Comments on: That 70s house — 3 interiors http://retrorenovation.com/2009/09/15/that-70s-house-3-interiors/ Remodeling, decor and home improvement for old homes Fri, 25 May 2012 14:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sumac sue http://retrorenovation.com/2009/09/15/that-70s-house-3-interiors/comment-page-1/#comment-41090 sumac sue Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:39:09 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=17168#comment-41090 My dad turned part of our basement into a family room, with dark wood paneling and lots of "antiqued" furniture in greens and blues. Couches and chairs had brown upholstery, and the carpet had thin stripes in multicolors. Decorative pieces had a colonial look, since that's what my mom used in the rest of the house. Dad built a bar in one corner, and we had a cutout in one wall for an aquarium, which actually sat on a shelf in the unfinished part of the basement. We thought it was all so cool. That room was used for slumber parties, pizza or fondue parties, and family holiday gatherings. My most vivid TV memories from that family room are watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon in 1969, and watching the original Saturday Night Live cast in the mid-70s, when I was home from college for the weekend. Lots of friends had similar basement and garage rooms, but no one had a room as sunny as that red and white room pictured. Everyone went for that dark look of the Irish pub room -- although shabbier, since the old living room furniture made its way to the family room. My dad turned part of our basement into a family room, with dark wood paneling and lots of “antiqued” furniture in greens and blues. Couches and chairs had brown upholstery, and the carpet had thin stripes in multicolors. Decorative pieces had a colonial look, since that’s what my mom used in the rest of the house. Dad built a bar in one corner, and we had a cutout in one wall for an aquarium, which actually sat on a shelf in the unfinished part of the basement. We thought it was all so cool. That room was used for slumber parties, pizza or fondue parties, and family holiday gatherings. My most vivid TV memories from that family room are watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon in 1969, and watching the original Saturday Night Live cast in the mid-70s, when I was home from college for the weekend. Lots of friends had similar basement and garage rooms, but no one had a room as sunny as that red and white room pictured. Everyone went for that dark look of the Irish pub room — although shabbier, since the old living room furniture made its way to the family room.

]]> By: tailfin http://retrorenovation.com/2009/09/15/that-70s-house-3-interiors/comment-page-1/#comment-40927 tailfin Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:42:52 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=17168#comment-40927 Yeah, my garage is detached, dates from 1930, is kind of creepy & is filled with overflow from my house, so I can't do the Cheektowaga living room either. Plus my street doubles as an on-ramp for a thruway, so the truck fumes can be pretty harsh. But a few blocks down -- where the homes were built in the 1950s -- I see a lot of these summer garage conversions (which makes sense since part of this neighborhood actually is in Cheektowaga). Yeah, my garage is detached, dates from 1930, is kind of creepy & is filled with overflow from my house, so I can’t do the Cheektowaga living room either. Plus my street doubles as an on-ramp for a thruway, so the truck fumes can be pretty harsh. But a few blocks down — where the homes were built in the 1950s — I see a lot of these summer garage conversions (which makes sense since part of this neighborhood actually is in Cheektowaga).

]]> By: James http://retrorenovation.com/2009/09/15/that-70s-house-3-interiors/comment-page-1/#comment-40923 James Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:24:44 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=17168#comment-40923 I like the concept of the "Cheektowaga Living Rooms"- apparently those old home magazines with their find-more-living-space-in-the-garage articles did have an impact. Sounds like fun, and a lot "greener" than blasting the air conditioning all summer. Unfortunately, I have a garage like Pam- a lake forms in the garage with each rainfall... I like the concept of the “Cheektowaga Living Rooms”- apparently those old home magazines with their find-more-living-space-in-the-garage articles did have an impact. Sounds like fun, and a lot “greener” than blasting the air conditioning all summer.

Unfortunately, I have a garage like Pam- a lake forms in the garage with each rainfall…

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