Monday
Mar012010
Hey ho it's retro!
Mon, 1 Mar 2010
"For the newly-wed, the about to-be-wed or indeed any young couple, setting up home is one of the most exciting of adventures. But although it is - and should be - a marvellous experience, real problems can arise which may create anxieties, perhaps even mar the pleasure of the occasion." - introduction from The Complete Homemaker, edited by Isabel Moore, Marshall Cavendish, London, 1976. And here dear readers are some of the solutions for a harmonious life together. Enjoy!
Reader Comments (19)
Heh...heh... the fireside chair covers image is really something! I love these retro posts - the scary part is that some of the photos aren't too bad... or maybe they are and I need some intensive retro shock therapy.
Oh I die for these, too blissful.
Brismod, you don't need therapy, this is the therapy. I am so drinking the retro Kool-Aid.
ooooh I LOVE that yellow door!!
don't know why, but my eye is fixated on the use of plants and flowers in all of the photos.
and the 'fireside chair covers' photo is priceless.
in the sense that there is no price i would pay for that fabric.
I think I saw that outfit in Anthropologie for $250 US
Love the white fretwork headboard, but the fireside chair covers - yikes!!
I have to agree with some here. These photos, although the photography is showing its age a bit, are not that bad. There are definitely some rooms featured that I could live in today.
My life truly would be harmonious if only I owned that lovely outfit at the end. LOVE it!
I think many of the furnishings and fixtures shown in the photos are what we consider "fresh" and popular today! It's so funny looking back and realizing that. It's the in between time that made them undesirable. But there is a scary thing to me: I think I had that hair-do in 1976!!!
My favorites are the yellow rooms and details!
I actually quite like the yellow kitchen. If you removed the two models and photographed it today, it would look almost contemporary. :)
Yellow front door is phenomenal! LOVE IT!
certainly there was no fear of PATTERNS and COLORS back then. each element individually is rad, but my eyes hurt seeing it mixed all together. we have come so far!
aargh, help..I'm having a bad flashback - the wallpaper! all that orange! the fold-out doors - I had them all.....I was SO trendy...
I hate retro.
YES, the girls outfit at the end is awesome. Fashion trends always re-surface. I also like the yellow kitchen cabinets and the floor lamp in picture 3.
just scary! and some day, the things we love today will be posted like this :(
The fireside chair covers look like they might combust if placed within 10 feet of any fire.
Charming, orange and black dishes were identical in my grandparents' house ... good times!