Another advertisement, this one for Kitchen Design Center: colorful, yes - but all kinds of wrong! Funny, though.
Bright and colorful,with floral wallpaper again from 1974 - not QUITE as bad!
This one has a great yellow stove - and some red Marlite (?) panels on the walls. Not as interesting:
Now, these next two have LOTS of color. The same kitchen; in the first picture when it belonged to Darwin Otto and Brent Heeb, co-owner with Gayle Tweed of the Stars Antique Malls in Portland, Oregon ( from Country Home Magazine, April 1996). I wrote about those fabulous barkcloth covered chairs in a previous post
And then, sometime later ( and I've forgotten which magazine this was in!), when the same home was lived in by Shannon Quimby ,who has since moved into a new house:
I love all the colorful collections and decor in that kitchen!
Oh My! This made me laugh. That pink one made me think of Cindy Lauper for some reason. Those yellow ones are fantasticly horrible! Ewww that tile counter. :O)
ReplyDeleteI actually like the last one. Great post. Thanks
Wow, that woke me up. Guess I don't even have to have a second cup of coffee now. Great seeing you yesterday. You look fantastic! See you soon.
ReplyDeletei agree with jennifer - don't know why but cyndi lauper came to mind - girls just wanna have fun!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as someone who would like a more colorful kitchen herself, I say, go Miss Lauper, GO! Love T
ReplyDeleteKitchens are such a personal expression of ourselves, don't you think? Twyla
ReplyDeleteI just had to put this image on my facebook. I call it my mental self portait!
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