Break Out the Macrame and Earth Tones—1970's Design Is Making a Major Comeback

The great 1970's interior designer David Hicks once said, “The best rooms have something to say about the people who live in them." While this is a wonderful sentiment, think back to grandma's house with plastic-covered furniture, synthetic crushed velour, appalling shades of orange, and, save us all, shag carpet. Unfortunately for grandma, they were a product of their time when plastics were still new enough to be fashionable and shaggy carpet matched men's flowing hair.

The '70s were a time of excess, both in spirit and in the case of interior design, a muddy brown orange hue that will hopefully lay at rest with its own epoch. That said, the old adage that everything comes back around holds true. The 1970's design trend isn't overwhelming modern interiors just yet, but the new season is a harbinger, a sophisticated extraction of the era's good moments. New trends are cherry picking elements such as low-slung seating, playful florals, and even wood paneling. These are all seeing a sophisticated resurgence, thanks to the help from brands such as Bode and Green River Project. The nostalgia for warm, earthy tones and materials like rattan feels comforting this time around, if even a little freeing from maximalist color.

From faded chinoiserie to Palm Beach glam, this curated selection of product shows that the 1970s is a decade worth revisiting, just approached with a cleaner, more modern conviction in design.