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re: An American kitchen in the 1970s
Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:47 pm to JiminyCricket
Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:47 pm to JiminyCricket
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I know tastes change with time and styles come and go, but I can't imagine looking at that color scheme and thinking "yes, this is the look I want."
People are funny. If interior designers and appliance manufacturers started running pictures of kitchens in that style and color scheme in all of the magazines and websites, folks would be fighting their way to the front of the line with handfuls of cash to buy it.
I've seen it happen over and over again. Everyone has to have the latest trend in their homes.
And by the way, that beautiful kitchen that you just finished a remodel on, that looks like a picture from a magazine will be considered ugly as hell in 20 years.
This post was edited on 12/12/22 at 3:48 pm
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Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:52 pm to RedRifle
I bet that fridge still works.
And that dishwasher melted anything that resembled plastic.
And that dishwasher melted anything that resembled plastic.
This post was edited on 12/12/22 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:54 pm to tonydtigr
Now it is white and gray everything with your kitchen and living room basically being the same room.
At some point people are going to realize that it makes sense to separate the kitchen and living room and its nice to have a little color in your home.
At some point people are going to realize that it makes sense to separate the kitchen and living room and its nice to have a little color in your home.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:55 pm to LegendInMyMind
I don’t see a woman in that picture…amirite?!
Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:57 pm to RedRifle
I don't think you know what "austere" means--neither that wallpaper nor that barf-rainbow of colors, nor all that clutter on the counter are "austere."
Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:58 pm to tonydtigr
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And by the way, that beautiful kitchen that you just finished a remodel on, that looks like a picture from a magazine will be considered ugly as hell in 20 years.
I’ve said this many times. Everyone will look back at new construction from this era and wonder what the fascination with white subway tile, massive islands, and lantern pendant lighting was.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 3:58 pm to RedRifle
The 1970s were an abysmal period in American style and durability.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:00 pm to RedRifle
Bet a lot of those appliances are still working. Better than the junk we have to buy today.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:00 pm to Emteein
quote:If you have a working tv sitting on top of a non-working tv...you might be a redneck.
when it went out the new TV sat on top
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:01 pm to The Third Leg
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The 1970s were an abysmal period in American style and durability.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:02 pm to OK Roughneck
quote:This
Bet a lot of those appliances are still working. Better than the junk we have to buy today.
A washer and dryer from the 70s lasted 20+ years.
Buy a washer today and you'll be fortunate to make it 16 months without issues.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:02 pm to RedRifle
That fridge is still running in someones garage.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:06 pm to FreddieMac
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paint the walls grey and you would have a joanne gaines designed room
Shiplap bruh. Shiplap.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:14 pm to Salmon
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most current kitchens have very similar layouts and function
IMHO the OP’s picture isn’t necessarily a true reflection of the layout of many 70s kitchens. I’d bet there were far more galley style kitchens than L-shaped ones built back then.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:19 pm to RedRifle
Looks like Justin Wilson should be in there cooking sub par Cajun food
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Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:21 pm to MorbidTheClown
don't forget burnt orange 
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:22 pm to pussywillows
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burnt orange
only available in Austin?
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:25 pm to SUB
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Everything was so damn brown. It seems that trend lasted into the 90s.
I was delivering appliances for my dad's store in the 80s. We sold a few harvest gold, but Almond was the new color then and plain white was coming back. Hauled away more green, brown and gold appliances that I ever delivered; so damn ugly.
But when I was looking for my first home in the 90s almost all of the fixer-uppers in my price range had the ugly colored appliances, LOL.
Posted on 12/12/22 at 4:29 pm to 777Tiger
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uh, baw, that would have been the boomer's parents
Well, in 1975, the Boomers age ranges ran from about 11 or so up to 29, so they were selling a shite ton of Harvest Gold and Avocado Green to Boomers and to (mostly Silent Generation) some of their parents.
Most of the Greatest Generation were in their 50s at that point and didn't go for it as much.
I blame Elvis to a degree - he was the idol of the Silent Gen and the older Boomers. His style was *ahem* "bold".
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