From the category archives:
Could there have been a more creative period in American design history than 1974? Methinks not – as evidenced by the three interiors today… and by my memories of the era. And folks: This look is back with a vengeance, so no whining, go look for your old David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman posters and prepare a place for them. Heck yeah there is more…
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DIG THESE 1961 MIDCENTURY PENDANT LIGHTS from Progress. Which one do you like the best? VOTE now. Heck yeah there is more…
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I have been reading everyone’s suggestions for updates to the blog – many thanks! – and keep them coming.
I already was on course to add many more photo galleries – and I get my fancy gallery tool and tutorial later today.
Meanwhile, I could not hold off from showing this delicious 1961 eye candy – photos from Kentile and Congoleum Nairn ads during the year.
Aren’t these so…70s? It is SO INTERESTING, when you start wading through periodicals, that so many trends were foreshadowed a good 8-10 years before they were adopted by the masses and entered our collective memories now active today. I swear, our 1971 split level had features just like those here. I could be wrong. I need to study the 60s and 70s more. That’s coming, too.
FABULOUS!
Click through to see these side-by-side in a gallery. Heck yeah there is more…
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Yummy headboard and bedspread. Great colors!
Lots of readers have also told me that they love Mad Men – for its retro interiors, of course — it can’t be all those philandering men and pointy bras, can it? All these photos come from the Mad Men website. My only wish is that that they featured more scenes from Don and Betty’s house, rather than so many of the office. I went thru all Season 1 and plucked these domestic interiors – for our idea trove. Hey, Betty is the name of our Retro Renovation masthead maven. We never chose a name for the Mr. … Should it be… Don?
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