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93. Anyone remember when one wall was paneled or had stone and a fireplace? This was in the 70s

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What would you find in a house of the 60s or 70s. Mine are shag carpets, crochet dolls to cover TP [View all] debm55 Oct 2023 OP

Diabolical dust and dirt devils EYESORE 9001 Oct 2023 #1

Me too debm55 Oct 2023 #3

A fondue pot and utensils. N/t livetohike Oct 2023 #2

I still have one. debm55 Oct 2023 #4

Me too. I haven't used it in a really long time though. I livetohike Oct 2023 #10

Garrett Morris skit from SNL. Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #79

funny debm55 Oct 2023 #81

I think I remember this. Haven't heard it in a long time. livetohike Oct 2023 #85

Morris was very funny and Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #87

Avocado appliances liberal N proud Oct 2023 #5

HAHAHAH. Yes, they were the rage. debm55 Oct 2023 #9

Or "Harvest Gold"... regnaD kciN Oct 2023 #26

The early push-button phones lacked the * and # keys... malthaussen Oct 2023 #115

About those appliance colors... malthaussen Oct 2023 #116

Thank you for that information. It was very helpful. debm55 Oct 2023 #118

Also Pumpkin and Turquoise n/t sarge43 Oct 2023 #129

Phones, yeah, but not major appliances... malthaussen Oct 2023 #139

A living room pit. The Unmitigated Gall Oct 2023 #6

And the macrame owls and flower pot hangers. debm55 Oct 2023 #14

I thought KT2000 Oct 2023 #7

There was a bright red shag carpet in the room that is now my WFH office MANative Oct 2023 #8

Olive Green and Harvest Gold appliances. DURHAM D Oct 2023 #11

We had the Harvest Gold appliances, my aunt had the olive green. debm55 Oct 2023 #16

We had green. DURHAM D Oct 2023 #17

true. And I don't remember any whole house air conditioner. Window fans. debm55 Oct 2023 #27

We had a swamp cooler in the window. DURHAM D Oct 2023 #28

at one point in my misspent youth... mike_c Oct 2023 #25

That's funny. debm55 Oct 2023 #32

I had green shag carpet in my first apartment! Diamond_Dog Oct 2023 #12

I found toe nails in my shag carpet in college. YUK And it was green shag too. debm55 Oct 2023 #29

Oh gross! Diamond_Dog Oct 2023 #30

Stereo cabinet FalloutShelter Oct 2023 #13

we had a combination TV and stereo. It was very long. Yes, a type of burlap hid the speakers. debm55 Oct 2023 #19

Of course! LunaSea Oct 2023 #20

Used to have?? WestMichRad Oct 2023 #82

Wow, that's neat. debm55 Oct 2023 #83

My dad's side hustle was radio & TV repair WestMichRad Oct 2023 #88

That's so cool. FalloutShelter Oct 2023 #90

We had one of those, part of a big tv-entertainment console. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #95

Cabinet full of Corningware. DURHAM D Oct 2023 #15

the store we shopped in, had a different piece of corningware--white with blue flowers, offered each debm55 Oct 2023 #22

I still have several Corningware baking dishes. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #96

our house was built in 1963 mike_c Oct 2023 #18

Ours had regular plywood. debm55 Oct 2023 #23

A Lava Lamp. Harker Oct 2023 #21

Yep. debm55 Oct 2023 #24

I've Got A Lava Lamp ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #70

How fun! Harker Oct 2023 #78

This Is Big One ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #89

A giant phone bolted to the wall and a table with phone books. n/t FSogol Oct 2023 #31

we had the telephone chair, phone on top, shelf for telephone books. debm55 Oct 2023 #33

We had a semi-private line. We had to pick up the phone and make sure the other family wasn't using FSogol Oct 2023 #35

FSogol............. Upthevibe Oct 2023 #102

With a 20 ft cord. nt Hotler Oct 2023 #112

I had an aunt that had a phone cord so long she would drag it anywhere in her house. FSogol Oct 2023 #114

I remember those long cords. People mostly only had one phone and no I phones to walk around with. debm55 Oct 2023 #119

An AM radio that didn't blare filthy hate all day and night. Harker Oct 2023 #34

We go our encyclopedia from the A &P . First book was 99 cents. Each week the next book was offered. debm55 Oct 2023 #43

That brings back some fun memories. Harker Oct 2023 #48

Yes, the Golden Book Encyclopedia Trailrider1951 Oct 2023 #64

Me too debm55 Oct 2023 #65

In the 1960s my mother bought the 100th anniversary Encyclopedia Britannica csziggy Oct 2023 #57

That's beautiful... Harker Oct 2023 #61

We moved into our new house in 1976 Mollyann Oct 2023 #36

Did you have radiators? in the rooms. We did. debm55 Oct 2023 #40

I have radiators; my house was built in 1885. I like the radiators. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #97

We used to dry our socks and gloves on them after playing in the snow. debm55 Oct 2023 #100

Did anyone have the towels in your bathroom that came from detergent boxes or the jelly glasses that debm55 Oct 2023 #37

yes! the ones we got were kitchen towels. We had a few pressed glass yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #42

dark faux wood paneling on the living area walls. yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #38

Popcorn ceilings Kaleva Oct 2023 #39

They were a bear to clean. debm55 Oct 2023 #41

one of the prior owners covered the attic ceiling with popcorn sheetrock yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #46

Pyrex bowls. Though the pattern I have wasn't made till 1981. highplainsdem Oct 2023 #44

I have a set of Pyrex nesting mixing bowls from 1969 yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #47

They're incredibly handy, and so sturdy. I use at least one of my Pyrex highplainsdem Oct 2023 #130

Parents bough a house in 1958. multigraincracker Oct 2023 #45

Did you have the matching end tables and the coffee table that would match the wood? debm55 Oct 2023 #50

Yes and table and floor multigraincracker Oct 2023 #55

Decorative hammered brass wall plates highplainsdem Oct 2023 #49

We had those! Each one one showed a scene from a different season. They are still there. debm55 Oct 2023 #52

Multi color toilet paper. I kinda liked it. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #51

Did you have the carpet you put on the toilet lid and tank and around bottom of toilet? debm55 Oct 2023 #53

Personally no, but I do know some who did. Lol. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #71

those pastel and scented toilet papers were not good for us ladies yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #74

For that reason, I'm glad they ditched it. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #75

They stopped making it when concerns arose that the dyes Ocelot II Oct 2023 #101

Coffee Percolator Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #54

I remember the percolator. Don't remember the round beds. I do remember bunk beds and my quad debm55 Oct 2023 #56

I still sleep on my waterbed, purchased in 1982 nt yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #72

I had several of them, from '72 to '96. Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #76

A bean bag chair in my sisters room Alpeduez21 Oct 2023 #58

I remember the bean bag chair. If you got a hole in it the beads were all over the place. The square debm55 Oct 2023 #63

Kodak Instamatic Ptah Oct 2023 #59

Yes, and the Swinger.....took photographers and would develop them outside the camera. debm55 Oct 2023 #68

Polaroid Swinger Camera Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #80

So did I debm55 Oct 2023 #84

I'm not too on-the-ball tonight. Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #86

That;s okay Mr.Bill debm55 Oct 2023 #91

I shall go forth and sin no more. Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #92

Typewriter exboyfil Oct 2023 #60

Royal Typewriter. Had to tap, tap, tap. debm55 Oct 2023 #66

Mulit-colored tiles in the showers. Chainfire Oct 2023 #62

Yes, and a roll of linoleum for the floors--kitchen, bathroom debm55 Oct 2023 #67

... also in the shower (or bathtub): surrealAmerican Oct 2023 #69

I remember those. debm55 Oct 2023 #73

Shag carpeting was the worst! ailsagirl Oct 2023 #77

While house-shopping in the mid-80s, we looked at one home with pale blue... 3catwoman3 Oct 2023 #94

Shag, especially the long, is the worst. debm55 Oct 2023 #99

My family never had it but whenever I saw it... ailsagirl Oct 2023 #104

Anyone remember when one wall was paneled or had stone and a fireplace? This was in the 70s debm55 Oct 2023 #93

We bought a home in 1986 that was 20+ yrs old. The kitchen... 3catwoman3 Oct 2023 #98

I remember the 18% mortgage: my sis & her husband got stuck with one. They got out of it when... Hekate Oct 2023 #108

We bought our current house back then--18% mortgage rate. Everytime it drop, we refinanced the house debm55 Oct 2023 #117

debm55......... Upthevibe Oct 2023 #103

include with that the harvest gold appliances debm55 Oct 2023 #105

Glad to see you back UTUSN Oct 2023 #106

Thank you debm55 Oct 2023 #107

ugly wallpaper. we moved to a dif house + 1 bedroom wall brown plaid. 1st tryed puting a bigger pansypoo53219 Oct 2023 #109

Black light and glow in the dark posters. Emile Oct 2023 #110

I remember those. debm55 Oct 2023 #120

Someone else named the pastel toilet paper this round. Niagara Oct 2023 #111

I had the hexagon table. We bought our first set back in the late 70's where you got the sofa, chair debm55 Oct 2023 #121

Here are my current old new hexagon side tables. Niagara Oct 2023 #123

Did you refinish them? They look nice. debm55 Oct 2023 #124

No, I purchased them like that. I tried to walk away; the tables kept calling my name. Niagara Oct 2023 #126

One gas furnance in the floor for the whole house. We used to stand over it in the mornings. nt Hotler Oct 2023 #113

That would be tough. debm55 Oct 2023 #122

Sounds like my grandfather's farmhouse. Which was built well before highplainsdem Oct 2023 #132

Console television jmowreader Oct 2023 #125

Same brand, same style. Though I couldn't wait to play with the box. debm55 Oct 2023 #127

This message was self-deleted by its author sarge43 Oct 2023 #128

Milk Chute JoseBalow Oct 2023 #131

We didn't have milk chutes, but we did have coal chutes for the furnaces. debm55 Oct 2023 #137

Popcorn Ceilings. n/t GP6971 Oct 2023 #133

We used to have a coal chute that went to the space under the front porch. This was at my debm55 Oct 2023 #134

Same here. GP6971 Oct 2023 #135

During the 60s many people lived in insubrick homes. The material was made of asbestos. debm55 Oct 2023 #136

Plants in macrame hangers vanamonde Oct 2023 #138