[travelstiles]

What about the hippie beads in the doorways...HB I have a feeling you had those, too!
I'm thinking of ordering the ones below with the Grateful Dead dancing bears to match the window sticker on my Mini Cooper!



only kidding (don't want to be known as a Dead Head decorator in TV)

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by jojo

Boomer,

I raked avocado shag too! What were we thinking?

Originally Posted by Hyacinth Bucket

I had the orange shag in a bedroom and an avocado rug in the lr. Also had a blue one.

Forgot all about my raking days. ;D

HB

But did you have a Peacock Chair? Remember the rattan with the big round back on it. I loved that chair. And guess what. In the Spring issue of Oprah's At Home magazine, on p. 22, there is a one-page article about the Peacock Chair in Pop Culture.

The article has little pictures of famous people in their Peacock Chairs. Fay Wray in 1930. Morticia of the Addams Family in 1964. Kennedy women pictured at the Cape Cod compound in 1979. (Rose is sitting in the chair.) Mr Roarke on Fantasy Island in the late 70's. (Tattoo is standing beside the chair.) It was Charlene's desk chair in Designing Women in the mid-80's.

And, it was indeed, Boomer's chair in the 70's.

Shag carpeting. Shag haircut (my favorite ever) and bell bottom hip-huggers to wear while raking that carpeting. Groovy Boomer. I can get that haircut again. And I can probably find a new Peacock Chair. But I am afraid those pants are history.

Do you realize how nutty it sounds to tell our grandchildren that we raked our carpeting.

Oh my gosh. Just tried to post. Red sign. Looked down. Travel has posted her hippie beads hanging in her doorway. You know, I have a dream of having "Ina-Gadda-Da-Vida" as my cell ring. No. Not the whole thing. Just "Bawmp-Bah-Bawmpa-Bah-Bawmp-Bah-Bawmp-Bah!" (How'd I do with that? Are you translating OK?) Try singing that one for the kid working at the Verizon store. I don't think he has ever quite been the same.

Boomer

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Boomer you brought back a flood of wonderful memories that I had forgotten. Thank you.

I no longer remember the name of the Hawiian restaurant in NYC that we took our parents to for their 25th wedding anniversary.

Each one sat in a chair just as you described. I don't recall them being called Peacock chairs though. They were a very popular item indeed.

Thanks for the memories.

HB

[travelstiles]

I loved those peacock chairs! And the wicker basket chairs that hung from a hook in the ceiling.
A funny side story - when I met Mr. Travel 10 years ago he had been a bachelor for about 25 years. I think his late wife had bought the curtains he had hanging in his living room - upside down, hung from the hem (but clean!)
He also had 'mylar' wallpaper in his bathroom, and 'guy paneling' (maintenance free, of course) in almost every other room, with his travel posters thumbtacked to the paneling

However, he did vacuum and clean regularly, and even had the living room painted (Pepto Bismol pink) just before we met. How can you resist a guy with such decorating taste?

[chelsea24]

Travel, I've seen your home and it's beautiful. SS I love you pictures! Ours is lots of earth tones, but I did use Paprika (I think it's called???) As my bright color, and lots of copper around, including my kitchen set. Copper chairs with a glass table. I love bright colors. Yes, they send off a very positive energy. I'm so glad they are all back in fashion. Still plan to paint one or two accent walls.

Boomer: I sent for that catalogue. It looks great! Thanks for the post. :bigthumbsup:

[nONIE]

I guess Im really really old! When we bought in TV I furnished the only way I knew how. 1800's victorian country. I do love this style but do I need to get with the times and come up to date with say., tropical?? Suggestions?

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Nonie, I love Victorian. I love your home here.

HB

[nONIE]

Thanks HB, I just feel so OLD!

[barb1191]

I get a lot of ideas in decorating from the television HGTV; love that program.

Boomer, this program also seems to incorporate bold one-wall paint which results in some beautiful settings. I particularly love to see how they actually build so many unique furniture pieces, lamps, etc. and pick up bargains in used-furniture stores and makes magic out of it all to such beauty.

Great forum, gal; what a vivid and ubiquitous imagination you have!!

.....barb

[Boomer]

Nonie,

I think you would probably really like one of my favorite pieces of furniture. It is a knockdown wardrobe or armoire or whatever they are called. It's walnut. The doors are burl. I went to antique stores on a mission to find one of these. It is not quite 8 feet high. Mr. Boomer made shelves for the side that did not have them. I guess the Victorians must have hung up their clothes on that side. The best thing about this is the knockdown part. I think it is 5 pieces, might be 7, can't remember, maybe 3. Anyway, easy to carry into the house and set up. I guess the Victorians had to think about their stairs with all the turns.

Why did I search for it?

It is the very best piece of office furniture I have ever seen. It stands there, just looking all gorgeous. Whoever did the refinishing did a great job. So there it stands. Just minding its own business. Looking like it knows all kinds of stuff from more than a hundred years ago.

My antique knockdown wardrobe, armoire, whatever makes me look organized. No junk all over the desk. But then when I open those burl walnut double doors, there is all my stuff. Books. Papers. Files. Office supplies. Works in Progress. This thing can hide lots of secrets. Just like those Victorians did.

Boomer

[nONIE]

Boomer, It sounds beautiful as well as functional. Now why didnt I ever get one of those?

Would you consider using it in TV?

[KathieI]

Great thread!! Love to decorate.

Spent all night, last night until the wee hours, on Ebay. I love so many periods of furniture, mid-century retro, art deco, art noveau, early American antiques, Boomer's Maine Cottage, Shabby Chic, color, color and more color!! What am I to do with this new house in Hadley. Its gonna become a hodge-podge of everything and anything, all the stuff I love, not one theme, probably 50 themes, don't they call that eclectic ??

Glad I gave most of the furniture to hubs this way I can buy new... (or old as the case may be)

Love your homes, ss, trav, HB, Chels, barb and Nonie. Thanks for sharing. But they're all so neat and orderly. Hope I'll be better organized in this house. We'll see.

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Nonie

Boomer, It sounds beautiful as well as functional. Now why didnt I ever get one of those?

Would you consider using it in TV?

Nonie,

Absolutely. If the room space will handle it. These things pick up so much storage, you can't believe it. The height of the walnut knockdown fits a standard 8-foot ceiling. Just barely, but it works. The width is 55 inches.

In my family room I stash stuff in a smaller wardrobe. It's oak. It's like those pressback oak chairs, maybe the 1920's, not sure. That one is not a knockdown, but it is not hard to handle. There is nothing imposing about it. It is 77 inches high and 44 inches wide. It has double doors, too, with one of those pressed oak designs on the doors. It is a lot more casual than my walnut baby. There is room on top of the oak one for the locomotive, the caboose, and 3 cars in-between of Mr. Boomer's childhood Lionel to have a place.

Those old wardrobes can do the trick for a place to hide stuff. I like the oak one. But the walnut one, the big one. That one is my favorite.

I learned a little about antiques at a fairly young age. I like to tuck them in, here and there. One time there was a silly lady who was visiting my house. She looked around, spotted the antiques, and said, "Why do you want that old furniture around? You don't know who it's belonged to or where it has been." That was one of those lines that my sister and I have repeated for years when we go antiquing. I guess you could say we make a little fun of that silly lady. But, oh well, she's probably out there somewhere making fun of me.

I have heard that the weird actor Billy Bob Thorton is afraid of antiques and has to move from any hotel room that has them. And I don't think I want Billy Bob Thorton to visit me. So it works out.

I think decorating really boils down to whatever fengs your shui.

Boomer

[Shirleevee]

OMG! Horror of horrors......................Shag rugs.
I raked a Spiegel Special............gold and orange. What were they (we) thinking? I see that they are making a comeback. Should we post the warnings?

Love this thread!

Shirleevee

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Nonie, you are a spring chicken in my eyes. Hubby took a language immersion course and I waited for him at the local college. I was more than three times the age of the kids going past me.

I just felt so old watching all of these "babies" go by.

I think one of the reasons I like the Victorian era - I am young on a comparison basis. I also like the workmanship like in BBB's furniture.

I like trying to figure out where all the secret compartments are.

HB