Category: Home and Garden
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Color My Home
Your Colors At Home Decorating with Your Seasonal Colors Smith and Gilbert 1985 In the 1980s, having your colors done, was quite the thing. I remember quite a few books and tv talk show segments devoted to figuring out color schemes worked for your skin tones. People were either a…
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Paneling Promises
Sunset Home Remodeling Guide to Paneling, Painting & Wallpapering Sunset Books 1976 Bring back the groovy days of the 1970s with some seriously cool looking paneling. If paneling isn’t your thing, than try some of the more interesting wall coverings and paint decorating ideas. I am a bit torn between…
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Manly Home Decor
The Power Look at Home Decorating for Men Fürstenberg and Fisher 1980 These are quite the looks for that man wishing to make a statement about his home. We have a few choices such as: the statue in the kitchen, the bed that looks like a cage, and some weird…
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Grandma Style
The Doubleday Book of Interior Decorating and Encyclopedia of Styles Kornfeld 1965 The examples in this book look even older than 1965. The more contemporary designs are from the 60s, but they feature several that look much older. There is a whole section on how to panel a room, as…
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Housebuilding for Children
Housebuilding for Children: Six Different Houses that Children Can Build By Themselves Walker 1977 The six houses featured in this book are: The Post and Beam House The Tree House The Factory-built House The Junkyard House The Glass House The Wood Frame House It caught my eye when a patron…
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Tortured Decor
Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book Meridith Corporation 1975 I got a headache looking at some of these decorating ideas. There are quite a few looks going on that will probably have you wondering if the designer was on some kind of medication. The overall theme here seems to be…
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