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Makes you yearn for the aesthetic of the 1950s where items of furniture or appliances would add a splash of color. I'd even take the 1960s when things got a bit
by astrodust 10y ago
Makes you yearn for the aesthetic of the 1950s where items of furniture or appliances would add a splash of color. I'd even take the 1960s when things got a bit nuts, or the 1970s when people were willing to take chances.
The stuff they sell these days is designed to be as inoffensive as possible and yet seems so utterly sterile and devoid of personality and life.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoYeah, I saw a bit of that 1970s look. We were house hunting, and we looked at this place. The living room walls were vertical stripes, alternating between bright green carpet (on the walls, remember) and mirrors. It was an interesting look... for maybe five minutes. To live in for a decade? Not so much. We passed.
- sotojuan 10y agoEh, not hard to paint your walls the colors you like and I see plenty of crazy furniture colors at IKEA. The "white blank walls and wood floor" is a choice people make and like—there are plenty of colorful houses.
- hx87 10y agoI might be wrong, but I thought that 1970s house design was pretty similar to today, except with orange and brown everywhere instead of beige. There are few McMansion features as tacky as popcorn ceilings and dark brown fake vertical floor-to-ceiling wood paneling.
- astrodust 10y agoThere was a lot of carry-over from the psychadelic 1960s where green and yellow were still in play, though oppressive levels of dark woodgrain and heavy use of brown were creeping in. You wouldn't go all-in on that palette though, you'd have a colorful lamp, couch, or artwork to offset it. Of course, those that played it very conservatively would go all-in. It just seems that more people are using a very restrained palette today for no other reason than bizarre conformity.