Comments on: Early American design – why was it popular in the mid-20th-century?

By: Mary-Frances Main

Mary-Frances Main — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:16:05 +0000

Thanks Pam! Great write up and if you don’t mind, I’m going to link to this under my “colonial” description on my website!

By: SullyAg

SullyAg — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:42:22 +0000

House I grew up in — suburban ranch in Houston, built 1962 — was decorated in early Amercan/colonial throughout the decade. As I recall, most folks didn’t go in for the “modern” stuff, and colonial was a safe alternative, and a place to retreat from annoying hippy culture. Check out the furnishings in Samantha Stephens’ house on “Bewtiched,” for instance. I’d venture to say that the look persisted into the 1970s, especially with the bicentennial.

By: MrsErinD

MrsErinD — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:40:39 +0000

I forgot to say yes, Ethan Allen, particularly the vintage stuff, is SO well made!