Category: Home and Garden
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Solve Your Decorating Problems
How to solve your decorating problems Bradford 1976 Barbara Taylor Bradford has shown up on our site for her nonfiction decorating books. (I am so glad she turned to fiction.) For the time, these were pretty decent books, although I just about die a thousand deaths with this example. Depending…
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Retro 70s Decor
Complete Home Decorating Devitt 1978 Looking for a retro look? Want to induce nausea or maybe dizziness and headaches? Good for you! This book has that and much more! In many ways this book is a salute to home decor for the 1970s. Harvest Gold and Avocado Green Giant overpowering…
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Decorating Ideas
Decorating Ideas for Every Room in Your Home Eisinger (Ed.) /Knapp (Illus) 1969 Another decorating books from the olden days. For those of you looking for retro chic, this is your chance! All our 60’s favorites are here: All our 60’s favorites are here: Seizure inducing prints Matching everything Crappy/meaningless…
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1990s Living
Creative Interior Design A Complete Guide to designing and decorating your home Ward Lock Limited 1994 Here is another book on home decorating. This one is from the 1990s and has a pastel country look. The overly pink softness feels odd – almost like you were living in an Orange…
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Groovy Teen Decor
New Young Ideas in Decorating Walton 1970 Groovy teens everywhere will want to get their own rooms in shape…just like Grandma. All the decorating fads of the late 1960s and the early 1970s are here. Street signs? Check. Beaded curtains? Check. Gauzy drapes? Check. Peace sign? Double check. In 1970…
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Curtains for the 1980s
Curtains and Window Treatments Fishburn 1982 This book was just dirty. And not in a good way. Seriously, just take a nice wipe to the cover. Since COVID, I am overly concerned about visible crud on books. This reminds me of “Laura Ashley meets shabby chic” for the 1980s. Having…