1970s Things Found In Every Home
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- The 1970s had a style all of it's own and many of the items found in homes can no longer be seen in them. Let's take a tour and see 1970s things found in every home.
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I’d go back to the 70’s in a second. Children could play outside, all day, without a parent hovering around. The music was great, especially, if you were a teen. People had a little more self respect, as well as, respect for one another. We interacted in person, as there was no social media. Life was good, in my opinion.
I'm guessing you're white, conservative and like to pretend children didn't get kidnapped before the 90s.
I loved the 70's, the fashion, the hair, the furniture, the music 🎵🎶🎵🎶...
The 70's were awesome 😎💯😎
Absolutely agree✌🏼
Best decade EVER!!!!! I wouldn’t trade growing up in the 70’s for anything.
I was a young adult in the 70s, having been born in 1950. It was definitely a creative era, and color was king. I still love color, and put as much color in our current home as possible. Since our stainless steel fridge won't hold magnets, I have decorated it with colorful stickers and decals, mainly floral with little butterflies and hummingbirds, and little frogs. I love the outcome. How we went from the warm Harvest Golds, Avocado Greens and oranges and bronzes to dull whites, almonds, stainless steel is beyond me. Most of our appliances are in black, as this is much nicer and has some warmth to it. It's certainly more attractive than stark white! Nonetheless, I have put magnetic rooster murals on the front door of our dishwasher and on the front of our chest freezer, and I have sunflower and rooster runners on the floor. Still a lot of color, though not quite the same thing as was in the 70s. And since the lid of our chest freezer is almond as is the rest of it, I covered it with wood grain contact paper for an earthier, homier look. It's amazing what one can do with contact paper.There are ways, Folks -- ways to get around these drab looks of today, until the colors of the 70s return, which they certainly must.
Possibly the freest time in western history. Individual freedom was at it's highest and we weren't laden with layers of government regulations and punitive, micro-managing every facet of our lives like the top down nanny state that slowly eroded away our freedoms and liberties.
@A Jonesy - Everyone says that about the decade they grew up in. I grew up in the 80's and I feel the same about that decade. I'm sure people who grew up in the 90's 2000, 2010 etc will say the same about theirs. It's nostalgic for us that's why it means so much. Brings back a lot of fond memories.
Then again, it was a pretty miserable time for places like the UK, just listen to any of the 2 late 70s pink floyd albums and you'll probably get what I mean
@@OS10100 You're probably right, although this 21st century hasn't been anything to write home about -- er -- text excessively about. Get my gist?
Black light posters, lava lamps, POW/MIA bracelets, mood rings, the best music. It was a great time to be a teenager!!!!
It really was. Levi, straight leg jeans and Earth shoes were basic attire for me and my girlfriends.
@@maryreilly5092 And a very Brady kitchen LOL
And, if you were a teenage boy as I was, a Farrah Fawcett poster on your bedroom wall
@@kingkrimson8771 That was a mandatory poster for guys then. It was the same poster of her too, Lol!
I still have 2 mood rings. :-)
I actually miss the 70s. Brings back memories of my parents and a very happy childhood.
Same here. I would give anything to be able to talk to my dad. He died in '73.
SAME!! Those were such fantastic times♥️
@@slaicker1 Yeah, how many TV channels were there back then? There always was something on worth watching. Now there are hundreds of channels and sometimes I struggle to find anything. No cellphones, or internet either. You couldn't "Google" anything, you had to go to a library and find a book on the subject for your answer. 😆
@@villanelle8888it is quite different these days.................
@@allencollins6031 Quite? That's an understatement. I'd go back to pre-internet days no problem.
My wife and I are sitting here watching this just laughing out loud. Our basement is still entirely 1970's. The original paneling is still here and so is the full wall brick fireplace that we still use. The popcorn ceiling is still up there as well. In the corner are two yellow Beanbag chairs that our Grandkids love to sit in. The built in bookcase still has my World Book Encyclopedias from when I was in Elementary School in the early 1960's. There is even a small kitchenette area down there with an avocado green stove top, avocado green sink and yes the avocado green refrigerator behind the Bar Area. They all still work!!!
Thanks for Memories!!!
You're welcome and thank you for watching! Sounds like you all habeas lot of great items still! That's awesome!
Keep it all, don’t update it. I think it’s special, a time capsule when the world was a better place.
We had World Book Encyclopedias. I can still remember randomly picking one up and going through the pages for fun. I remember how astounding it was to have so much information. I also remember the avocado green. My dad modernized our kitchen with it and made custom wood cabinets that were really funky. While mom and I were on a trip, he modernized the bathroom too. The toilet was burnt orange! He put smoky mirrors on the wall behind a sink that matched the toilet. Those smoky mirrors had marbled veins of gold through them. It was shocking to see on our return but also very cool. How impressive it was. I believe there was shag carpet in the bathroom too.
Very cool! Keep it that way😃
Wow! That's amazing! If I were looking for a house and I came across such a cool basement, I would have a hard time not buying it😂
I remember calling the "time lady" to find out if our clock was right: 767 +any four digits. Also the sound of a busy signal before voice mail existed.
Yes our time and temperature line is still up and going here in Oklahoma City. I don't know why though. Busy signals are certainly something kids wouldn't know now. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
I completely forgot about the sound of a busy signal!!
"At the tone the time will be 12:42 and 50 seconds. "
@@barbaramatthews4735 I remember that!
@@RhettyforHistory And dial tones.....Cell phones don't have em.
70’s decor was much more interesting than the grey or white rooms we live in today
There was certainly a lot going on. Thank you for watching!
I perferred today's trends. The 70s furniture, rugs etc. Look old and missed matched. Like rainbow lol
@@glow1815 they look 'old' because you're looking at them with 'today's' eyes. In the 70's we had never seen these rugs before. The advertisements came out and people were surprised with the 'new' style of rugs and floors in the shocking new colors! And shag! No one had seen that rug before! To many people today, the 'Shabby Chic' style that was popular just a couple years ago looked foolish. And in 50 years from now, the trends today will look 'old'.
True I love colors
My parents still own some floral arm chairs that practically scream at you every time you enter the room.
Missing the 70s for many reasons. This is just a reminder of being young. Having a nice stereo receiver and speakers was a great luxury you don't see today.
Thank you for watching!
Try finding JUST a radio. Good luck and tell me where you found it.
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You forgot the option everyone went for, the long extended telephone receiver cord. The ultimate was to have one that would reach from the living room to the furthest room of the house but definitely to the bathroom. 👍🏻🇺🇲👀
Those were great to have. Fun to twirl around your fingers and even way. Heck we played jump rope with them. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
Those things got so tangled up 🤣
Those cords were the only way we could sneak around the corner to talk to boys without mom and dad getting all in our bizz 😄🤣😅
And they were hardwired into the phone until at least the early 80s. If the cord got damages, the phone company had to come out to the house to repair it.
@@eric3215 Actually towards the middle 70s many telephone companies other than AT&T in the USA were moving towards modular plugs, not like you see today but a large four pin copper plug and outlet GTE out west had those in many homes by the mid 1970s
I am proud to say I was a kid in the 70's.
Me too
E James, me, too!
Me too. Peak of human history. Life was so happy in general, I didn't even know we were poor!
My parents bought a red Schwinn Stingray for me and a yellow one for my brother in 1971. They were 5 speeds with banana bars. So awesome 😎
I remember getting my slinky and thinking it was going to do all those cool things like on tv commercial. Same with my etch a sketch😆
I took these good old days for granted at the time but with the passage of time I changed my way of thinking more and more.
I now cherish those days and only wish that I could go back....AND STAY!
Would be great to be able to go back even if it was just a day. Thank you for watching Greg!
I love the 70s. I grew up during that time. Life was so simple.
I was a teen in the 70s. Those were the days! Miss them.
Ah yes, the memories. Vietnam, cold war MAD paranoia, the explosion of street drugs, and roaring organized crime. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
Thank you for watching Claire!
@@rabokarabekian409
Wow! In the 70s your life revolved around all the bad stuff in the world. You missed out on some really cool stuff…too bad for you.
Me too! Every guy and most girls got their first cars by 16, 17 yrs old at the latest. Leaving home at 18 was a badge of honor, unless you were going to community college or a University in the same town. That was the only instance where your peers approved of you still living at home after high school OR if you had to help take care of a family member. Otherwise, you got the hell out of your parent's house at 18 and you rented a small apartment with 3 or 4 of your buddies.
I started the 70s as a high-school freshman, and ended them as a salaried, high-volume steakhouse assistant kitchen supervisor...the good music was ever-present.
During this period they still built stuff to last. Only four years ago I finally got rid of my 1970s microwave. Inside the door was a plate, saying that the microwave was built at a Whirlpool plant in Ohio in June 1979. It was still going strong and worked perfectly almost 40 years later--but it was 1970s ugly with the dark faux wood finish. I decided to join the 2000s by buying a new microwave. I sent the '70s microwave to Goodwill and bought a brand new one at Wal-Mart. Big mistake. My brand new, shiny, modern microwave was dead within 6 months! They make nothing but crap today without any workmanship.
Hopefully it will last through the year. Good luck
That’s too funny I posted my first statement before I finished reading your whole message I guess I nailed that one didn’t I ….lol
I had a microwave that belonged to my parents, up until 4 years ago when it finally quit; it was made in 1979. Unfortunately I don't remember the make. I also remember we had a spare refrigerator that had to be from the eary 60's. We gave it away in the late 90's. I wonder if it still works.
My mom had one of the early Radar Range microwaves. Huge thing.
We had a microwave that my mother bought in the 70's. She used it until she passed in 2016. She also had an air conditioner from the 70's that worked as well. Just a window unit, heavy as hell, but that thing really kicked out some cold air. Nothing like the crap they make today.
Good times and there was still some great music in the 70's too!
Thank you for watching!
Let's not forget the wall paper mural walls. We had one room where the entire wall was wallpapered with a forest scene and in another room it was a tropical beach scene. They were great times to grow up.
Those wall scenes were so creepy
Oh wow! I forgot about those. My grandparents next door neighbors' teenagers had that kind of wall paper in the early 80s! I knew even then it was tacky! Its a good memory though since my family is still friends with them....
@ericasklar4584 Tacky they may have been, but they sure stuck on well enough to leave lasting impressions! 🤣 Now go out and do your civic and hug a tree 🌳
I spent all my teenage years in the 70s living with my folks in the suburbs of Los Angeles CA. We had a 3 bed, 2 bath house filled with all that kind of 70s modern decor, the gawdy colors of the appliances and furniture, the shag rug, TV console that had a built-in 8 track and record player etc.. my favorite thing was Friday evenings when our whole family would be sitting in the living room for a dinner meal on foldable TV trays while watching shows like the Brady bunch or Twighlight zone! All of it still so fresh in my memory, shucks I really miss those good old days!
Remember watching roller derby on TV I think on Saturday nights? If I remember right it was almost always the Los Angeles bombers, and the San Francisco Thunderbirds! With the theme song at the beginning Billy Preston the right thing at the wrong time. Badass little jam! 😉
@@williamscoggin1509 I thought it was Kansas city Bombers.
Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories from your teenage years.
@@williamscoggin1509 I was in the right place ... but must have been the wrong time.. :-) And willy go round in circles... willy fly high high like a bird up in the sky... :-) I was drunk when I heard them but those songs are still imbedded in my brain... lol
Awww!! If only we could return to those innocent years when cell phones and speediness didn't exist. Do busy signals still exist??
Born in '59, so the 70s were my teen years. Funny how those pictures just feel like home, and I can almost hear my parents' voices.
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
Same here ‘59 best teen years, there’s no place like home the 70’s.
I had the same reaction, even pausing the video as heavy emotion overtook me. I felt like I'd been transported back in time, and like at any moment I'd hear my parents or my friends' parents calling me to dinner.
I haven't seen pictures like these in so long, that this video just strangely and strongly transported me back.
I do miss the 1970s - a time when I was still innocent and thought I would have a good life when I grew up. Things were still fun, with no real responsibility, and no real troubles.
Memories, like the corners of my mind...
💝💖💔
'59 here as well!
My dad, a child of the 70s once told me "the interior design and fashion choices really made it seem like everyone was high all the time"
It was the 70s and 80s pretty sure everyone was high all the time
They weren't high _all_ the time, but the rooms were ready for them when they _were_ high.
In my neighborhood all the parents sat in those aluminum folding chairs in the back yard. Especially Friday nights. And I still love the 70s aesthetic.❤
Thank you for watching janeprepper177!
In my neighborhood, all the parents would sit on their front stairs.
I was born in 1966 and grew up in the 70’s. I miss those days!!!
Thank you for watching Dave!
Me too
Same here
God, this is a time capsule of my childhood! Thanks for posting!
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
I was a teenager in the 70's. I remember all these things. Good memories.
as a 57 year old i feel i got the best of both worlds, the 70's and 80's!
Same age Same thought 💯💯❤️❤️
Happiest decade of my life!
As a 2000s kid looking at this video, wow you guys look like you had great time back then in the 70s.
We did!
Thank you for watching Brian!
Yup. CB
Yes people today seem to think it takes a lot of money to eat but actually you can live on almost no money like we did back then. Potatoes are cheap. Most people didn't have a/c even in 100+ weather, we used 2nd hand clothes that didn't fit or had patches but it was fine since other families did the same. Houses were tiny too but life was more relaxed and simple. The pictures above must've been wealthy people since we didn't have all that. But indeed we were very happy back then without expecting much.
I remember playing with these knockers, trying not to hurt your hands, stringing elastics together and then making jumping games. Life was fun, our clock was the street lights. I feel like I should write some of this down
It was a good time back then.
I know I grew up threw the 70's.
If I had a time machine I'd go back and visit...
✌️😎
Thank you for watching Dee!
If you didn’t live/ experience that time period, you truly missed out. Colors, not like todays
Corpse Grey, Coffin Off-Black, Especially in
Car/truck interiors! CB
This is spot on. As a teenaged boy in the 70’s I vividly remember the wood paneling in the “den”, the orange flea infested shag carpet, the floral sofa, the harvest gold chair and appliances, the huge brick fireplace, the huge wooden TV set console (we had 5 channels and even watched SNL back when it was funny), the floral wallpaper in the kitchen, and the lime colored phone (it was hardwired by the installer and couldn’t even be unplugged). Most of the things in our home came from Sears, Montgomery Ward, or K-Mart. All of this was hideous. But, I didn’t care. I was more focused on my bell bottoms, leisure suits, my hair, my used Mustang II, and the identical wood grain stereo systems with a built-in turntables and 8-track player that my siblings and I all got for Christmas the same year. That said, it was a wonderful time with the greatest music. My family was very close. We ate dinner together every day. We loved and helped each other through thick and thin. I’ll cherish those memories forever.
Those hard wired phones were around in rental apartments for a long time.
I loved the 70"s, loved everything about the decade. Sure do miss it ❤️
You aren't alone.
@@jrnfw4060 👍🙂
We called those crocheted or knit blankets "afghans" and they were usually draped over the side of a couch or chair. Also, a set of drinking glasses (usually 6-8) in a carrier was a popular item. Thanks for the memories!
You're welcome and thank you for watching! We called them afghans as well.
Yes the glasses and carrier were for company and had good or silver filigree. I broke one accidentally 💔🤦🏼♀️
@@RhettyforHistory I don't think many of them were made of wool though. More synthetics back then in yarns.
@@julienielsen3746 Yes,I believe you're right.. My Aunt made me one for my Bridal shower 1982 it's pink & dark red Zig-Zig Pattern.. I still have it & use it.. I'll never get rid of it since she passed shortly after I married. I'll keep it as a reminder of her.. I love it's super warm
@@vstu7643 I definitely I'm not aware of this product??!! I can't even picture it 🤔🤔
I think mirror tiles became popular during the 70's. Whole walls would be covered in them and they came with designs in them with different colors.
Yep, and as the mirror wall got older, the acid in the double-sided tape would eat the backing on the mirrors and you could see the tape in the corners. They looked terrible after that.
My dad had cork and mirror wall in his first house.
@@Jalil-hk2ew, It used to be a thing for hippies in the 70’s to stick those glass mirrors on even the ceilings above their beds!
On really hot days, that glue would melt and imagine the carnage I’ve heard about but nobody reported?
Sunday Bloody Sunday had a different meaning back then.
@@Jalil-hk2ewand the Elvis picture?
Those were certainly in a lot of homes. Thank you for watching Dadsezso!
I still LOVE me some wood paneling 😂❤❤❤. Nothing is quite as comforting. Takes you right back to being a happy kid. Ensconced in wood paneling.
The 1970's was such an eye-gouging time for interior design, but as an early 80's kid I have fond nostalgia for all the olive, orange, yellow, amber colors found in so many homes left over from the prior decade.
Yaaaasss
Giant wooden spoons mounted on the wall, you don’t see those anymore :)
I had RED kitchen appliances!
My maternal grandparents' house built in 1974 still had most of the original decor when they moved out shortly after I turned 8, so I got to experience some of the 1970s decor trends as a child in the 1990s.
Same for me! I remember the first house from when I was a kid in the early 80s to this day, mostly because of the Avocado Bathroom with matching cream, mustard yellow and olive green tiles on the wall in bold symmetrical shapes. xD
The 1970's will always be my favorite era. I loved the colors, the hair styles, the clothes, the furniture & appliances and of course the cars. Thanks for a wonderful trip down memory lane!
Gas was 33 cents a gallon
You left out the music, I cannot stand today's
Do you remember I think it was 1974 all the guys had started getting their hair styled and right about then wings became the third. Medium long hair with part in the middle and the hair going to either side fluffed up and styled. It was a lady killer, so we thought. 😂😂🤣 I think Keith Partridge started it! LOL
@@redsammy7789 I agree 100%!!!
And the MUSIC.
The 70s had some very cool looking cars.
Yes they did. Thank you for watching Ibhenriksen!
This makes me homesick for those days when my parents were still living, the 70’s were so much fun, now in my mid 60’s.
I grew up in the '70's, and you are definitely making me nostalgic for that time period.
It was a very good time period!👍
@@jefferyhall4137 It's even better than today.
And then it went to stenciled ducks, in powder blue, for the 80s. 😂
I also remember those darn "rain" lamps in every house in the 70's. You know, the hanging light fixtures that dripped mineral oil down fishing lines, and they had a little cherub statue and fern in the middle. The Topanga Mall in Southern California even had a huge floor to ceiling rain lamp in the middle of it. Oh, the good ol' days...lol. 🙂
I always wanted one of the rain lamps!
We had the filament lamp but no where near as fancy as those. I always wanted one
Those rain lamps sell for 1500.00 today
Man those were cool to watch when you were zoned. Lol
We had several Lava lamps.. lol. If I had kept them they probably would have been worth some money.
This brings back fun memories growing up. My Dad would let my sister and I paint our own bedroom... one Summer we painted the walls lime green with yellow trim and then painted our dresser orange. Took the closet doors off and hung beads up as a curtain for the closet. You really couldn't see all the green on the walls because we had black light posters and Tiger Beat centerfolds hanging on the wall. Those were the good ole days!
I miss the 70s and 80s fun times bring them back. I enjoyed watching this video. 😊
All of these things were a part of my teens. God, do I miss the 70's! Life was so much simpler then. 😪
Thank you for watching Darci!
WOW, I can't believe you forgot to mention A) bead curtains in doorways between rooms (especially the bedroom), B) mirror-squares for at least one wall--these were popular between 1976 and 79, and of course those weird cable spools that were collected from roadsides and made into round tables in home game rooms and dens. Black lights and posters were also big with my circle of friends, as was the Farrah poster.
Farrah posters were huge and maybe the biggest of all time. Beads were more the 60s but they did carry over into the 70s just like lava lamps. The mirrors squares were big and my grandparents even had them. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
I just mentioned that my dad remodeled the bathroom with a burnt orange toilet and sink. The shape of the toilet was a little different too. We had the smoky mirror squared behind the sink. It was ultra modern with shag carpet too.
I have mirrored stick on tiles in the garage. Not sure what to do with them yet. Also got one of those stand up pole lamps that were in basement rec rooms. Think they have gold globs.
@@pigoff123 LOL both of those objects are ERA defining, so IF you were to use them, say in a living room, you would have to commit to converting that entire room to Era appropriate. Shag carpet, and a beanbag chair would be enough to make it seem less odd, but I would envision something a bit more modern. Surround your wall mounted monitor with your mirror wall, it will expand the room, making it look larger, then place the pole lamp in a corner where the mirror wall meets the non-mirror wall, and you will have a well-lit and bright family room. Just a suggestion. Oh, add one of those macramé plant hangers in the area opposite the mirror wall, just to add flair.
I had a wooden spool at my first apartment. Went to an industrial park at night with a friend and found a good one. Put it on the roof of my MGB and we both held it on lol. My friend had to shift because I had to steer and hold the spool with my left hand ! People would carve their names in it. Plastic milk crates for seats 😃
I LOVE 70's linoleum designs. I wish they made stuff like that now commonly.
Thank you for watching mitchjohnson4714!
The wallpapers, contact papers, floor vinyls, draperies, hand-crocheted afghans, macrames -- all so colorful in our rooms back then. Such dynamic energy. Bright, psychedelic, abstract, and extremely interesting and inspired. You could feel it. It was electrifying. A lot of that carried over into the 80s, and some of it even into the very early 90s.
I swear it’s like you were in my house in the 70’s. But definitely brings back the warm fuzzy memories. With the horrific events of late, I’d give anything to bring that peaceful time back. Thank you Rhetty. Be safe out there.
Right. Who knew that we'd look back to the 70s and 80s as being the peaceful, halcyon days? But I'm so glad I grew up then rather than now.
Amen
@@Tubes12AX7k You and me both. Contemporary life is horrible. Who would ever think the media would celebrate lawlessness and crude behavior?
Then again, it was a pretty miserable time for places like the UK, just listen to any of the 2 late 70s pink floyd albums and you'll probably get what I mean
@@Tubes12AX7k I'm really glad I was a teen in the 70's and that I grew up in NH, live in S Xentral TX now and shudder to think of being a kid here.
😮 my parents had everything in their home in the 70s that you show in your video, accept the flowered sofa. But, the sofa in our family room (den) was solid bright yellow. I loved the 70s. Playing outside until dark, and in the summer, after dark. All a kid needed was a bike and you were set.
Bikes were everything! Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
Lies
Mom had had the gold harvest love couch..ha in velvet..and you know, it was the most comfortable couch around….don’t forget plastic on the sofas and chairs…yes, she had that disgusting red ,orange brown carpet but not shag..thank-god..surprisingly, mom and dad’s bedroom was serene. Beautiful green..wood floors, area rug, nice one..no orange anywhere there, and nice bedroom furniture. Ah the memories…wow
the mongoose i think started late 70's i think. but yeah you had to have a bike.
The seventies were amazing!.😊
Totally miss KMART and The Sears Catalogs at Christmas time 😁😅
Just came across this feed, WoW!! I'm 66. You took me back and ..I thank you. Now give me my Saturday cartoons and I'll be set!!😊
Thank you for watching veteranbroad8802!
Remember the S&H stamp books? I recall using those to get glasses for the kitchen as well as steak knives. We still have some of those in our kitchen, along with casserole dishes and 70s-era potholders. I also remember having to lease the phone from Ohio Bell (I didn't, my father did). I was born in 1966.
Those stamps were pretty cool and it was fun to see what you could get. Things like that are missing now. Thank you for watching and sharing some more memories with us.
Phone leasing, yes! And the man from the phone company would have to come out and personally hook it up, so you had to make an appointment, and somebody had to be home.
Our home in the 1970's had almost everything you showed! Thanks for the memories!
🎶"Knights of the Green Shield, stand and shout!"🎶 😁👍
My grandmother would set me the task of sticking the green stamps in the books, and as a little kid, I enjoyed it. (Maybe I was a weird kid?) Looking back, I wonder if I actually licked all of them? Ewww.
I did get a pretty nice portable AM/FM radio at the Green Stamp store. Retractable antenna, took a couple of C batteries. Good reception. :-)
That really takes me back. I remember the harvest gold, avocado green, burnt orange, turquoise everything. I also remember the velvet paintings (Elvis) and the Keep On Truckin' black light posters. What an era! I still have a harvest gold garden tub in my 1978 MH. I've replaced everything else but that.
@@Dez_The_Wolf Hey now!! That is on a whole nother level man. I’ve been a fan since I first heard them in the 70’s as a kid. I never knew something like that even existed! Now I’m gonna be stalking eBay till I find one! Thank you so much for mentioning something like that!
I have a keep on truckin poster in my bedroom.
I have a fuzzy black light poster igs just a colorful tripping design but I've had it since 1995 its in a frame now cuz the corners are gone!
Good for you! As as 1960's baby, I have been living in a MH with a large garden tub with a built-in jacuzzi!
Most people have taken them out for showers! 💔😭
I 💖 garden tubs! 🥰🥰🥰
@@christopherhughes2211 Things I said I would buy, when I got grown, were extinct!
Egg chairs, chrome furniture, clear acrylic/glass dinette set, huge Lava Lamp and a cool fiber optical lamp! I bought a cassette tape player from Walmart a few months ago and blank cassette tapes to record songs!
Many store are also selling hanging Egg chairs and Macrame chairs.
Lots of these items are appearing again! 🔥🎉🥳🥰💃🏽
OMG! I was born in 1967 and in 1971 my parents bought their very first home and it was the “model home” for that subdivision so it was “showcased” with everything you mentioned. I hadn’t thought of that wallpaper in years! We had nearly everything you mentioned. What a blast from the past. They had that house for 40 years, including the wood paneling, brown appliances, and linoleum. Thank you for the fun trip down memory lane!
Flocked wallpaper no less!
I love this video. Thank you for taking me back to my childhood. We had all of those things, and frankly, it was much more visually interesting than the decor of today. ❤
Thank you for watching Danielle!
Best Decade Ever & Thanks RfH❤
Oh mercy how this takes me back! Brings tears to my eyes, countless childhood memories in my house and others' homes of the time.
Great video. Growing up in the 60s/70s was awesome. Good memories... Thanks for making this video. The narration was outstanding.
Strolling down Memory Lane. I love everything that reminds me of the 70's.
Also telephones weren't generally available to purchase for residential lines, you had to rent them from Ma Bell.
I remember going downtown in Elizabeth with my nana so she could run a new phone! I just remember the first three numbers EL5!
I haven't heard anyone use the term "Ma Bell" other than my parents. 😄 Thanks for that! They are both gone now. My Dad always used to ask me if I thought I was related to Ma Bell because I would stay on long distance calls too long.
I bet you don't remember phone booths and rotary phones.
yes absolutely
I honestly liked the fall tones of the '70s a lot better than the gray and beige you see in homes today.
Yes I think it is too plain now. Thank you for watching!
Me too David x
I live in a ranch style home built in 1969, still have the colonial America wallpaper on the kitchen walls. I hate the open concept homes every one wants today.
@@appleslorri2012 me too
Not a big fan of gray. Warm colors are more inviting
Beautiful memories!!🌟. I grew up in a house full of paneling. The colors were green, brown, orange and golden yellow. I miss those days with Mom and Dad!!😢
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Thanks so much for the blast from the past makes my heart happy
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Wow! Every home you went into was exactly like this. Young people wouldn’t believe it.
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Ours wasn't so much. I had older parents. So, there was a lot of brown and green. Not gold or orange etc. I had the only shag rug in the house in my bedroom. And I had a beanbag chair.
@@julienielsen3746 Don’t feel bad. No one I knew had the cheap trendy stuff either. Our furniture was much more formal.
My parents were hippies. Shag everywhere and bean bags to watch tv.
@@samanthab1923 I would have liked the colors more. At least my sister had an orange toned living room and kitchen. Rust orange carpet. Didn't care for the plaid sofa though. Nice decor otherwise. And dark wood.
I remember lots of owls and mushrooms around the house. Also the living room wouldn't be complete without a chain lamp hanging in the corner. Ours was a rough orange plastic ball. And of course, how about the old wood box console stereos?
I grew up with a stereo like that in the 80's.
Still have ours in the living room about 50 years later.
Oh right! The chain lamp! Yes.
All of which are collectible and bring good prices. In fact the orange ball lamp would bring hundreds of dollars.
Yeah I remember that seemingly every other house had an owl that was made of yarn and had big weird plastic jewel eyes.
Such gorgeous colors! Such fabulous designs! Society was so creative and artistic back then, and manufacturers obliged us. So many handmade arts and crafts by so many talented folks. Even the music reflected it. That was such a wonderful era. What the hell happened to us? It's like nobody appreciates that kind of originality, anymore.
Console stereos, swag lights, corded phones on party lines, bread boxes, encyclopedia set, all types of ash trays (pedestal s), etc. are a few more items that come to mind.
I'll always remember my mom had the oversized glass grape bunches that would sit on the dining room table as a decoration.
My husband and I made them out of resign…..and we still have. So much fun to make together. We used driftwood.
This was like watching a flashback of my life growing up in the 70’s! My parents built a new house in 1970 when I was in my early teens. The floor was “stone” look avocado green linoleum, the appliances were also avocado color, “wood”paneled family room, the phone was on the wall with a 16 foot long cord, a sunken living room, intercom system in the wall (very high tech..lol), and if I didn’t know better, the couch at the 3:00 minute mark came out of our family room! Thank you for this trip down memory lane!
I was born in 1979
We still have an avocado green refrigerator. It makes the most hideous noise and is so ugly. But it's probably 40 years old and still works!
Sunk in living room. OMG thanks haha
Man, I would never get rid of a working appliance just because the color went out of fashion!
Sunken living room & intercom? MAN, y’all had a NICE house! 😎👍🏼
I was a teenager in the 70's. Times were simpler, not like now. 70's styles are making a comeback. If I had a time machine, I would definitely go back for a while. Most of all, to see Dad and Mom again😊❤❤
Yep, had it all. Paneling, shag carpets, console tv, giant floral wallpaper, textured walls , mom crocheted so many afghans still have 2 of them. Orange, gold and avocado green were the colors, velvet drapes, lava lamps, rain lamp, macrame plant hangers, a round bed, mirrorred wall tiles. Going to buffet restaurant on Friday night and a drive in movie. So many good memories. Still have my 8 track player too
Great job showing the best of the 1970s, I was a teenager then!
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Wow this bring back old time and good time Life was simply. Im so glad I was raised in tbe 70. I graduated high school in 1976
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
I graduated high school in 1976 too. Do you remember elephant leg pants and baby doll tops?
I was very happy growing up in the 70's. Playing outdoors every day instead of your head stuck into a cell phone or video game as it is now. And we had the absolute best music in that era!!
It really was a great decade. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories SH-Inn2wp!
This is exactly how my house looks now because I’m totally into vintage and I do everything that you’ve got on here. It’s so funny. I love your videos so much I was born in 1962, but I still lived a vintage style everything you describing the home I have.❤❤❤
Now this brings back a bunch of memories. I remember seeing just about all of this in homes growing up. Thanks Rhett
You're welcome. It's really interesting how so many homes looked similar then. Thank you for watching Greg!
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Nice!
I like your sense of humor when you said that "apparently people in the 70s just liked cleaning a lot more things."
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I don't know about the fringe hairstyle, can't remember that look, but Farrah Faucet (I probably spelled her name wrong, 🤭) just screams the whole look of the 70's. Her feathered hair is what gave my siblings and me a model to copy. Lol.
She certainly became a big symbol of the era. Tons of posters sold and on boys walls. And girls seemed to want her hair.
@@ilovenoodles7483 Maybe he meant Shag hairstyle like Carol Brady had on the Brady Bunch.
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Oh, ok. 😂 Makes sense.
Thank you
This brings back so much of my teen years. I actually have the sofa table that my parents bought in 1978 in my living room. You missed the Sears white French provincial bedroom set that every girl had.
@Jeanne Wilson I had the headboard, desk, bookcase, and nightstand.
@@shime101 I still have the bed, the lingerie chest, and the bachelor chest. The dresser went with one of the many floods in Chalmette (South Louisiana).
Those who didn't have them wanted them.
@@jeannewilson1655 lingerie chest?! they make special drawer chests for your undies?!
Don't forget the canopy bed every girl had to have along with the french furniture!
We moved to a new house in 1972. My bedroom had a variegated pink carpet. As a 5-year-old girl I loved it.
Thank you for watching and sharing what your house was like!
Ah, the 70''s were easy, fun and simple .
My mother in law was a meticulous housekeeper. She had shag carpet in the living room. No one was allowed in there except for holidays. Yet she still raked in EVERYDAY. Oh, she also sewed us a giant furry beanbag chair. Blessings from California. 🧤👒👛
The forbidden living room we all had in our houses. Reason people had time to clean more because more women stayed home to clean. Now and days just think of due to people working all the time and don't use a maid service keep their house a filthy sty today? Think about it. More people are too lazy to clean their own houses and too cheap to hire maid service live in filth. No excuses! I can guarantee there are some cleaner barns out there I'd prefer to sleep in than some nasty filthy house dirtier than a barn.
The best thing about the 1970s was the music. The greatest bands in the world put out the greatest music ever during this decade. There's nothing today like what came out back then.
It wad a great decade of great music! Thank you for watching!
I can most definitely agree... Obviously the best when there's remakes made of lots of these songs from that era & also used in several TV commercials
Absolutely!
For sure! Agree. I would say the 70's and 80's was the best!
All I play is 70s music non stop, the TV shows were the best too Rockford files , Charlies Angels , kung Fu, etc.. Nothing is as great nowdays. Even as a kid I was amazed with the 70s, seeing Evel Kenvile and Sonny and Cher, Farrah wow, hippys and then Disco!
I grew up in the 70s and this video hit it on the nose todays kids do not know what they're missing it was great growing up in those days
What a wonderful time machine! The most 70's decorative items we had were the macrame owl🦉wall hanging, artist made decorative containers covered with mushrooms, avocado green sinks, the TV in a fancy wood cabinet with closable doors!, and an odd assortment of dust catchers on every shelf. Our home was eclectic, with many antiques from various ages so 70's items were interspersed here and there, like the yule log with candles amidst a ceramic Santa Claus with wind up music box, plus antique Christmas ornaments.
Aww yeah. Even into the 90s, my grandparents' family room had wood paneling, orange shag carpet, and a big ol' red floral sofa. My own childhood home had bright yellow cabinets and daisy wallpaper in the kitchen. And I still have the afghan my great-grandmother crocheted with yarn scraps when I was born!
We have an avocado stove and wood paneling at the cottage in Canada but the wife made me rip out the shag back in the late 90s when she was pregnant with our first. The though of her child crawling on 25 year old shag carpet was giving her nightmares.
Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
We have sold labelling on the fireplace wall in our front room!
That all sounds so cute!
Of course... my parents remodeled their living and dining rooms when I was a kid in the early 70s, and 40 years later it remains entirely avocado green! My dad even had an avocado green Impala in the early 70s. The Kitchen still has that faux wood paneling that has been used since the 1950s but remained popular through the 70s.
Born in 1967 I remember all of these. My favorite part of the 70s was Saturday morning cartoons. Especially Kroft Super Stars 😄.... The good ol' days!
Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories Deanna!
Absolutely.
Great memories.
Especially loved HR puff n stuff.
H R puffin stuff😄
H. R. Pufnstuff who's your friend when things get rough? .....🤩
We 3 kids enjoyed watching cartoons like Roadrunner & wiley coyote, popeye, casper the ghost, scooby-doo, sylvester and tweetie, and bullwinkle and rocky!! Even though the roadrunner show was violent, it was a given that kids loved it when bad things happened to poor Wiley. We also had bugs bunny and under dog! I was born in 1957 and loved those days too!
This video is comforting! I was born in '74. Great memories in the 70's and a wonderful time to be a child! I want to go back.....❤️✌️🕊️💯😌
I was in my 20's for most of 70's. I have a lot of good memories.
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Great stuff, and let’s not forget the glass ashtrays in every room!!
You're right about that. Kids would even make ash trays for parents in art class. Thank you for watching!
or the heavy stone ashtrays made from alabaster or marble
Loved the 70’s. Such nice memories. Thanks.
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8-track tapes had 4 sections called "programs." Each program only had so much tape space, so typically one song on the album would cut off and continue when the next program started. Another thing in every home was a TV Guide! Once dad figured out what show he wanted to watch, the kids served as the remote control - going to the TV and changing the channel. This didn't take too long since there were only around 13 channels or less to choose from.
i was a kid in the 70's teenager in the 80's would never change it .. i feel sorry for kids now, faces stuck in phones 24/7 ..they have no life like we had .. always out on an adventure calling round for friends .. best decades ever ,
I remember all this stuff. I can still see my mom sitting at the kitchen table talking on the wallphone with the 20ft cord stretching the distance. We didn't even have cable or a microwave until I think about 81. But u know what life in 70's was fun. I wouldn't have missed it for the world! I miss the little boy sometimes too.
We were never allowed to stretch the phone cord into other rooms. You’ll stretch it out! No cable or microwave either. All our wires were underground so cable was way off & the last house built on our street was put up during the gas crisis so it was all electric.
I remember all of that and what's funny is that we always had enough. In other words, it wasn't about getting the next and newest device. We were happy with what we had.
Well said.
Yeah, right. Until you wanted the newest shiny toy in the Sear’s catalog. 1970s was also a decade of continuing protests and civil unrest that really took off the decade before.
@@sneedwashere I agree with the last part of your statement but the first part was not part of my experience. Maybe others were shopping from Sears. We did second hand.
That's because you created an environment you loved, and that filled you and you didn't need anything newer or different. Folks weren't as restless as they are, today, because today's culture, including home decor, is so unsatisfying. The only problem was, as time passed, if you had to replace some of your fabulous 70s decor, it became increasingly difficult to find anything that matched, because the styles and color selections were changing, and those earlier designs were becoming less and less available. Maybe some folks finally tired of them and wanted something different, but I never did. Warmth and beauty is warmth and beauty. We don't have that, now, and it's a reflection of and is also affecting our society overall. Our cultural spirit has changed, and not for the better, in my opinion. If we thought the 60s, 70s and 80s were crazy, that was only superficial insanity. Today, it's real and getting worse all of the time, and I find that frightening. There's a palpable air of discontentment, today, and sooner or later, it's going to erupt.
Step dad was born 1972 and mom born in 1974.
They recall so much from this time frame and how much everything looked.
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Bring back this era! My dream would be to find a retro time capsule home.
That would be great! Thank you for watching!
The kitchen at 2:04 is so like the one in my childhood home I literally thought it was a picture of it. Like how the hell did you get into my family album. The appliances, cabinets (including the revolving cabinet next to the stove!) and flooring are EXACT matches
Sent this video to my sister for exactly the same reason. Somehow you and I grew up in the same house.
Same here, our kitchen in the 70s was virtually identical and the revolving cabinet which we also had is called a Lazy Susan.
Love all the colour of the ‘70s. I still like yellow and orange and abhor the greys that have been popular for the last decade. This video reminded me of things I had in the 70s and of things I wish I’d had - a yellow fridge, a pod chair 😍
What a fun trip down memory lane 😅
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Back in the days where kids respected their parents and parents taught their kids how to act.
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The 70's were a great time. This was so true to the time. I recall the exact same items.
Me too!!
Yeah, I hear you
Even if you didn’t like the decor- you have to agree The music from this time period was the BEST!
There certainly was some great music! Thank you for watching!
You're right about that. The music was amazing!
The best music ever!! That is still copied today for TV Commercials
Hands down!!!
Loved those 70's stoneware dishes.
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We had freedom back then. It was easy to have fun. Bright designs, great music and the best television programs.