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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:42:14 PM EST
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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:45:48 PM EST
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Quote HistoryNo school books. No soccer boots. No fucking past due bills???? |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:46:13 PM EST
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It was called parchment, kid.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:47:09 PM EST
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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:47:25 PM EST
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OP I wish I had some photographs of the house I grew up in (mid to late 80's). It must have gotten a complete remodel during the height of the avocado green phase: The carpet on the main level was shag avocado, and all the appliances in the kitchen were avocado. This included a fridge, a (broken) dishwasher, a Jen-Air indoor Hibachi grille, and all the countertops.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:48:17 PM EST
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You forgot to put out your fondue set.  |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:51:52 PM EST
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Does it have appliances?
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Posted: 10/8/2017 3:54:40 PM EST
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We bought our house in 1998. Built 1973. Blue siding, white trim and yellow elongated brick.
In the garage were some of the aluminium siding leftovers. Avocado green. The kitchen appliances were harvest gold. Countertops avocado. The floor, linoleum harvest gold and avocado. When we replaced the medicine cabinet in one bathroom, we found the original paint was avocado....the toilet, bathtub and sink...harvest gold. The other bathroom is solid avocado. Window treatments all harvest gold. It could have been worse. A friend walked into a house with silver reflective foil...all over the ceilings. Ps. Shag carpets avocado, shit brown and off white...now really off white. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 4:01:20 PM EST
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Avocado was gawdawful ugly, my Aunt was into that. But to be honest, I'd take harvest gold or coppertone over black or white appliances any day. White shows way too much dirt and black is too frigging dark.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 4:02:01 PM EST
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Another artifact of the '70s -- vinyl tops.  
Vinyl tops were around long before the 70's. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 4:04:16 PM EST
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This is remarkably similar to my Uncle's place, back in the day:
That sunken area and having your hi-fi built into the wall was a thing there for a bit. 
A lot of this stuff lasted well into the 80's, before people finally remodeled. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 4:04:23 PM EST
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The guy that bought my aunts house back in the early 00's removed all of the avocado appliances and the dark pine wood cabinets and the avocado tiles before he demolished the house.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 4:21:16 PM EST
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We had Avacado green appliances, and a 1973 Ford Mustang in Avacado green.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 4:29:02 PM EST
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Avocado green? You're whining about that? You've obviously never been to Puerto Rico, Cuba, or Miami? The pastel colors of avocado green, pink, sky blue, and yellows will really piss you off or give you a conniption fit, the way you're whining about the green!  Me, I could care less. It's actually nice to see some color diversity sometimes. Doesn't bother me.
Miami https://s.iha.com/00113011376/Miami-beach-Colorful-houses-in-miami-beach-art-deco-district.jpeg Bahamas https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6e/a1/53/6ea153a04946a36c08a2f4ac497b2de6.jpg San Juan, Puerto Rico https://23796-presscdn-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/DSC00097.jpg Havana, Cuba https://www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cuba_havana_colonial-cars-buildings.jpg |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:06:41 PM EST
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To go with the orange carpet and mustard color walls, also dark walnut stained wood. The Frank Sinatra generation; we must keep the lights down low and sleezy while booze'n. Mediterranean look. Goes well with downer drugs and alcohol.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:09:42 PM EST
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So we are looking at a home to possibly purchase and one of the first ones we looked at had 1 owner and dates back to the 70s It needs work but the first thing my attention gets drawn to was the carpet....avocado green? Was that a thing in the 70s? |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:21:35 PM EST
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Starfishes and seashells all over the place?
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:26:39 PM EST
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Copper tone was the best.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:28:09 PM EST
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Why do some people ask 50,000 senseless questions ? |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:29:02 PM EST
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lol
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:29:32 PM EST
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:29:47 PM EST
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 plus roaches |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:42:30 PM EST
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Because the entire world was B&W until NASA invented color for the space program and it took a while to calibrate colors and for people to adjust? |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:46:09 PM EST
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Don't forget harvest gold and wood paneling and shag carpet and pink bathroom fixtures. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:49:10 PM EST
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You forgot to put out your fondue set. https://img1.etsystatic.com/015/0/7229460/il_fullxfull.456159245_rwz2.jpg 
But now you got me thinking of the kitchen aid mixer Mom had in the early 70s. It was a weird shade - not as bright yellow as harvest gold, but not quite so green as avocado. Still runs great though! 
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:53:20 PM EST
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We had an avocado green fridge into the late 90's. That thing would not die.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:56:13 PM EST
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The 70s were kind of drab as far as interiors went. Good thing was that women stayed in the kitchen back then.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 5:58:59 PM EST
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This is remarkably similar to my Uncle's place, back in the day: https://www.ambito.co/ab/2017/04/70's_80's_interior_design-1024x790.jpg That sunken area and having your hi-fi built into the wall was a thing there for a bit.
A lot of this stuff lasted well into the 80's, before people finally remodeled.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:01:40 PM EST
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My parent House was built in 69,avocado matching appliances and same avaco rugs.
It is actually because the 70 were better than the 90’s and after! |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:11:14 PM EST
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This is remarkably similar to my Uncle's place, back in the day: https://www.ambito.co/ab/2017/04/70's_80's_interior_design-1024x790.jpg That sunken area and having your hi-fi built into the wall was a thing there for a bit.
A lot of this stuff lasted well into the 80's, before people finally remodeled. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:13:04 PM EST
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We had an avocado green fridge into the late 90's. That thing would not die. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:17:49 PM EST
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This is remarkably similar to my Uncle's place, back in the day: https://www.ambito.co/ab/2017/04/70's_80's_interior_design-1024x790.jpg That sunken area and having your hi-fi built into the wall was a thing there for a bit.
A lot of this stuff lasted well into the 80's, before people finally remodeled. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:23:28 PM EST
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I didn't know carpet could last that long.
Is it shag? You could find all kinds of things in there. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:27:48 PM EST
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:29:12 PM EST
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My house was built in 1974, I bought it in 1991. It still had the original shag carpeting, an avocado sort of color with brown and gold flecks in it. The pile had very definite trails worn into it along the high traffic areas. The living room had dark paneling and the dining room had a mural in the same colors as the carpet. Fortunately I had a vision of what it could be, not what it was.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:29:13 PM EST
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NJ, about 72 on, everything in the house was avocado, the shed, the house, the kitchen, including appliances, dishwasher, refrigerator, etc.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:32:59 PM EST
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:33:10 PM EST
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Don't forget harvest gold and wood paneling and shag carpet and pink bathroom fixtures. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:34:57 PM EST
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This is remarkably similar to my Uncle's place, back in the day: https://www.ambito.co/ab/2017/04/70's_80's_interior_design-1024x790.jpg That sunken area and having your hi-fi built into the wall was a thing there for a bit.
A lot of this stuff lasted well into the 80's, before people finally remodeled.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:35:35 PM EST
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Same reason pastels were big in the 90s. People are gross. 
Thankfully I make enough money to throw out all my furniture every few years.
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:37:44 PM EST
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Makes you wonder if what we currently consider to be the apex of architectural design will be considered outdated and ugly one day. https://i.imgur.com/CAu7c5A.jpg |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:38:40 PM EST
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Don't forget harvest gold and wood paneling and shag carpet and pink bathroom fixtures. I love the character of the home and the neighborhood, and I really love the mature shade trees. But holy damn their interior decorating back in the 70s was pretty bad. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:39:42 PM EST
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:47:08 PM EST
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Bought a house in the early 80s. Orange shag carpet throughout except for the green shag in one bathroom. Shag in a bathroom?? WTF!?!
Oh, and orange woven woods and orange indoor-outdoor carpet in the kitchen. Spill something? I disappeared. Don't forget grass cloth wall paper, console stereos, and ceilings textured with pieces of vermiculite. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:53:13 PM EST
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Why was avocado green a color choice for houses in the 70s? Because drugs 
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:54:03 PM EST
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I lived thru the late 60’s and 70’s... The house we live in now was a fairly high end custom built in 1975 / 1976.
Master Bathroom - Avacado Green tub & cultured marble surround  Attached FileHall bathroom- Harvest Gold tub and cultured marble surround I replaced the matching one piece low-boy toilet because it ran constantly and the water bill was getting to expensive.  Attached File3rd Bathroom - Aegean Blue tub & cultured marble surround. I replaced the matching one piece low-boy toilet because it ran constantly and the water bill was getting to expensive.  Attached FileThe house had an intercom system with a fold out 8 track player. I removed it and patched the humongous hole when I stripped the wallpaper and painted walls in the kitchen. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:54:49 PM EST
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It can't be a '70s thred unless you had these things hanging on your wall:
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:55:29 PM EST
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When did this stop? I think thats an awesome idea. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This is remarkably similar to my Uncle's place, back in the day: https://www.ambito.co/ab/2017/04/70's_80's_interior_design-1024x790.jpg That sunken area and having your hi-fi built into the wall was a thing there for a bit.
A lot of this stuff lasted well into the 80's, before people finally remodeled. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 6:59:56 PM EST
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Some shit is timeless. 60's contemporary(Frank Lloyd Wright) is timeless. I'd rock all of that stuff to this day My friends mom died a few weeks ago. Nice house in Charleston, looks like 70's decor, except for the bathrooms which look like late 50's pink tile. If I got it I wouldn't change a thing. One of my coworkers remodels every few years or so, replacing perfectly good, newish appliances with whatever the latest style is because of superficial design. And we wonder why they don't make things that last. I don't replace shit until it breaks. My gas cookstove works great. Oven stays at exactly the temp you set it at. Yeah, it's brown. I have no shits to give. Except for the wallpaper. The worst was the grass cloth den. I still have 4 bedrooms to do. I've gotten used to it. |
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Posted: 10/8/2017 7:03:34 PM EST
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Our house had green bathroom fixtures, we tore it all out the tub would have been too much work. Had one of those bathroom refinishing companies come in and epoxy the tub white, it's held up awesome and looks great after 15 years.
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