In the same way that fashion is cyclical, home decor trends come, go, and come again. Who could have guessed that chintz wallpaper would make such a notable comeback decades later, but here we are in 2019 busting out roll after roll. With expert insight, we’re highlighting seven notable interior design trends that peaked decades ago, eventually faded out with time, and are now experiencing a major revival in homes across the globe.

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A Mirrored Entry

Purvi Padia Design used a mirrored console to enhance this art-filled entry on the Upper East Side.

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NYS: We love that you create such double-duty homes for families. How do you design an interior that can withstand young children yet still be the perfect place to hold a dinner party?

Purvi Padia: I believe strongly that homes should not only be beautiful but also practical and livable. A huge part of that is making a home functional and welcoming to every member of the family.

I have a few rules of thumb when designing for young families:

First, use organic shapes. Cutting down on sharp corners make pieces kid-friendly and organic shapes, such as a petrified wood stump as a side table or a tufted ottoman in place of a cocktail table introduce an element of softness, warmth and comfort.

Second, while I love gorgeous lighting, floor and table lamps are a hazard for young children. For families, I love the idea of incorporating show-stopping sconces and chandeliers in unexpected places. Where I might use tall floor lamps to give a room height in a project without young children, for families I opt instead for heavy (read: untippable) sculptures displayed in the corner of the room.

And finally, we always gravitate to double-duty pieces and kid-friendly fabrics—sometimes even in projects where the clients don’t have kids! Two of our favorite tricks are creating cocktail tables that can open up to stow all the kids’ clutter, and we love durable fabrics—today there are so many that look chic and clean up easily.

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Décor Challenge: A classic Chesterfield sofa must share living space with a screechingly vivid side table. Design pros offer suggestions to bridge the pair’s aesthetic gap

Solution 1

Add airy art to mimic the translucence of the acrylic table. Problematically, the sofa is far more substantial than the H-shaped table by Korean designer Jaehyuk Yang. Monochrome prints of wispy leaves, arranged in a floaty pastiche, relate to both elements. “I wanted the art to feel heavy but light,” explained New York designer Purvi Padia. “A grouping achieves that.”

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“Children’s rooms should have a sense of magic to them,” says interior decorator Purvi Padia, who imparted miles of enchantment when designing a room for her now 2½-year-old son Rehan. When Padia and her husband, Harsh, first moved into their four-bedroom Tribeca apartment, they had to work a bit of real estate alchemy as well.

“Rehan’s room wasn’t a bedroom,” explains Padia, who recently launched her own residential design practice (purvipadia.com). “It was supposed to be a study off the master. We wanted his room to be connected to ours, so we put in doors and converted it.”

“While Rehan’s nursery is a child’s room through and through, his play space, set in a corner of the living room, is designed to harmonize with the home’s warm yet clean-lined aesthetic.”

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“We’re obsessed with folding and sliding door systems that allow a space to be multifunctional yet interesting and chic.” -Purvi Padia of Purvi Padia Design

“Tricks of the Trade”

“Not even a designer’s own home is safe from client-imposed compromises, but for her Tribeca living room, Purvi Padia came up with elegant solutions to her family’s unruly demands. In plain sight she concealed the toys of both her 2-year-old son (vibrant playthings) and her husband (a massive flat-screen TV). Her David Blaine- worthy ticks? The toys are tucked in uniform flax bins, while the fireplace wall (home to the TV) is sheathed in bronze panels nearly the same color as the screen – the chicest camouflage ever. Still, there’s space for Purvi, with pops of orange that “bring a little happiness to the room, ” says the woman who, in the end, didn’t relinquish one iota of style.”

Living in a loft and designing it to be your sweet getaway is one-of-a-kind experience. Loft decorating ideas encompass unexpectedly tall and dramatic windowing, open floors, and a beautiful light flow to keep the place fresh during the day and to throw a look on the amazing nightlights of your city.

This being said, loft design ideas make for the most modern and industrial ones, and it is not rare to meet ductwork, concrete, and exposed pipes in any of these homes.

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“I wasn’t surprised I fell in love with this Tribeca Penthouse by Purvi Padia. Grey is such an awesome neutral. I’ve seen both clean and warm spaces created using grey as a neutral. What I appreciate most about this penthouse is, it’s clean but also feels homey. The living room sofa looks insanely comfortable and the placing the TV in the center of the adjacent wall tells me the room will actually be utilized.”