Comments on: Decorating ideas from a retro 60s avocado and orange time capsule basement http://retrorenovation.com/2008/12/21/decorating-ideas-from-a-retro-60s-avocado-and-orange-time-capsule-basement/ Remodeling, decor and home improvement for old homes Fri, 25 May 2012 04:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lynngweeny http://retrorenovation.com/2008/12/21/decorating-ideas-from-a-retro-60s-avocado-and-orange-time-capsule-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-26939 lynngweeny Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:32:33 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=7998#comment-26939 Sumacsue, Nope, our bedroom was in a darling single level ranch house in Anaheim, just a few miles from Disneyland. We badgered our folks for years to add a 2nd floor because we wanted a staircase banister to slide down. Can you imagine how we quickly we would have destroyed that? Sumacsue,
Nope, our bedroom was in a darling single level ranch house in Anaheim, just a few miles from Disneyland. We badgered our folks for years to add a 2nd floor because we wanted a staircase banister to slide down. Can you imagine how we quickly we would have destroyed that?

]]> By: Elvis http://retrorenovation.com/2008/12/21/decorating-ideas-from-a-retro-60s-avocado-and-orange-time-capsule-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-26924 Elvis Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:07:29 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=7998#comment-26924 SumacSue, your recollection sounds eerily similar to mine, except the desk unit my dad built in for my sister and me was painted white, with every drawer a different warm color (orange, yellow, brown, etc.) So cool! And I guess every dad whose teenage daughters want to put up hearthrob pics has the same reaction: save the paint job! Thanks for the memories! SumacSue, your recollection sounds eerily similar to mine, except the desk unit my dad built in for my sister and me was painted white, with every drawer a different warm color (orange, yellow, brown, etc.) So cool!

And I guess every dad whose teenage daughters want to put up hearthrob pics has the same reaction: save the paint job!

Thanks for the memories!

]]> By: sumacsue http://retrorenovation.com/2008/12/21/decorating-ideas-from-a-retro-60s-avocado-and-orange-time-capsule-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-26922 sumacsue Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:03:40 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=7998#comment-26922 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viYdCnHVEL4 Here's a clip of the girls singing "Sisters", from the "White Christmas movie." Required viewing for this time of year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viYdCnHVEL4

Here’s a clip of the girls singing “Sisters”, from the “White Christmas movie.” Required viewing for this time of year.

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