Everyone always says they hate these 70s designs, but I frankly love them. They're warm and earthy, they just feel comforting to me. Maybe it's because the rural area I grew up in had tons of houses and places built like this.
It's a mixed feeling for me. Definitely warm and comfy but also difficult to keep clean. I mean my grandparents somehow kept their home reasonably clean but on the other hand these brownish tones did a good job hiding the nicotine stains and the fabric everywhere could hide a lot of debris and dust.
Yeah I was gonna say, swap out that carpeting with something a little less sensory-overload, maybe change the wallpaper, but I'm down. The colors are fine. Like you said, earthy.
This is certainly a 70s interior, but not the most 70s interior.
In the same way that the Mariana Trench remains mostly undiscovered, I don't know that anyone will ever truly plumb the depths of 70s interior design, but I can offer this as a counterpoint.
Shag carpeted walls, even all the way onto and across the ceiling.
Even Graceland has it, though these days they claim it was installed for "acoustic shielding" lol. This is the entrance to the Jungle Room at Graceland:
No, it was the style, like conversation pits and unmatched plaids and avocado or harvest green appliances.
And carpeted walls weren't in every house, but they weren't uncommon in the US as far as I know. At one point in my misspent youth, I lived in a house that had a den lined with lime green shag not just on the floor, but up and across the entirety of the far wall, while the other walls had matching green palm frond wallpaper with a chrome/mirrored background. This wallpaper visually delivered the carpet wall to you on the ricochet: even if you weren't looking at the carpet up the wall, you were looking at the carpet up the wall. It was, mercifully, a dimly lit room that did not get much light anyway.
My spouse remembers similar. It was a thing. There is a reason there are so few pictures of it left.
43 Comments
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 44 pts · 55d
I can smell this room.
Jimbo@pawb.social · 21 pts · 55d
Mmm, old cigarettes and dust
db2@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 55d
And whiskey.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 55d
Everyone always says they hate these 70s designs, but I frankly love them. They're warm and earthy, they just feel comforting to me. Maybe it's because the rural area I grew up in had tons of houses and places built like this.
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 9 pts · 55d
It's a mixed feeling for me. Definitely warm and comfy but also difficult to keep clean. I mean my grandparents somehow kept their home reasonably clean but on the other hand these brownish tones did a good job hiding the nicotine stains and the fabric everywhere could hide a lot of debris and dust.
weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social · 5 pts · 54d
If they still sold refrigerators in harvest gold, my wife would be working overtime on talking me into buying one.
kieron115@startrek.website · 3 pts · 54d
Yeah I was gonna say, swap out that carpeting with something a little less sensory-overload, maybe change the wallpaper, but I'm down. The colors are fine. Like you said, earthy.
Micans@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 54d
That is just wood veneer and a giant stone wall/fireplace. Maybe it could be refinished with a lighter stain?
kieron115@startrek.website · 1 pts · 54d
Ohhh okay I thought it was some tacky lookin wallpaper.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 55d
That chandelier is spectacular.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 55d
You just don't get this level of chandeliers these days
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 54d
I wish I had a picture of the one we made entirely from PBR cans for our White Trash Bash party.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
No, they're found in a kitchen. That's a ship's rudder.
homes@piefed.world · 13 pts · 55d
Now you know where that “floor is lava“ game came from
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 55d
It looks lile a really bad texture in an early computer game
ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee · 1 pts · 54d
It looks like Gollum's last moment with the ring
tdgoodman@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 54d
Look at the huge color TV. What luxury.
weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social · 6 pts · 54d
Should have splurged on the Curtis-Mathes console. TV, Record Player, Casette, and 8-Track all in one.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 54d
We had a zenith like that.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 54d
HD
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 54d
This is certainly a 70s interior, but not the most 70s interior.
In the same way that the Mariana Trench remains mostly undiscovered, I don't know that anyone will ever truly plumb the depths of 70s interior design, but I can offer this as a counterpoint.
Shag carpeted walls, even all the way onto and across the ceiling.
Even Graceland has it, though these days they claim it was installed for "acoustic shielding" lol. This is the entrance to the Jungle Room at Graceland:
No, it was the style, like conversation pits and unmatched plaids and avocado or harvest green appliances.
And carpeted walls weren't in every house, but they weren't uncommon in the US as far as I know. At one point in my misspent youth, I lived in a house that had a den lined with lime green shag not just on the floor, but up and across the entirety of the far wall, while the other walls had matching green palm frond wallpaper with a chrome/mirrored background. This wallpaper visually delivered the carpet wall to you on the ricochet: even if you weren't looking at the carpet up the wall, you were looking at the carpet up the wall. It was, mercifully, a dimly lit room that did not get much light anyway.
My spouse remembers similar. It was a thing. There is a reason there are so few pictures of it left.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 54d
Omg, I didn't realize this level of 70s was physically possibpe
Glemek@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 52d
We're reaching levels of 70s that are, frankly, irresponsible.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 55d
Mmmm pizza
jade52@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 55d
Would honestly love if my home looked like this
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 54d
Mmm pizza
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 54d
I can see the mint green appliances and linoleum floor in the kitchen from here.
sulgoth@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 54d
I want colourful appliances again, linoleum is a still a no go for me
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 54d
Check out Drew Barrymore's appliance line.
Edit to add: https://beautifulbydrew.com/collections/appliances
They're all black and white on the main page but click through to an item and you'll see the color options.
I know it's not full on dishwasher/stove/fridge appliances but they're still pretty.
bearoftheisle@europe.pub · 6 pts · 54d
Truly Austin Powers levels of groove
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 54d
Would that make this groovecore or groovegore?
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 54d
Well put
db2@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 55d
Giggity.
LouNeko@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 55d
Throw out the horrible carpet and this this place would look decent by modern standards.
Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 55d
God I need this. Why did we think it could be better than brown
slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 54d
everything apart from the carpet, the desk, the tv and the little desk for the tv is actually kind if nice.
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 54d
That is a chandelier I would get the ricketiest stepstool to change a lightbulb for.
koella@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 55d
The floor is literally lava?
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 55d
Where's the Grooving Pit?
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
That ceiling better be popcorn asbestos.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 54d
Wouldn't be a 70s interior wothout it
nexguy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
Looks like "The Shining'
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 55d
I kept looking for someone hiding in the carpet like it's meccha chameleon.. ugh