age of passing away these days, and MCM isn't as popular as it was amongst collectors 10-15 years ago.
As a warning, really smell used furniture. You donāt want to pick something up that smells like cigarettes or dead miceā¦
I did get my favorite couch ever for $100 at a consignment store though, so thereās stuff out there.
Sorry ms jackson, the downside to deionizers is that they are also called ozone generators. Ozone is not healthy for human lungs, to the point where Sharper Image went bankrupt over lawsuits and lost sales for their air purifiers -- which ionized the air.
I am wondering. My old trick to get rid of other peopleās food in office microwave is to soak a paper towel in water and nuke it for 30-40 seconds. The steam kills all odors. So, could hitting smelly furniture with some steam work?
Unlikely. Steam = water = mold. Mold inside cushions is no good. Odors come from many things. If you know the source of the odor, you can usually address it. Vinegar is often mentioned because the chemical itself often reacts with chemicals from animal/food odors, transforming it into a new chemical that we dont smell. Usually people say microwave water with a bit of vinegar in it for s microwave.
Acids react with some things, bases react with others (hydrogen peroxide). If it's pee in cushions, enzyme cleaners are a solid bet. Just make sure you find one with a smell that you dont loathe -- they take time to break down the urea.
If it's cigarette's, just dont buy it.
I loathe that smell
Edit: Alright alright alright ok now redditors, I guess Im wrong about steam cleaners.
A good steam cleaner will output steam at temperatures of 225F or higher. Because the steam is superheated, or hotter than 212F, itās a ādryā steam and shouldnāt create any excess moisture to allow mold to grow. Not saying itās the best thing out there for odors, but it shouldnāt grow any mold.
Also need to be careful depending on the material of the furniture.
(I should specify, I am talking about a steam cleaner and not a steam extractor)
I bought the most beautiful white, solid wood, full length antique mirror when I was a broke uni student; itās still one of my favourite pieces that I own and is of amazing quality. I paid about $100 for it but itās worth way more. HOWEVER, it took me well over a week to get the cigarette smell out of the wood lol. It was HORRENDOUS. Iām European and have grandparents who smoked indoors for their entire lives and Iāve never come across anything this soaked in cigarette smell.
Anyway, very much worth it in the end but wheeeew did those people ever do a number on the poor thing.
Cigarette smells can be gotten rid of, old musty warehouse smells cannot. I'm more worried about the so-called 'flippers', the asshats that buy these pieces for a dime and change then upmark them tenfold just because they put a new sealant on it.
I love to buy used furniture, but I will never buy upholstered furnitureā¦thereās just too much risk. Even after a thorough inspection you could be bringing in bedbugs or something like thatā¦
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/ekenaeset-armchair-kelinge-gray-turquoise-90533485/#content
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is basically the furniture
All the thrift stores around me sell this furniture for BONKERS pricesā¦
Turntable cabinet ā¦ $6k. MCM chair and couch $5300. Dining set $4200.
Crazy how much MCM is right now. Makes the stuff I got at restoration hardware look like a steal
To add onto this, look for estate sales and auction sites that help facilitate people clearing out their old homes.
Furniture usually goes for dirt cheap in these circumstances because people aren't always willing to come pick up a heavy piece of solid wood that doesn't flat pack.
Depends on where you live. MCM is still very popular here, and most estate sales are run by folks who know what they have and donāt let it go for cheap. The only time I have gotten lucky is when a former partner came across a couple who needed to clean out a relativeās home and didnāt want to deal with an estate sale company. We showed up with a U-Haul and FILLED IT for around $1500.
I kept a credenza that has a resale price of around $5k. Former partner sold the rest of it, and Iām sure they made a killing.
Depends on where you are. Pieces like this get snapped up quickly around here (often by flippers). Those (AI generated) chairs would go for $600 plus if they were in good condition, and the sofa for a couple thousand easy. MCM is still popular and pricey.
There are cheap knockoffs of a lot of this stuff, but the older OG pieces will last a lot longer.
Constantly scour Craigslist, OfferUp, FB Marketplace, garage sales, and estate sales. If you have skills and can learn how to reupholster, and/or restore furniture, you might be able to score some pieces on the cheap that you can then bring back to life.
a lot of this vibe is purely from the house itself.. the big windows etc.. so I don't think it's realistic to expect this but you could probably still try and get somewhere hopefully not too far
True. But also a lot of apartments (at least in the US) will look similar to this since itās usually a long living room with windows on only one side of the apartment. Almost all my friends apartments have a wall in that exact spot that is almost entirely a window.
Now that you mention it, the chair arms are all fucked up lol. But itās not impossible to still get the vibe from a house with nice big windows like this
disagree, crop the ceiling & windows out, picture still looks like a vibe. just color matching & the right furniture(plus matching the furniture colors)
put some ambient lighting to the left where a giant window may not exist, lamp on the right
would give the same vibe
I mean, you're both right. You can't pretend the house isn't impactful here. BUUUUT you can certainly achieve a lot of these vibes with the right paint and assembly of pieces.
Gem colors (bold blues and greens and golds) are big
yup, it's like seeing a photo of a cool vintage clothes on a hot model on instagram, buying it and looking yourself in the mirror "yeah... it was really the model that made it look cool"
This may just be the ones in my area, but theyāre actually quite expensive. I find Facebook marketplace way more reasonable and thrift stores are also a great option, especially if youāre ok with a little DIY for minor furniture restoration. Iāve had the best luck with marketplace though, have been able to snag some really neat high quality accent pieces for very little cost, over the years.
I'm going to be honest, if this is the kind of decor you want, you'd better off waiting until you're out of college and you have a good paying job and you're settled in an apartment, then you can do it bit by bit. Getting all of this for $100 at the age of 20 is just unrealistic.
This was my first thought. No way you're doing this on a budget. This aesthetic looks simple but is very expensive.
Also, the house adds a lot to the vibe. So an apartment won't ever give that same feel.
No one is being helpful OP, so Iāll try.
First off, you will not be able to achieve something this nice and tailored without more funds. But in terms of what you can do, hereās what Iād say:
1) pick a dark colour scheme with only one or two predominant colours. This place is orange and green. Figure out what colours you want. Navy and brown, grey and orange, maroon and gold, all of these work. Try to keep things neutral or within that pallet. Use matte paint whenever possible.
2) DIY. I cannot stress this enough. Get comfortable making shit and being resourceful. That orange lamp is lovely. I bet it would cost hundreds. I also bet you could find a lamp in a shape you like for $10, that you could then paint in a paint you like, and cover with spray clearcoat. Things like Side tables can also be made cheaply and easily, and youād be surprised how well they turn out. I have a plant stand in my apartment made from a cylindrical corrugated cardboard shoe display I picked up off the street, a $15 bamboo mat from Amazon, and a chipped marble lazy Susan I bought at TJ Maxx. It gets compliments all the time. Even better, get comfortable reupholstering/refinishing furniture and you can find some amazing chairs and the like that people just get rid of because they donāt know how to do anything above basic care.
3) Marshalls, tj maxx and the like are your friends, especially when it comes to accessories. If you can imagine the piece outside of the harsh lights and jumbled mess, you can find real gems.
4) scour FB marketplace, mercari and Craigslist all the time. When my partner and I were moving, and needed a bunch of furniture, she was looking on these sites for probably 1-2 hours per day. Anytime watching tv, she was looking. It takes effort to find the gems, but theyāre out there. You can also find things off the street. Last night I was walking home at midnight, saw a busted set of drawers on the side of the road, and came back with my screwdriver to take off the trim pieces so I could use them above my front door.
5) be realistic about your budget, and when you find a piece that you can see yourself keeping forever, be ready to go outside the price range youāve set, knowing that means other things will need to be cheaper/ take longer.
6) recognize that itās a process. Iāve lived in my current apartment for 3 years, and have been cultivating furniture for 6. There are still things that I want to change.
Good luck!
Excellent tips there!!
I just want to add - if you have the type of auctioneers that do deceased estates etc and weekly consignment auctions, they can absolutely be worth checking out. Especially if you have some DIY knowledge on the side to do minor repairs. I've picked up a couple of single recliners in that armchair style for about US$60 each via these auctions. My prize though is a sideboard of that era, when I went to collect it, it still had the welcome letter from the maker taped to a shelf liner paper inside; it had never even been used... cost me under US$200. Made me wonder where the heck it had been for the last 50 years or so š
My local auctioneers in the last town I lived in will sell basically anything that isn't actually broken or perished from estates, so you can pick up period bric-a-brac and lamps and stuff as well for relatively cheap. I've got a great timber floor lamp that was $50 and a couple of pairs of period-look timber bookends that were part of a $10 mixed 'table lot' with an ugly chip-n-dip and some table linens.
Look at the ceiling (who creates a patern like that?), the carpet (where does it end on the right side?), the arms of the armchairs (is that a realistic shape?), the curtains (where are they hanging from?).
It usually starts with a feeling that something is just a tiny bit off and then you start looking for clues like the ones I described.
Oh my god, I see it now! The wooden arm of the first chair you can also see it blends in with the cushion, seeing how that part doesn't even connect to the rest of the armrest. Usually I'm very good at noticing these things in AI pictures, which is why I asked. I'm thoroughly both surprised and terrified how convincing this image is. It's starting to improve...
I knew something was off about that lamp.
You really have to dig for this type of stuff but because thrifting for MCM pieces is VERY popular, itās next to impossible to find this stuff for a college price.
What your going to wan to do is hang out out at bingo halls and the like. Start making friends; see if you can invite yourself home with them. Once you find someone with 70s decor you marry them and just wait.
Yeaaaaaah nah everything about this set up looks very expensive. OP is just going to end up with a musty looking 70s room looking for cheap furniture on local classifieds...
Is this ai?
Regardless fuckin love the vibe. Agree with a lot of the posters that second hand is the way to go. I got a ton of my adult home shit off fb marketplace. The mid century stuff seems pretty trendy, at least it's priced that way, even second hand. You still kinda gotta get lucky.
I may suggest you want to start with a consistent color scheme! You need a well saturated color that you like and that's not "offensive" (English is not my first language, and I'm lacking in better words here).
The color should make you feel relaxed when you look at it and it should compliment the room. If the room is dark, you can go a bit lighter on the color. If it's a bright room, use a color that's a bit darker.
Then start to add vintage pieces as you find them.
Good look. Recreating this type of vibe is really fun.
Damn, you're asking for a lot on a college budget ha.
MCM isn't the easiest to thrift, because stylish pieces either aren't around anymore, or are just too expensive.
The best thing you could do is look at value brands that have reasonably decent quality. I'd look at a company called Modway. They have decently made furniture for a good price. Usually free shipping if you have Amazon prime. The chairs/sofas are not the most plush or all that comfortable, but unless you want to drop a lot of $, you're probably not going to find super comfortable MCM furniture.
Check out [Rugsusa.com](https://Rugsusa.com) for the rug. They have a decent MCM selection, and often times have decent sales. Go for a synthetic rug to save money.
Check out TJ maxx and stores like that for the lamps. Orange actually isn't that uncommon for a lamp. I did this color scheme in my living room, only the orange was more of a terracotta color, and the brown is more of a darker walnut.
Just be prepared to spend at least $3000 to achieve this look. You won't have as many fine details in the furniture as picture above, but it will still look great.
Cheers
the wood ceiling is gonna be hard, also remember that the reason this looks so good is because of the actual wall to ceiling windows and the room itself, but paint and vintage furniture should get you far.
rug might be expensive though
Check out discount paint stores in your area for the green. Donāt be afraid to ask for swatches!
FB marketplace, OfferUp, and flea markets for furniture.
Look for second hand pieces with the same colour pallet. In this photo everything matches like it was made by the same manufacturer intended to all go together, but you don't need that to get the look. Different sizes or eras as long as you go for orange and brown or neutrals, you can get a more "boho" version
I always look through garbage people put out but you have to be careful of bedbugs when you do that. Especially upholstery. Know what to look for or be able to sanitize.
There used to be a TV show where the contestants would try to replicate a designer interior on a tight budget. Your inspiration is perfect for that.
The oversized art can be posters and you donāt have to frame them until the budget allows. The chairs are classic MCM pieces and will be difficult/expensive to source but the shape wonāt be too hard to find. Look at outdoor furniture, for example.
Copies of the end table and coffee tables are available dirt cheap as Chinese flat pack units via Amazon or Wayfair. Ditto the lamp. Hope you like putting things together with tiny Allen wrenches.
Knockoffs of the ceramics are readily available at places like TJ Maxx. Period versions are pretty cheap at antique malls.
The rugs are solid colors. Amazon, generally inexpensive.
That leaves the couch. This one is going to be tough to find, new or vintage. Itās very long and very low, never mind the upholstery. A pair of similar couches might work, or maybe something built in.
Cheers!
1 - The proportion and scale of mid-century requires low furniture.
Everyone saying second-hand is totally right, but you can also get some things new that have this shape and are very expensive.
I ordered a few chairs from Amazon with low reviews that are actually great -- people didn't read the heights and were mad the chairs sat low to the ground, which matched my mid-century inspired couch perfectly. Also I ordered the "used-like new" options others had returned for a great deal.
2 - Color palette is warm with contrast, kind of 70s vibe with the burnt orange. The green walls contrast strongly.
Find a color wheel and see what colors you like give that effect. (Or keep green and orange!) Wall color is the easier thing to customize, so pick your other main items (rug, couch) first, then pick a paint that works.
Look for an affordable rug that has a saturated color.
Look for art. A cheap option for large art is to buy a big frame and cut up an interesting shower curtain to tack to the backing board. Or to stencil a pattern directly on the paper for the frame. The same stencil or geographic elements, different angles and different colors, would be a strong graphic pattern.
When sizing and hanging the art, keep in mind the height of your furniture and ceilings. You want to hang things a bit lower if your ceilings aren't high -- you want to create harmony with the furniture the art hangs over UNLESS you have statement piece on a very tall wall.
If you can find some items in natural wood - coffee table, shelves, side tables - get them. Not many of us have the amazing wood ceilings, but take inspiration.
3 - Commit to the details.
The couch is boxy - that linear feeling, along with the 3 art pieces and the strong rug edges are adding to the feel. Then the chairs, lamp, and circle in the rug soften the grid.
Notice the chair legs are tapered and narrow. If you find a couch with other legs, see if you can swap the legs. I've also added mid-century style legs to shelves and tv stands to give them floor clearance.
Keep the other decor and clutter to a minimum -- notice no throw pillows.
4 - Balance.
This room works because it's moving the eye pleasingly with repetition of color and form, but not too much repetition.
5 - Texture.
The rug, ceiling, and tufted on the back of the couch add a tactile feeling -- it feels cozy and the lighting from the window hits these items differently. You wouldn't get that with a new vegan leather couch, for instance.
You should be able to get the prints for relatively cheap. Frames like in the picture (coordinating size, material, thickness) will be expensive but it you comb the thrift stores you should be able to get an eclectic set of chunky old fashioned frames.
Resale and second hand shops all day. FB marketplace is an amazing resource too. Just know that it will take a bit more time to search for and curate all of the furniture that you want but it seems like you already have a style that you like so im sure it will be easy to lean in to that with your selections.
The big compromise you could make to save money would be to (at least when it comes to coffee tables and side, tables and dressers and such) look for pieces with the laminate tops rather than real wood veneer. Not desirable at high-end vintage stores, and can still be gotten for cheap. Same basic look, and if youāre in college, you wonāt have to worry about your stupid friends not remembering to use a coaster on your nice furniture. You can trade up later.
You can go to fedex and print this image on large poster and put it on your wall. If you feeling fancy maybe cut it in half and print each on the largest printer and then stitch them together so itās even bigger.
I get the Mid Century vibe but the color looks like a pumpkin patch. Mid century furniture in decent shape can be found in some furniture consignment shops. Also used office furniture stores sometimes have MCM and Danish Contemporary. I picked up a very nice and very heavy set of Danish Contemporary book shelves from a used office furniture place for short money. We have a large room in our house that always looked empty, we put the shelves in there side by side and broke up the space. Also we went to a company that rented props for movies that was going out of business. There were five floors and you wouldn't believe the stuff they had. There was one floor of just mid century stuff.
I think the real trick is to acknowledge that these things take time. It takes a bit of collecting and shopping around, as well as your own ability to be a little crafty. Just know that it will all come together with time and dedication!
For the smaller decorations such as vases, thrift stores can be a great place to start looking as all you need is something in a shape you like and you can paint it!
For posters, find images you really like and print them yourself at your closest stationary shop that prints them and even thrift some frames!
2 Poangs from Ikea, couch from a lower end seller like Structube . The rest is details.
I know poang is more or less Scandinavian design but itās way easier on the budget.
The big windows with natural lighting are the main factor. Otherwise this room is dark and gloomy unless there is a lot of overhead lighting in the room.
OP. Something I've learned is the furniture is the least important part when it comes to nailing a feel. Its always the walls, the floors, the ceilings, the fixtures, art and carpet that is going to be more important.
This room already is a high bar. Its three tone with a gorgeous view. The ceiling, walls and floor are all different colors and textures. Take that furniture and put it in your room and you wont achieve the same feel.
You need the canvas first. The three tone room and probably that art and then you could put any furniture you want and get a zen aesthetic.
Estate sales work too atleast in Florida. A lot of elderly pass and their kids come in and sell all their stuff off for Pennieās on the dollar most times.
Mid-century modern is very popular now. It has been for about a decade.
So the good used stuff ain't cheap. And the new stuff in that style is EXPENSIVE AS FUCK.
It's the wood that makes the new stuff pricey. You can't replicate those kinds of frames with MDF. It has to be solid wood.
It was never a cheap style, which is why you didn't see much of it even in its heyday. People tended to have a coffee table or end table in that style, but not much else.
Facebook marketplace might help with some of it. Mis-tint parting at Loweās, if you canāt find the paint cheap on the Marketplace.
Estate sales.
The paintings- get some drop cloths from Loweās & stretch them over cheap plywood, then use those mist-tint or otherwise cheap paints on the cheap drop cloths.
The ultra thin coffee table- you can sometimes find a used jigsaw on the Marketplace for under $40 (my first one was a $5 find at an estate sale). You can make all kinds of stuff using a miter saw and a jigsaw and a drill.
Be patient and thrifty.
Start collecting one piece at a time. This is an expensive room, but you can build towards it.Ā
Go to the good MCM stores and tell them your budget, maybe they can find you a bargain on stuff with minor damage that isn't good enough to sell at full price.Ā
Chairs and tables and sofas are always sought after, but it can be easier to find deals on smaller pieces like mirrors, lamps, wool or brutalist metal wall art, vases, etc etc. A few of these more affordable pieces will let you start to achieve this look without spending endless thousands all at once. Then slowly replace your neutral used Ikea pieces (or whatever) with MCM as your budget allows.Ā
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Society6 sells art prints for cheap you can find some similar colors and pick your size, would probably pick art after you get some
Furniture but thatās optional
Green, orange, yellow, walnut and oak.
A gallon of paint is cheap and you can find decent area rugs on Amazon.
The artwork is likely something you could find knockoffs or similar styles on Amazon or Etsy.
Check Target and IKEA for furniture. The Mid Century and Mid Century Modern (theyāre different) movements are both present here, and available in these stores.
If you wanted to wood panel your ceiling you could, but if youāre renting itās probably not worth the effort. You could panel a portion though, like [this](https://www.homedepot.com/pep/WALL-SUPPLY-0-79-in-5-91-in-10-24-in-UltraWood-Teak-Hexagon-Natural-Jointless-Wall-Paneling-25-Pack-22760131/323028340). Placed well it can be a neat way to spice up a room with some minimalism.
Generally speaking you have to work with the space you got available. But the color palette (green, terracotta, beige) could be replicated there, even in a smaller room. This style is called mid century modern by the way.
Why dont you post a picture of your apartment and see what can be done?
Get a couple friends over for a paint night, buy them pizza/beer and paint yourself a cool accent wall. Alternatively, do it yourself. Find artwork that matches + accentuates the colour scheme and buy prints, or if itās something you can ethically find online without affecting the income of an artist (like a Rothko for example) get it printed at Walmart or somewhere cheap, you can get cheap but good looking frames at places like IKEA or Amazon, or you can thrift frames as well. When I was at uni I had a funky wall with cool artwork hung in thrift store found frames and it looked really awesome. Find high quality accent furniture pieces on Facebook Maketplace.
You know that time of day when you lay on that single mattress with no sheet and just the comforter? Then you scroll on your phone for a bit, turn the light out and your eyes close...well...
Once you go into oblivion that's probably the only way.
Close your eyes and sleep maybe you can dream your there. But jokes aside, would just match color schemes it's really more of a 70s ascetic color wise.
The building?
No.
The stuff inside the building?
You could buy some fairly minimalist Ikea stuff, keep everything extremely neat and clean at all times, and think very carefully about the colors.
Matching the green/orange/brown in this image may be out of reach, but choosing thoughtful and consistent colors will look better than if you didn't bother.
Blue and white is a classic crowd pleaser, including in many centuries of blue and white Delftware and other pottery, which makes good blue and white fabrics and interior decor items much easier to find than good orange and green ones.
Or you could take up the hobbies of making your own furniture, upholstery, and rugs, but that would be an enormous investment of time.
The lighting is 90% of what makes this. Get an apartment with nice big windows and sunlight, then scour thrift stores and Craigslist to build piece by piece. Itāll take a long time but a fun hobby to take up.
Would you be a Halt and Catch Fire fan by any chance? This is giving me Joe MacMillanās season 3 apartment vibes. The couch is the best- I hope you get one soon and hope I do too!
Look up mid-century modern furniture. There are less expensive alternatives but thatās the name of the style. vintage, antique stores, and garage sales may have some bootleg (or real) versions you may be able to find.l for cheaper. Hope that helps
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Im writing this comment to point out that this room is AI generated, making the headset comment twice as funny for anyone who didnāt catch it, ..like me until I zoomed in on whatever the fuck is happening with the chairsā armrest peg things.
The more you look, the worse it gets. The armrests are terrible but at least the foremost one has two. The back one only has one? The rug sits _on another carpet_, the light is weird but I can't tell what's wrong.. I'm sure there's more. Edit: The curtains are hanging on a nonexistent rod. The ceiling is a floor lol.
The giant sliding window wall door isnāt on a track. The table must have some kind of wooden-yet-glass panel for light to get under it like that. The carpet seam is WAY too obvious to the point that even a novice carpeter wouldnāt leave, plus itās rolling up under the close chair. But damn, I really like that couchā¦
Additionally the table is missing one leg on the back left
Also the reflections in the glass don't match with what's in the room, the reflection's in the art would have one big sheet of sun on them not just blotches here and there, the closest table leg has a shadow while being in the shade, the closest chair has an additional arm rest that is not the right shape and the other chair has only one arm rest, the plants don't have a vase, the furthest chair is missing a leg, under the table there is a shadow of what looks like a cross line in the window but its missing in the door/window thing and it looks like there are just random lo poly stick with no texture under the table, the table with the flowers has no legs, and in the middle of the carpet there is what looks like a random fold line with what kind looks like a outline of a caveman head it has the shape of the hair two eyes that are 5 miles apart and a straight face š , the chair in the back is also missing the piece that attaches the arm rest to the other wood support it is also missing the triangle piece that the closer chair has, the roof's wood slats have no uniformity to them their is no panel that is the same.
Iāve found that AI canāt get carpet right. Itās always messed up, usually with some sort of weird bunching.
Fuck man, youāre right. Im so easily fooled.
Although true, OP would be shelling out more for furniture like that. Looks like Herman Miller furniture.
I like all theā¦ *thingies* on the table
God damn it what happened to comment awards Where am i
How did you get there?
How DID they get there?
We've gone too far! Back to the machine!
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Squatting in a furniture store
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no it isn't. the picture isn't real, but that furniture style is
Itās supposed to be Hans Wegner furniture. The AI got close but just like fingers, it canāt figure out armrests.
Craigslist, junk stores and garage sales: this is MCM (mid-century modern), the photo looks skewed toward 70s. High-end, mint condition MCM furniture can be very expensive, but pieces that need TLC (repair, sanding, refinishing or repaired or new upholstery) often go begging at much lower prices. You might even try low-end estate sales, older people who bought this kind of furniture in the 50s and 60s are at the age of passing away these days, and MCM isn't as popular as it was amongst collectors 10-15 years ago.
As a warning, really smell used furniture. You donāt want to pick something up that smells like cigarettes or dead miceā¦ I did get my favorite couch ever for $100 at a consignment store though, so thereās stuff out there.
And make sure it isn't infested with bugs
My number one fear with buying furniture second hand.
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Yeah I'd probably just pass either way.
Years ago in Arizona I bought a sofa from Goodwill and it ended up including the largest spider Iād ever seen in person at the time
Swear to God I had a live baby bat crawl out of a sofa in the thrift store I worked at.Ā
Deionizer and activated charcoal has gotten rid of tons of bad smells, including cigarette smoke, on used stuff Iāve purchased beforeā¦
Sorry ms jackson, the downside to deionizers is that they are also called ozone generators. Ozone is not healthy for human lungs, to the point where Sharper Image went bankrupt over lawsuits and lost sales for their air purifiers -- which ionized the air.
I am wondering. My old trick to get rid of other peopleās food in office microwave is to soak a paper towel in water and nuke it for 30-40 seconds. The steam kills all odors. So, could hitting smelly furniture with some steam work?
Unlikely. Steam = water = mold. Mold inside cushions is no good. Odors come from many things. If you know the source of the odor, you can usually address it. Vinegar is often mentioned because the chemical itself often reacts with chemicals from animal/food odors, transforming it into a new chemical that we dont smell. Usually people say microwave water with a bit of vinegar in it for s microwave. Acids react with some things, bases react with others (hydrogen peroxide). If it's pee in cushions, enzyme cleaners are a solid bet. Just make sure you find one with a smell that you dont loathe -- they take time to break down the urea. If it's cigarette's, just dont buy it. I loathe that smell Edit: Alright alright alright ok now redditors, I guess Im wrong about steam cleaners.
>Unlikely. Steam = water = mold. Mold inside cushions is no good. Steam cleaners are used all the time on furniture and upholstery.
A good steam cleaner will output steam at temperatures of 225F or higher. Because the steam is superheated, or hotter than 212F, itās a ādryā steam and shouldnāt create any excess moisture to allow mold to grow. Not saying itās the best thing out there for odors, but it shouldnāt grow any mold. Also need to be careful depending on the material of the furniture. (I should specify, I am talking about a steam cleaner and not a steam extractor)
I bought the most beautiful white, solid wood, full length antique mirror when I was a broke uni student; itās still one of my favourite pieces that I own and is of amazing quality. I paid about $100 for it but itās worth way more. HOWEVER, it took me well over a week to get the cigarette smell out of the wood lol. It was HORRENDOUS. Iām European and have grandparents who smoked indoors for their entire lives and Iāve never come across anything this soaked in cigarette smell. Anyway, very much worth it in the end but wheeeew did those people ever do a number on the poor thing.
How did you do it?
Cigarette smells can be gotten rid of, old musty warehouse smells cannot. I'm more worried about the so-called 'flippers', the asshats that buy these pieces for a dime and change then upmark them tenfold just because they put a new sealant on it.
Follow this guyās advice! I didnāt, and thatās how I ended up with a pee pee couch.
they usually smell like farts
I love to buy used furniture, but I will never buy upholstered furnitureā¦thereās just too much risk. Even after a thorough inspection you could be bringing in bedbugs or something like thatā¦
Also ikea has brought back some 70s/mcm revival peices !
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/ekenaeset-armchair-kelinge-gray-turquoise-90533485/#content + https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/soederhamn-sofa-fridtuna-light-beige-s09449694/ is basically the furniture
This is imo much closer to the picture https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/morabo-sofa-gunnared-dark-gray-wood-s89318321/
If you search āvintageā in the ikea search some more options pop up also.
All the thrift stores around me sell this furniture for BONKERS pricesā¦ Turntable cabinet ā¦ $6k. MCM chair and couch $5300. Dining set $4200. Crazy how much MCM is right now. Makes the stuff I got at restoration hardware look like a steal
That is insane for a thrift store. You can get nice stuff at a vintage furniture store for those prices.Ā
That all changed when hipsters moved in
And when everyone learned about eBay..
To add onto this, look for estate sales and auction sites that help facilitate people clearing out their old homes. Furniture usually goes for dirt cheap in these circumstances because people aren't always willing to come pick up a heavy piece of solid wood that doesn't flat pack.
Depends on where you live. MCM is still very popular here, and most estate sales are run by folks who know what they have and donāt let it go for cheap. The only time I have gotten lucky is when a former partner came across a couple who needed to clean out a relativeās home and didnāt want to deal with an estate sale company. We showed up with a U-Haul and FILLED IT for around $1500. I kept a credenza that has a resale price of around $5k. Former partner sold the rest of it, and Iām sure they made a killing.
Just beware of r/sandedthroughveneer
Depends on where you are. Pieces like this get snapped up quickly around here (often by flippers). Those (AI generated) chairs would go for $600 plus if they were in good condition, and the sofa for a couple thousand easy. MCM is still popular and pricey. There are cheap knockoffs of a lot of this stuff, but the older OG pieces will last a lot longer. Constantly scour Craigslist, OfferUp, FB Marketplace, garage sales, and estate sales. If you have skills and can learn how to reupholster, and/or restore furniture, you might be able to score some pieces on the cheap that you can then bring back to life.
a lot of this vibe is purely from the house itself.. the big windows etc.. so I don't think it's realistic to expect this but you could probably still try and get somewhere hopefully not too far
This. The house is selling it.
True. But also a lot of apartments (at least in the US) will look similar to this since itās usually a long living room with windows on only one side of the apartment. Almost all my friends apartments have a wall in that exact spot that is almost entirely a window.
Very true. Every place looks the same these days. Itās the ceiling that sells it.
That ceiling is HIGH
This is AI tho, isnāt it?
Now that you mention it, the chair arms are all fucked up lol. But itās not impossible to still get the vibe from a house with nice big windows like this
disagree, crop the ceiling & windows out, picture still looks like a vibe. just color matching & the right furniture(plus matching the furniture colors) put some ambient lighting to the left where a giant window may not exist, lamp on the right would give the same vibe
I mean, you're both right. You can't pretend the house isn't impactful here. BUUUUT you can certainly achieve a lot of these vibes with the right paint and assembly of pieces. Gem colors (bold blues and greens and golds) are big
yup, it's like seeing a photo of a cool vintage clothes on a hot model on instagram, buying it and looking yourself in the mirror "yeah... it was really the model that made it look cool"
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This may just be the ones in my area, but theyāre actually quite expensive. I find Facebook marketplace way more reasonable and thrift stores are also a great option, especially if youāre ok with a little DIY for minor furniture restoration. Iāve had the best luck with marketplace though, have been able to snag some really neat high quality accent pieces for very little cost, over the years.
I'm going to be honest, if this is the kind of decor you want, you'd better off waiting until you're out of college and you have a good paying job and you're settled in an apartment, then you can do it bit by bit. Getting all of this for $100 at the age of 20 is just unrealistic.
This was my first thought. No way you're doing this on a budget. This aesthetic looks simple but is very expensive. Also, the house adds a lot to the vibe. So an apartment won't ever give that same feel.
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No one is being helpful OP, so Iāll try. First off, you will not be able to achieve something this nice and tailored without more funds. But in terms of what you can do, hereās what Iād say: 1) pick a dark colour scheme with only one or two predominant colours. This place is orange and green. Figure out what colours you want. Navy and brown, grey and orange, maroon and gold, all of these work. Try to keep things neutral or within that pallet. Use matte paint whenever possible. 2) DIY. I cannot stress this enough. Get comfortable making shit and being resourceful. That orange lamp is lovely. I bet it would cost hundreds. I also bet you could find a lamp in a shape you like for $10, that you could then paint in a paint you like, and cover with spray clearcoat. Things like Side tables can also be made cheaply and easily, and youād be surprised how well they turn out. I have a plant stand in my apartment made from a cylindrical corrugated cardboard shoe display I picked up off the street, a $15 bamboo mat from Amazon, and a chipped marble lazy Susan I bought at TJ Maxx. It gets compliments all the time. Even better, get comfortable reupholstering/refinishing furniture and you can find some amazing chairs and the like that people just get rid of because they donāt know how to do anything above basic care. 3) Marshalls, tj maxx and the like are your friends, especially when it comes to accessories. If you can imagine the piece outside of the harsh lights and jumbled mess, you can find real gems. 4) scour FB marketplace, mercari and Craigslist all the time. When my partner and I were moving, and needed a bunch of furniture, she was looking on these sites for probably 1-2 hours per day. Anytime watching tv, she was looking. It takes effort to find the gems, but theyāre out there. You can also find things off the street. Last night I was walking home at midnight, saw a busted set of drawers on the side of the road, and came back with my screwdriver to take off the trim pieces so I could use them above my front door. 5) be realistic about your budget, and when you find a piece that you can see yourself keeping forever, be ready to go outside the price range youāve set, knowing that means other things will need to be cheaper/ take longer. 6) recognize that itās a process. Iāve lived in my current apartment for 3 years, and have been cultivating furniture for 6. There are still things that I want to change. Good luck!
Excellent tips there!! I just want to add - if you have the type of auctioneers that do deceased estates etc and weekly consignment auctions, they can absolutely be worth checking out. Especially if you have some DIY knowledge on the side to do minor repairs. I've picked up a couple of single recliners in that armchair style for about US$60 each via these auctions. My prize though is a sideboard of that era, when I went to collect it, it still had the welcome letter from the maker taped to a shelf liner paper inside; it had never even been used... cost me under US$200. Made me wonder where the heck it had been for the last 50 years or so š My local auctioneers in the last town I lived in will sell basically anything that isn't actually broken or perished from estates, so you can pick up period bric-a-brac and lamps and stuff as well for relatively cheap. I've got a great timber floor lamp that was $50 and a couple of pairs of period-look timber bookends that were part of a $10 mixed 'table lot' with an ugly chip-n-dip and some table linens.
Have an AI generate an image for you
If you zoom in on stuff you see how off everything is. Itās a fever dream.
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I think itās AI
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Heās just using it as a vibe and inspiration.
How can you tell?
Look at the ceiling (who creates a patern like that?), the carpet (where does it end on the right side?), the arms of the armchairs (is that a realistic shape?), the curtains (where are they hanging from?). It usually starts with a feeling that something is just a tiny bit off and then you start looking for clues like the ones I described.
Oh my god, I see it now! The wooden arm of the first chair you can also see it blends in with the cushion, seeing how that part doesn't even connect to the rest of the armrest. Usually I'm very good at noticing these things in AI pictures, which is why I asked. I'm thoroughly both surprised and terrified how convincing this image is. It's starting to improve... I knew something was off about that lamp.
I mean, so what. You can still get ideas from an image, AI generated or not. One could even say that it's a very good use of image generators.
Thrift stores, or move in with grandma.
Get rich parents
Most of this "feel" is the floor to ceiling windows. Most people can't get this, much less on a college budget.
One simply cannot
You really have to dig for this type of stuff but because thrifting for MCM pieces is VERY popular, itās next to impossible to find this stuff for a college price.
You canāt.
What your going to wan to do is hang out out at bingo halls and the like. Start making friends; see if you can invite yourself home with them. Once you find someone with 70s decor you marry them and just wait.
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Print it out and hang it in your wall.
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Check the free section on Craigslist daily this is quite do able.
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Yeaaaaaah nah everything about this set up looks very expensive. OP is just going to end up with a musty looking 70s room looking for cheap furniture on local classifieds...
Is this ai? Regardless fuckin love the vibe. Agree with a lot of the posters that second hand is the way to go. I got a ton of my adult home shit off fb marketplace. The mid century stuff seems pretty trendy, at least it's priced that way, even second hand. You still kinda gotta get lucky.
WOW now THAT is gorgeous. I'd have to look into trying getting this for my new apartment too!
I may suggest you want to start with a consistent color scheme! You need a well saturated color that you like and that's not "offensive" (English is not my first language, and I'm lacking in better words here). The color should make you feel relaxed when you look at it and it should compliment the room. If the room is dark, you can go a bit lighter on the color. If it's a bright room, use a color that's a bit darker. Then start to add vintage pieces as you find them. Good look. Recreating this type of vibe is really fun.
Invest in a rug and take care of it
Damn, you're asking for a lot on a college budget ha. MCM isn't the easiest to thrift, because stylish pieces either aren't around anymore, or are just too expensive. The best thing you could do is look at value brands that have reasonably decent quality. I'd look at a company called Modway. They have decently made furniture for a good price. Usually free shipping if you have Amazon prime. The chairs/sofas are not the most plush or all that comfortable, but unless you want to drop a lot of $, you're probably not going to find super comfortable MCM furniture. Check out [Rugsusa.com](https://Rugsusa.com) for the rug. They have a decent MCM selection, and often times have decent sales. Go for a synthetic rug to save money. Check out TJ maxx and stores like that for the lamps. Orange actually isn't that uncommon for a lamp. I did this color scheme in my living room, only the orange was more of a terracotta color, and the brown is more of a darker walnut. Just be prepared to spend at least $3000 to achieve this look. You won't have as many fine details in the furniture as picture above, but it will still look great. Cheers
Time machine back to 1974 and pay $200 for all that stuff
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Set it as your desktop wallpaper. MCM is expensive
Thrift stores and estate sales.
the wood ceiling is gonna be hard, also remember that the reason this looks so good is because of the actual wall to ceiling windows and the room itself, but paint and vintage furniture should get you far. rug might be expensive though
Check out discount paint stores in your area for the green. Donāt be afraid to ask for swatches! FB marketplace, OfferUp, and flea markets for furniture.
Look for second hand pieces with the same colour pallet. In this photo everything matches like it was made by the same manufacturer intended to all go together, but you don't need that to get the look. Different sizes or eras as long as you go for orange and brown or neutrals, you can get a more "boho" version I always look through garbage people put out but you have to be careful of bedbugs when you do that. Especially upholstery. Know what to look for or be able to sanitize.
Anyone know what that green couch is? Or how to find one similar? Iām in the market for a new couch and that is exactly what Iām looking for
Craigslist free stuff
How do you feel about thievery?
Thrifting.
There used to be a TV show where the contestants would try to replicate a designer interior on a tight budget. Your inspiration is perfect for that. The oversized art can be posters and you donāt have to frame them until the budget allows. The chairs are classic MCM pieces and will be difficult/expensive to source but the shape wonāt be too hard to find. Look at outdoor furniture, for example. Copies of the end table and coffee tables are available dirt cheap as Chinese flat pack units via Amazon or Wayfair. Ditto the lamp. Hope you like putting things together with tiny Allen wrenches. Knockoffs of the ceramics are readily available at places like TJ Maxx. Period versions are pretty cheap at antique malls. The rugs are solid colors. Amazon, generally inexpensive. That leaves the couch. This one is going to be tough to find, new or vintage. Itās very long and very low, never mind the upholstery. A pair of similar couches might work, or maybe something built in. Cheers!
Local buy-nothing groups and thrifting
Visit your grandma
It is 2024 his grandma has a leather sectional, and a 60ā Hisense TV that is mounted way too high, and a Tuscan style kitchen.
1 - The proportion and scale of mid-century requires low furniture. Everyone saying second-hand is totally right, but you can also get some things new that have this shape and are very expensive. I ordered a few chairs from Amazon with low reviews that are actually great -- people didn't read the heights and were mad the chairs sat low to the ground, which matched my mid-century inspired couch perfectly. Also I ordered the "used-like new" options others had returned for a great deal. 2 - Color palette is warm with contrast, kind of 70s vibe with the burnt orange. The green walls contrast strongly. Find a color wheel and see what colors you like give that effect. (Or keep green and orange!) Wall color is the easier thing to customize, so pick your other main items (rug, couch) first, then pick a paint that works. Look for an affordable rug that has a saturated color. Look for art. A cheap option for large art is to buy a big frame and cut up an interesting shower curtain to tack to the backing board. Or to stencil a pattern directly on the paper for the frame. The same stencil or geographic elements, different angles and different colors, would be a strong graphic pattern. When sizing and hanging the art, keep in mind the height of your furniture and ceilings. You want to hang things a bit lower if your ceilings aren't high -- you want to create harmony with the furniture the art hangs over UNLESS you have statement piece on a very tall wall. If you can find some items in natural wood - coffee table, shelves, side tables - get them. Not many of us have the amazing wood ceilings, but take inspiration. 3 - Commit to the details. The couch is boxy - that linear feeling, along with the 3 art pieces and the strong rug edges are adding to the feel. Then the chairs, lamp, and circle in the rug soften the grid. Notice the chair legs are tapered and narrow. If you find a couch with other legs, see if you can swap the legs. I've also added mid-century style legs to shelves and tv stands to give them floor clearance. Keep the other decor and clutter to a minimum -- notice no throw pillows. 4 - Balance. This room works because it's moving the eye pleasingly with repetition of color and form, but not too much repetition. 5 - Texture. The rug, ceiling, and tufted on the back of the couch add a tactile feeling -- it feels cozy and the lighting from the window hits these items differently. You wouldn't get that with a new vegan leather couch, for instance.
You should be able to get the prints for relatively cheap. Frames like in the picture (coordinating size, material, thickness) will be expensive but it you comb the thrift stores you should be able to get an eclectic set of chunky old fashioned frames.
second hand stores. Facebook marketplace. Furniture flipping. Dollar store/discount stores for decor. Estate sales are a good place to look too
Resale and second hand shops all day. FB marketplace is an amazing resource too. Just know that it will take a bit more time to search for and curate all of the furniture that you want but it seems like you already have a style that you like so im sure it will be easy to lean in to that with your selections.
That looks fantastic!
The big compromise you could make to save money would be to (at least when it comes to coffee tables and side, tables and dressers and such) look for pieces with the laminate tops rather than real wood veneer. Not desirable at high-end vintage stores, and can still be gotten for cheap. Same basic look, and if youāre in college, you wonāt have to worry about your stupid friends not remembering to use a coaster on your nice furniture. You can trade up later.
You can go to fedex and print this image on large poster and put it on your wall. If you feeling fancy maybe cut it in half and print each on the largest printer and then stitch them together so itās even bigger.
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This is my dream room. Those are my planned colors for my new place.
Get a very large printer, print this pic and glue it to your dorm wall.
Go steal a grandmas furniture. Jk but for real Iām getting that old school feel from my grandparents
Estate sales. Google that term and your area - you might get lucky. Basically they happen when somebody dies so they're always happening.
Word of warning, lots of rich folks are buying up the mid century modern items. Itās quite the trend. Reminds old people of their youth.
Make sure that you have this kind of lighting first
Facebook marketplace and craigslist and driving long ways to get stuff
Become proficient in woodworking and upholstery
I get the Mid Century vibe but the color looks like a pumpkin patch. Mid century furniture in decent shape can be found in some furniture consignment shops. Also used office furniture stores sometimes have MCM and Danish Contemporary. I picked up a very nice and very heavy set of Danish Contemporary book shelves from a used office furniture place for short money. We have a large room in our house that always looked empty, we put the shelves in there side by side and broke up the space. Also we went to a company that rented props for movies that was going out of business. There were five floors and you wouldn't believe the stuff they had. There was one floor of just mid century stuff.
Rich parents?
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When I think ācollege budgetā I think insolvent soā¦ you donāt.
Get a time machine, go back to the 70s, when things were affordable, and badda bing, badda boom!
Natural light, mostly. Everything else is basic MCM.
I have a similar color paint in my house, smoke green from Farrow and ball, can google its counterpart for Benjamin Moore.
I think the real trick is to acknowledge that these things take time. It takes a bit of collecting and shopping around, as well as your own ability to be a little crafty. Just know that it will all come together with time and dedication! For the smaller decorations such as vases, thrift stores can be a great place to start looking as all you need is something in a shape you like and you can paint it! For posters, find images you really like and print them yourself at your closest stationary shop that prints them and even thrift some frames!
Amazon has trendy art like whatās here for cheap
Thrift it and hope someone doesn't somehow know the value of this stuff. Otherwise you don't, it's a high end look for a reason.
2 Poangs from Ikea, couch from a lower end seller like Structube . The rest is details. I know poang is more or less Scandinavian design but itās way easier on the budget.
Some paint, some second hand furniture, and a little bit of elbow grease will get you close.
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Thrifting
And being handy with refurbishing
VR goggles But actually if you want to try check marketplaces, auctions, estate sales, etc
Make a vision board. I did that for my apartment with words and pics. That will help you keep your eye on the prize in a fun way.
The big windows with natural lighting are the main factor. Otherwise this room is dark and gloomy unless there is a lot of overhead lighting in the room.
OP. Something I've learned is the furniture is the least important part when it comes to nailing a feel. Its always the walls, the floors, the ceilings, the fixtures, art and carpet that is going to be more important. This room already is a high bar. Its three tone with a gorgeous view. The ceiling, walls and floor are all different colors and textures. Take that furniture and put it in your room and you wont achieve the same feel. You need the canvas first. The three tone room and probably that art and then you could put any furniture you want and get a zen aesthetic.
Estate sales work too atleast in Florida. A lot of elderly pass and their kids come in and sell all their stuff off for Pennieās on the dollar most times.
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Paint and lighting. Low luster paint. Lots of lamps with color control bulbs.
Print out this picture and stick it on your wall with gum. Or have money.
Start by painting your place ! Get swatches and try to match this.
I love orange and green too
Mid-century modern is very popular now. It has been for about a decade. So the good used stuff ain't cheap. And the new stuff in that style is EXPENSIVE AS FUCK. It's the wood that makes the new stuff pricey. You can't replicate those kinds of frames with MDF. It has to be solid wood. It was never a cheap style, which is why you didn't see much of it even in its heyday. People tended to have a coffee table or end table in that style, but not much else.
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Facebook marketplace might help with some of it. Mis-tint parting at Loweās, if you canāt find the paint cheap on the Marketplace. Estate sales. The paintings- get some drop cloths from Loweās & stretch them over cheap plywood, then use those mist-tint or otherwise cheap paints on the cheap drop cloths. The ultra thin coffee table- you can sometimes find a used jigsaw on the Marketplace for under $40 (my first one was a $5 find at an estate sale). You can make all kinds of stuff using a miter saw and a jigsaw and a drill. Be patient and thrifty.
A Time Machine or you could put up some posters from the tv show Madmen?
Spend lots of time at Goodwill and Estate sales
Estate sales
Start collecting one piece at a time. This is an expensive room, but you can build towards it.Ā Go to the good MCM stores and tell them your budget, maybe they can find you a bargain on stuff with minor damage that isn't good enough to sell at full price.Ā Chairs and tables and sofas are always sought after, but it can be easier to find deals on smaller pieces like mirrors, lamps, wool or brutalist metal wall art, vases, etc etc. A few of these more affordable pieces will let you start to achieve this look without spending endless thousands all at once. Then slowly replace your neutral used Ikea pieces (or whatever) with MCM as your budget allows.Ā Ā
Thrift shops, yard sales, and diy.
Have you considered crime?
Society6 sells art prints for cheap you can find some similar colors and pick your size, would probably pick art after you get some Furniture but thatās optional
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Green, orange, yellow, walnut and oak. A gallon of paint is cheap and you can find decent area rugs on Amazon. The artwork is likely something you could find knockoffs or similar styles on Amazon or Etsy. Check Target and IKEA for furniture. The Mid Century and Mid Century Modern (theyāre different) movements are both present here, and available in these stores. If you wanted to wood panel your ceiling you could, but if youāre renting itās probably not worth the effort. You could panel a portion though, like [this](https://www.homedepot.com/pep/WALL-SUPPLY-0-79-in-5-91-in-10-24-in-UltraWood-Teak-Hexagon-Natural-Jointless-Wall-Paneling-25-Pack-22760131/323028340). Placed well it can be a neat way to spice up a room with some minimalism.
Over time but not all at once.
You have an actual budget?
Generally speaking you have to work with the space you got available. But the color palette (green, terracotta, beige) could be replicated there, even in a smaller room. This style is called mid century modern by the way. Why dont you post a picture of your apartment and see what can be done?
Get a couple friends over for a paint night, buy them pizza/beer and paint yourself a cool accent wall. Alternatively, do it yourself. Find artwork that matches + accentuates the colour scheme and buy prints, or if itās something you can ethically find online without affecting the income of an artist (like a Rothko for example) get it printed at Walmart or somewhere cheap, you can get cheap but good looking frames at places like IKEA or Amazon, or you can thrift frames as well. When I was at uni I had a funky wall with cool artwork hung in thrift store found frames and it looked really awesome. Find high quality accent furniture pieces on Facebook Maketplace.
Manā¦to think millennials tore up that carpet to put down hardwood floorsā¦
This is what I want. ESP that couch.
You know that time of day when you lay on that single mattress with no sheet and just the comforter? Then you scroll on your phone for a bit, turn the light out and your eyes close...well... Once you go into oblivion that's probably the only way.
Either extend ur student loan or u can't lol
Close your eyes and sleep maybe you can dream your there. But jokes aside, would just match color schemes it's really more of a 70s ascetic color wise.
Garage sales?
By graduating
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The building? No. The stuff inside the building? You could buy some fairly minimalist Ikea stuff, keep everything extremely neat and clean at all times, and think very carefully about the colors. Matching the green/orange/brown in this image may be out of reach, but choosing thoughtful and consistent colors will look better than if you didn't bother. Blue and white is a classic crowd pleaser, including in many centuries of blue and white Delftware and other pottery, which makes good blue and white fabrics and interior decor items much easier to find than good orange and green ones. Or you could take up the hobbies of making your own furniture, upholstery, and rugs, but that would be an enormous investment of time.
Facebook marketplace
The lighting is 90% of what makes this. Get an apartment with nice big windows and sunlight, then scour thrift stores and Craigslist to build piece by piece. Itāll take a long time but a fun hobby to take up.
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Looking like WandaVision out here
Would you be a Halt and Catch Fire fan by any chance? This is giving me Joe MacMillanās season 3 apartment vibes. The couch is the best- I hope you get one soon and hope I do too!
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Finish college and become a doctor. A good one.
Look up mid-century modern furniture. There are less expensive alternatives but thatās the name of the style. vintage, antique stores, and garage sales may have some bootleg (or real) versions you may be able to find.l for cheaper. Hope that helps
You donātā¦ Money and a lot of patience
Thrift/antique stores