Beauty, fashion and home: 60s-inspired retro lounge is funky, fresh and fun.This retro [Latin, Back; backward; behind.] A prefix used to designate a prior condition or time. 60s-inspired sitting room is ideal for lounge lizards. Make your room feel really funky funky - Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. and fresh by using floral patterns in your curtains teamed with an L-shaped sofa and some bright, trendy colours. Ceiling shade, from pounds 15, Pagazzi Lighting, Glasgow (0141 639 5637). Floral curtain and cushion fabric, pounds 21.95 per metre, Curtaintime Design, Ayr (01292 610328). Palermo sofa, from pounds 195 per unit, Sofa workshop (log on to www.sofaworkshop.co.uk or call 01443 238 699). Table lamp, pounds 15, Ikea. Sapporo coffee table, pounds 49.99, Argos. Catalogue number 610/6537. Paint, from pounds 12.95 per 2.5litres, Crown Promenade Emulsion emulsion: see colloid. emulsion Mixture of two or more liquids in which one is dispersed in the other as microscopic or ultramicroscopic droplets (see colloid). Emulsions are stabilized by agents (emulsifiers) that (e.g. and Crown Plum Satin Emulsion. CAPTION(S): Use bright, bold floral prints and colours to get a retro look |
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