1950s decorating style trends from retro-renovation. Heywood-Wakefield and Kroehler Streamline Moderne. These items, with their bulky, rounded edges, are carryovers from the pre-war era. In a way, this is not really 1950s style — it’s 1940s style. But, when World War II was on, making furniture ground pretty much to a halt. After the war, manufacturers pulled out their designs from before the war & started producing them to meet demand. It took a while for new designs to be introduced.
