1956 Home Decorator

I hope that's his wife in there, because he's admiring her a little too enthusiastically to be hired help! Home Decorator and how-to-paint book - a nice piece of vintage advertising from Sherwin-Williams with some delightfully-dated and interesting interior design choices! Dated 1956. This particular copy came from Sullivan Paint and Wallpaper Store in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

Mid-century living room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet. Walls - Super Kem-Tone celeste blue Living room furniture - Erwin-Lambeth, Inc., Thomasville, NC Dining room furniture - Drexel Furniture Company, Drexel, NC Floor lamp and Lighting fixture - Lightolier Inc., Jersey City, NJ

Mid-century dining room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet. Furniture - Calvin Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Light fixture - Lightolier, Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey.

Mid-century living room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet. Furniture by Lee L. Woodward Sons, Owasso, Michigan.

Mid-century family room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet.

Mid-century kitchen from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet.