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!
6 comments:
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)
I 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.
i agree with jennifer - don't know why but cyndi lauper came to mind - girls just wanna have fun!
Speaking as someone who would like a more colorful kitchen herself, I say, go Miss Lauper, GO! Love T
Kitchens are such a personal expression of ourselves, don't you think? Twyla
I just had to put this image on my facebook. I call it my mental self portait!
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