It's hard to believe, but once upon a time it was okay to make your toilet look like a birthday cake. The Pepto-Bismol pink toilet goes perfectly with the yellow wall, don't you think? And remember when all Kleenex boxes had crochet covers? Ahhh, the good old days. Let's have a look at some more home decor from yesteryear.
For some reason, when I some interiors like this, I'm always reminded of A Clockwork Orange. A lot of the homes in the movie are traumatizing to the retina like this.
I don't watch those HGTV shows, so I really don't have a clue about current trends in interior design. But this actually doesn't look too bad - it's bold, but doesn't seem too terribly out of style.
Anyone know what game is being played here? I don't know, but what I do know is this room is a glory to behold from floor to ceiling.
Damn that chair looks comfortable. Perfect addition to the now cliche "man cave".
Okay, this one is actually from the sixties, but I had to include it. Have you ever seen such a mod workshop? This tool shed has got style!
We almost bought an Eames Lounge chair & ottoman. Check the photo gallery for the one with a martini sitting beside one. All that's missing is a pair of proper big headphones. The Billy Wilder history is interesting too.
ReplyDeleteI used to own that game under the lamp but I'll be darned if I can remember what it's called. The cubes have letters on them and it was something like Scrabble.
ReplyDeleteIKEA on acid.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that people's eyes didn't flare up and burn out of their skulls like the guy in Raiders of the Lost Ark when they walked into any of those rooms.
ReplyDeleteI believe the game with the vertical board is called "RSVP".
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timewarptoys.com/rsvp.JPG
I'd move into that Clockwork Orange room right now! Cool stuff!!!
ReplyDeleteA Partridge Family workbench! Those chrome hanging/bending/floor lamps were SO prone to fall over. As a kid it was a curse to be in a house with one, because you knew it was going to fall over at some point and you didn't want to be near it when it did.
ReplyDeleteThe game being played is the double scrabble - you have to make words from both sides, the tiles have letters on both sides. Evil.
ReplyDeleteMore pics & info on the game at boardgamegeek.com.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3080/scrabble-brand-r-s-v-p-three-dimensional-crosswor
The last photo - is actually a secret workshop for nuclear testijg, why its so colorful, it reminds me of the Radio-Active Danger warning signs !
ReplyDeleteFirst pic was hilarious!
ReplyDeleteIt may have been okay in some parts of America in the seventies to do this, but not in the America I remember from that decade. I think this was kind of a nouveau riche thing, like plastic covers on the living room furniture. This may sound snobby, but this kind of 'decor' I think you would find in places like Levittown, or cookie cutter cheap suburban tracts back then.
ReplyDeleteOne of my bathrooms is still that color pink. haha. My family didn't have that whole decor, but I definitely remember crocheted toilet paper covers. One had a doll with a dress that covered a roll.
ReplyDeleteYou know the problem with 1970s decore? Not enough orange.
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