[Hyacinth Bucket]

swr here in TV you can grow your own avocado tree in your large avocado
planter.

HB

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by swrinfla

Boomer's wardrobe sounds just like the one that lived in an apartment I had at college something like 50 years ago. It wasn't in the slightest way portable, and my rommate and I decided that it must have been built in place! A wonderful storage device, however.
SWR

SWR,

Wait! Wait!

Are you sure that wardrobe was not a knockdown? You cannot tell at all when it is all together. Mr. Boomer is on a little junket and he has the camera with him. When he returns, I might just take a picture of my knockdown, antique wardrobe so you can have a close look and see if maybe that one from your college days might have had you fooled. But I have a feeling, SWR, that you are not easy to fool. So you were probably right.

Boomer

[chelsea24]

Oh, I just love your bright colors HB. It reflects your and Sidney's sunny wonderful personalities! :-* :bigthumbsup:

[nONIE]

Wow! What beautifully colored walls HB. All this great color is making me envious. And I thought the only way to go colorful was Wallpaper!

Same ol same ol mindset as the old victorian country. This is a really great learning experience for me. I think Im ready ro brighten my world!

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Nonie, you brighten the world.

For me, I like your Victorian look. Here in NY I still have a lot of Victorian items including tables.

HB

[nONIE]

Awwww HB, your making me blush, Im getting a little too colorful. Love you my sweet friend!

[graciegirl]

And did your childrens nursery sport those adorable prints of babies from Northern tissue? Yes, my dear buddy Boomer I wore hostess skirts, pants dresses and Sweetie wore a suit when we had dinner parties, TRY THAT NOW. lol. Also I wore my hair up and teased and had it done once a week. OMIGOSH. I did. I had a fall and white vinyl go go boots and I went went in them.

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Do you remember the Bee Hive hair do. I had my hair done in that style when I got married.

When I went to comb my hair it was more like a rats nest. I think it took two days and many washings to get my hair untangled.

I had linoleum on our bedroom floor as a child that had all sorts of games on it; hop scotch, checkers, and I do not recall what else.

HB

[nONIE]

Gracie,

Wouldnt it be fun to dig up one of these entertaining old pictures of us and print them in a forum called lost in the 60's! Oh how I love looking at old pictures ;D

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

And did your childrens nursery sport those adorable prints of babies from Northern tissue? Yes, my dear buddy Boomer I wore hostess skirts, pants dresses and Sweetie wore a suit when we had dinner parties, TRY THAT NOW. lol. Also I wore my hair up and teased and had it done once a week. OMIGOSH. I did. I had a fall and white vinyl go go boots and I went went in them.

GG,

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING??

Think, Graciegirl, think. "NORTHERN TISSUE!" Aaaaaaugh!!!!!

OH HORROR OF HORRORS!!!

Oh GG, I am afraid that I must, in polite Cincinnati style, tell you that your mouth must be washed out with soap. And that soap, my dear Cincinnati buddy, must certainly be Hellooooo -- IVORY!

And that tissue, depending on which end needs it, must certainly be PUFFS or CHARMIN!!

Oh, GG. Oh, GG. Whatareyathinkin????

(But I will forgive you because you confessed to wearing one of those awful hostess getups.)

Boomer

[nONIE]

Boomer, Your post lost me, whats wrong with Northern tissue???

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Boomer, yes please explain

HB

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Nonie

Boomer, Your post lost me, whats wrong with Northern tissue???

Apologies Nonie and HB,

I know Northern is fine. I was just playing Cincinnati with GG. I should not hijack threads to do things like that. That's not very Cincinnati polite of me. Anyway, Cincinnati is the headquarters of Procter and Gamble which makes Charmin, a competitor of Northern. In Cincinnati, a lot of people are employed by P&G and are loyal to their products. It's just a Cincinnati thing. The next thing you know I will start trying to talk about Skyline Chili and the Reds. I'll behave. For now. (I guess that did look a little weird to anybody not from Cincinnati. But I was just kidding around with a fellow Cincinnatian.)

. . .

Back to decorating:

I just found the link to the Detroit News article I used to start this thread. It's a little different than the actual newspaper copy that I still have here beside my keyboard. The one I can hold in my hand has more pictures.

And speaking of pictures. Wow! Those of you TOTVers who have shared your beautiful, colorful decorating pictures here, could have written this article it sure looks like to me.

Here's the link to "Awash in Color" from last weekend's Detroit News.

http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs...403/-1/ARCHIVE

Boomer

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Whenever I go into a store like Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, Bloomingdales etc, all I want to do is throw out so many things in the kitchen and start all over again.

Boomer, thanks for info on Northern.

One good thing about living where we live in NY, these stores are ot close to us.

HB

[nONIE]

Boomer, 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl

I really thought you were going to say its too rough! and, I was going to sheepishly admit that we still use Scott even tho it feels like sandpaper because there is 1,000 sheets per roll. Do I sound like I am a little on the thrify side? LOL