How to Get the "The Queen's Gambit" Midcentury Maximalist Look at Home

With its swoon-worthy fashion, stunning cinematography, and ultra-chic set design, Netflix's miniseries The Queen's Gambit has captured the imagination of nearly everyone. (It also doesn't hurt that the show transports home-bound viewers to exotic locales like Mexico City, Paris, and Moscow.) If you've found yourself suddenly dreaming of installing midcentury fretwork screens as room dividers or upgrading your kitchen backsplash with tile in a checkerboard pattern, you're in good company. According to the luxury antiques and vintage marketplace 1stDibs, sales of chess boards, pieces, and tables during the first four weeks after the show was released October 23 were up 100 percent compared to the same period last year.

The series's midcentury maximalism look—the slightly more streamlined and refined predecessor to the over-the-top extravagant maximalism of the 1980s, with perhaps more staying power—is undeniably captivating in its globalist roots. Think geometric patterns layered with faint echoes of Bauhaus and Brutalist architecture, a hint of tropical glamour, slender furniture silhouettes fashioned after French and Italian archetypes, and warm jewel tones mixed with sophisticated metallics.

Pulling off the look at home, however, is not as novice-friendly as it might appear. After all, when channeling a specific design era, it can be all to easy to end up with a time-trapped imitation instead of a more current design informed by the past. To guide your midcentury maximalist style journey at home, we've rounded up six of our favorite decorating ideas from The Queen's Gambit set design, plus 14 ways to get the look.