Decorating a room, oldschool-like.

[Nashrakh]

So I may move out of my parent's house sometime soon and I thought...

Since I'm like, mentally stuck in the late 60s/early 70s, I wonder what I can do to make my new apartment/room look like it's from that period.

This is mainly directed at the older folks - what types of furniture, wallpapers and misc. gadgets were typical of that time? I know my stereo would fit in perfectly, as it mainly consists of second-hand parts from the early 70s, lol

Other nostalgia is also welcome, like how living back then was and whatnot. Haha...

[bassteban]

Thick shag carpeting in puke/olive-ish green &/or orange to begin with.

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by bassteban

Thick shag carpeting in puke/olive-ish green

Paint the walls orange, put up 60s/70s band posters. Get one of those post modern egg chairs.

Try some of this stuff:

[steamthief]

You need some strings of floor length beads to hang in the doorways.

Wood paneling, the darker the hue the better, for interior walls.

A console-type TV would really set the vibe.

Do you get any reruns of 60's-70's era sitcoms in Hamburg? That might give you some ideas.

[sirmike75]

ALL THOSE PICS LOOK LIKE AN IKEA AD

[MatticusMania]

And I dont think ant of them are actually from an IKEA ad.

However, the OP did ask for some Retro 60s House furnishings. IKEA is probably the best way to go, if you don't mind assembling your own furniture with wooden dowels.

[MakiSupaStar]

xmas lights is my only contribution to this thread. Men don't ask other men for decorating tips.

[mike_v_s]

You want it to look like it's from that era? Invite over all of your friends and yellow the walls with smoke, stain the carpet **** brown and dig a bomb shelter out back.

Mike

[MatticusMania]

These last two posts totally triggered my Deja Vu.

I swear, Ive read both of those statements before today.

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

These last two posts totally triggered my Deja Vu.

I swear, Ive read both of those statements before today.

The longer you're here the more you realize that I just cut and paste most of my posts.

[mike_v_s]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

These last two posts totally triggered my Deja Vu.

I swear, Ive read both of those statements before today.

Hmmm. I don't believe I've ever typed that before, nor have I read it. It was more or less a description of my first crappy apartment (except the bomb shelter part). I'm sure I can't be the only one to have lived in a dump like that, though, and people who live in dumps like that have a tendency to post about them in disparaging ways, possibly even using the same language.

Mike

[hover]

there are so many apartments for rent everywhere that already fit that criteria, due to LACK of updating, that one will surely suit your wants entirely, if you look hard enough. And as a result, they are usually cheaper. That said, when you grow out of this phase and update / modernize your "pad" (see? I know the lingo), have the landlord take it off the rent.

[MatticusMania]

No, Im just semi-clairvoyant (the word i was looking for and couldnt remember when I made my last post). I often have dreams about mundane scenarios, such as watching something on TV, or in this case, reading a succession of TB posts. I won't remember them upon waking, but they float around in my subconcious. Then, as the scenario plays out in real life the Deja Vu hits me. 'I have dreamt of this exact moment'.

[5StringBlues]

[bassteban]

^just skip the beanbag^

[hover]

Originally Posted by 5StringBlues

I'd certainly bean her bags in that chair.

[mike_v_s]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

No, Im just semi-clairvoyant (the word i was looking for and couldnt remember when I made my last post). I often have dreams about mundane scenarios, such as watching something on TV, or in this case, reading a succession of TB posts. I won't remember them upon waking, but they float around in my subconcious. Then, as the scenario plays out in real life the Deja Vu hits me. 'I have dreamt of this exact moment'.

This just in: MatticusMania dreams about Mike_v_s. You now have something in common with every woman I've met.

Mike

[Kwesi]

I LOVE this room! I just finished a room redo and I wish I had seen more like this before I started.

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Paint the walls orange, put up 60s/70s band posters. Get one of those post modern egg chairs.

Try some of this stuff:

[5StringBlues]

Heh.



Velvet blacklight posters,a must have!





I know SOMEBODY out there in TBland owned that last one!

[Staccato]

Wall-to-Wall shag-like carpet...