I don't usually do 70s, but this book was cheap and the colour photos had to be shared! "Decorating Your Child's Room" by Carole S. Frankel, copyright 1971. I realize that children's rooms look good when they are colourful, but this is too much.
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| "Note that the gay design is carried out in the easy-care, easy-to-apply hard surface flooring." |
This photo was provided by the Flintkote/Latex Foam Rubber Council. ;) The room looks huge thanks to the absence of a rug. Many of these rooms involve built-in furniture, which is a great idea but sure limits changing things around once the child has grown and tastes have changed.
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| "Teens with tiny rooms might consider the airy chic of wicker furniture. The light scale makes it ideal for bed/sitting rooms." |
All the light and airy chic in the world isn't going to overcome that WALLPAPER. I do like how all the book covers match. Even the pencil is yellow!
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| "A shared bedroom can express two very distinct personalities. Note that the boy's side has a desk, while the pre-school toddler insisted on a miniature dressing table just like mommy's!" | |
That is a good idea, but based on the width of the dresser those are some shallow drawers. The yellow isn't so bad, but the orange is burning my eyes.
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| "An Early American home need not call for traditional furnishings, as this shared bedroom dramatically proves. Red, white and blue, a recent, as well as an "early" American color scheme, has great appeal for girls as well as boys." |
I grew up in the 70s, and how well I remember the "rustic" furniture, and the red, white and blue explosion to celebrate the centennial! I don't see it used as a colour scheme much lately; the closest would be a navy blue and white nautical/boat flag theme, which sometimes has a touch of red as well.
And look at the points on the corners of the beds - just picture the horsing around, the fall onto one of those, the nice round bruise that would last for weeks.
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| "Fire-engine red carpet in a synthetic, easy-care fiber sparks the setting and takes daily punishment from its energetic master with no change!" |
How anybody would be able to sleep in there is beyond me. But the carpet would enhance the "floor is lava" game :)
Until next time, namaste!
