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tammywammy

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42. I love midcentury modern styling.

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 12:49 AM

Jan 2014

I have a 50s dining table like the one pictured, but red chairs. Midcentury style sofa, chairs, etc. My house was built in the 50s and I have original kitchen cabinets, original bathtub & bathroom tile, etc. I'm just emphasizing the character of the house. Plus even if you don't have authentic midcentury furniture, there's enough new made in that style.

I do not have a 50s tv, but I have a midcentury style console that my flat screen sits on top of. I'd really like to get a midcentury style front door with the three little windows. I've found a place out of Austin that makes them, but they're pricey. I'll have to wait a while to get it.

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Rockabilly community - people living like it's 1951 [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 OP

Pleasantville sakabatou Jan 2014 #1

with color Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #2

may be color but the dominant tone is still white CBGLuthier Jan 2014 #65

Hope they aren't eating Pleasantville breakfasts: Ken Burch Jan 2014 #21

Ah yes... Lithos Jan 2014 #3

that's a beautiful car but I would like to see a seatbelt installed... if she drives it Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #5

Very few people could have afforded that car. Most cars were Cleita Jan 2014 #11

looks like a ranchero frylock Jan 2014 #12

I remember when cars had a rope strung across the front seats for those roguevalley Jan 2014 #17

Rock-a-Billy didn't come in to the pop scene til about 1954. Pyrzqxgl Jan 2014 #4

oops Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #6

Buddy Holly is credited with that. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #64

White socks and all, the guy in #4 is kinda hot. nolabear Jan 2014 #7

I really love this style laundry_queen Jan 2014 #8

Didn't drinks come in bottles in the 1950s? femmocrat Jan 2014 #9

There were steel cans - you had to use the pointy end of a bottle opener csziggy Jan 2014 #22

My dad's Schlitz came in bottles at home Warpy Jan 2014 #26

Returnable bottles were by far the most common delivery system. MADem Jan 2014 #37

Millers Lite came out in the early seventies. Cleita Jan 2014 #41

"Miller High Life" was "The Champagne of Bottled Beers." MADem Jan 2014 #46

Millers High Life has bee around since probably the century before last. Cleita Jan 2014 #47

The beer can in the first picture is an anachronism. MADem Jan 2014 #50

It's disturbing when you had to live the real deal Cleita Jan 2014 #52

Think of it more as a social club around a shared interest--these guys aren't going to MADem Jan 2014 #60

I was served a beer in one of those glasses last week at a restaurant. progressoid Jan 2014 #51

How very...European! MADem Jan 2014 #61

It wouldn't have been a Miller Lite, either jmowreader Jan 2014 #53

I think thats a Miller Light and Miller Light didn't exist in the 50's notadmblnd Jan 2014 #68

I was eleven then and I wouldn't want to go back. Cleita Jan 2014 #10

I do miss lunch counters Warpy Jan 2014 #29

One thing I do miss is we didn't have homeless then. We had poor people Cleita Jan 2014 #30

Same here. Even the winos in Boston Warpy Jan 2014 #32

They locked a lot of those people up, involuntarily, in mental wards. MADem Jan 2014 #40

I've had this conversation here before and today those same homeless go to Cleita Jan 2014 #45

You aren't going to hear any arguments from me. MADem Jan 2014 #48

I don't want to tell others how to be happy, but it works for me. Jetboy Jan 2014 #13

So what do you think of the racism and misogyny of the era? n/t Cleita Jan 2014 #14

What do you think of the racism and misogyny of THIS era? n/t Jetboy Jan 2014 #16

Actually, we are doing something about it now instead of forcing women to Cleita Jan 2014 #18

Of course no one was working hard for progress back then. eye roll n/t Jetboy Jan 2014 #25

They weren't. That didn't happen until the sixties. Cleita Jan 2014 #28

That's a pretty big slap in the face to all of the civil rights workers from the 1950s. Jetboy Jan 2014 #31

I never saw it until the sixties. Cleita Jan 2014 #33

None of what you've said in this thread has anything to do with '50s fashion, music, cars, decor or Jetboy Jan 2014 #35

As a woman who had to wear fifties fashion, which was very Cleita Jan 2014 #38

Other people in this thead enjoy their mid century furniture. Jetboy Jan 2014 #58

You are at least using dial up right?> snooper2 Jan 2014 #71

Did you notice the lack of a girdles and hosiery? Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #62

I have a question. Why is it called "rockabilly" ? kwassa Jan 2014 #43

Good question. Its part marketing and part self described international subculture. The Midway Rebel Jan 2014 #54

Spot on especially regarding England's role in keeping it alive and also Jetboy Jan 2014 #57

People go crazy for authentic 1950s items whether they are clothes, cars, furniture Jetboy Jan 2014 #56

In this era, you have rights I do not have. You promote public figures who oppose Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #70

What public figures? I promote no one. Cleita Jan 2014 #72

Like being back in my Grandma's house--she had that chrome table! TwilightGardener Jan 2014 #15

My grandma's house had VICTORIAN furniture.... MADem Jan 2014 #44

Retro? Hell, my kitchen is still from the fifties. postulater Jan 2014 #19

so THAT's who is hoarding all the mid-century furniture! grasswire Jan 2014 #20

That mid-century modern furniture is too cool! cyberswede Jan 2014 #23

Interesting concept... NaturalHigh Jan 2014 #24

I could finally listen to all Sleepy, all the time! MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #27

I prefer psychobilly jollyreaper2112 Jan 2014 #34

I kind of like the style of clothes, furniture, and cars from back then but no way in hell liberal_at_heart Jan 2014 #36

Not alcohol maybe. Alcohol yes. Cleita Jan 2014 #39

A lot of them were on "uppers", too. Ken Burch Jan 2014 #49

I love midcentury modern styling. tammywammy Jan 2014 #42

Agreed - I love Mid-Century design sweetloukillbot Jan 2014 #55

How camp... defacto7 Jan 2014 #59

If they are having fun, good. They aren't hurting anyone. nt Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #63

I had my whole house done in this style. zabet Jan 2014 #66

I really love that style! nt Raine Jan 2014 #67

I like that kitchen table and chairs. Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #69