Comments on: Sofas and chairs — available today from Lee — are great fits for traditional-retro styled living rooms

By: Susan Janek

Susan Janek — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:17:48 +0000

I have wonderful memories of this era and it has been my favorite decorating period – we live in a ranch house built in 1956 – and have all of the Better Homes and Gardens ringed decorating books.

By: sarakay

sarakay — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:45:58 +0000

I love the furniture! Depending on its size, the beige-y (at least in my browser) chair could be used in a bedroom or a living room.

Maddy, you are right, everything was smaller then. For instance, the dinner plates in my mom’s Fiesta china are about 9 inches in diameter. A 5′ x 8′ bathroom was considered perfectly adequate for a family. (Master bath? What’s that??) Funny how houses – and people! – have gotten bigger as families have gotten smaller.

The generation buying the 50′s and 60′s houses had vivid memories of the Depression and WWII. What seems small to us was the lap of luxury for them.

By: maddy123

maddy123 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:32:09 +0000

What’s more fun that hanging out of the sofa, playing accordion and recorder? So adorable and sweet…

Everything was smaller then, I guess–plates, bar glasses, portion sizes!