SOCK IT TO ME baby: Thanks to Frank for sending us this 1965 time capsule in Palm Springs. All the furniture comes with the house, which is for sale for $796,000. –>
The more I do this blog, which started with a fondness for 50s and early 60s interiors…the more I slide oh so easily right into the 70s…which seems to have been born in 1965. In. This. House.
Here’s the appropriately sauve prose from the listing:
Smashing, Splendid, Brave, Daring and Unspoiled describes this masterpiece of seventies decor – Plus Offered Turnkey Furnished! Visually stunning custom velvet walls with vibrant colors of reds, pinks, fuschias and oranges.A unique and wholly functional residence in impeccable condition set up for full time living but with all the enchantment, allure and fantasy of a Moroccan palace. Bedrooms are canopied, swagged, with gold vein mirrored walls, ceiling to floor drapes creating an exotic and opulent atmosphere. The furnishings are custom in matching materials and colors,the pool is gorgeous, the grounds are impeccable, and the piece de resistence, a Pink Princess telephone in the master bedroom!….
Thanks, too, to real estate agent Diane Flaherty for giving me permission to feature a few photos.
Maureen says
This had to be the inspiration for Barbie houses/furniture in the 1970s!
Elvis (aka) Jane says
Too, too much! I adore it (in an I-probably-couldn’t-live-there-but-I’m-sure-glad-it-exists kind of way.) Love your idea for a time-share, Pam: I’m in!
Gretchen S says
Ah, memories! I distinctly recall seeing mirrored and flocked wallpaper when I was in my grandparents’ friends’ houses in the desert. Even as a child I remember thinking “whoa!”
Juju says
WOW! The only word that comes to mind is: shagadelic!
Elizabeth Mary says
Well, I like the looks of the outside. That’s it for me, though. What I want to know is WHO could live in that — and for 40+ years, no less, it seems?
Stephanie says
The kitchen in this house and exterior i love (pics seen on the agent’s site), but they are almost under-whelming when looking at the rest of the decor.
Amy says
oh wow! ok although there are so many interior colour disasters in this house it’s actually pretty cool, sort of reminds me of the set on the boogie nights movie…
Anne H says
Holy Headboards, Batman!
I like orange, a lot, but…
MidCent Keith says
Holy cr@p!
pam kueber says
Idea: Let’s everybody chip in, I’ll buy the house, and we’ll use it as a time share.
Rebecca Prichard says
PARTY TIME!
pam kueber says
if you can’t party in that house, you’re dead
Theresa says
Count me in!LOVE IT!
Catz says
Wow! Elvis IS still alive – I knew it! LOL! That’s really something…and I mean that in a GOOD way. I hope the new owner keeps it the way it is. Ah, I wanna put on my bell bottom jeans and take out my pocket comb so I can neaten up my Farrah haircut! : )