The painted carpets weren't* nearly as bad as the kitchens. I was stuck with avocado appliances and FD-arrived-too-late brown cabinets once. *Well, usually.

The painted carpets weren't* nearly as bad as the kitchens. I was stuck with avocado appliances and FD-arrived-too-late brown cabinets once. *Well, usually. If you shopped at a reasonable store, and had decent tastes. If not - horribly and ugly things have been available in every era.