> The alternative when this house was built, was orange plush carpet, grotesque wallpaper, and huge stuffed sofas. Hear hear. I also grew up in (mostly) "midc

> The alternative when this house was built, was orange plush carpet, grotesque wallpaper, and huge stuffed sofas. Hear hear. I also grew up in (mostly) "midcentury modern" interior design (thanks, Mom and Dad!) and I find that it... just looks nice. I was trying to explain to someone why I wanted white gadgets (iPad, Kindle, etc.) and wound up realizing that they are closer to the Braun aesthetic than the black ones, which I associate with the black-on-black-with-black-and-did-we-mention-black design of the Panisonics, Technics, etc. stereo equipment of the 70's.