How many of you grew up in a 1970's ranch house....?

Question

....complete with shag carpet, grass cloth wallpaper, and foe wood panelling? I know this question is kind of random, but I was just curious as to how many of you grew up in the same type of house that I did.

Answer 1

1976 ranch. Thick ugly brown carpet throughout but it wasn't the shag, it was the more modern deep pile sculpted. Just as ugly, but you didn't have to rake it. The living room had the faux wood paneling, but the real eyesore was the wallpaper. The kitchen had wallpaper that had an eggshell background, covered with orange, red, brown, and yellow hibiscuis looking flowers the size of my head, paired with "Harvest Gold" appliances and yellow/orange mix faux marble countertops. This extended into the breakfast room that had faux bamboo window shades and a faux white bamboo hanging light fixture.

Master bath had wallpaper just as bad. Diagonal running 4 inch wide stripes in electric green, darker green, black, and silver, on a white background. The diagonals went left to right, and then right to left weaving through the left to rights in a sort of basket weave pattern. Oh, did I mention it was a foiled wallpaper? Mmm hmm. To make the acid trip complete, they put in an electric green faux marble countertop, and a huge shower (I did like that shower) done floor to celing in harvest gold tile.

My bath had the same wallpaper, but in yellow, brown, orange, and black diagonals, again in the shiny foil wallpaper.

The best part is, the house still looked like that in 1993 when my parents sold it. I thought the realtor was going to have heart failure the moment she walked in the door. First thing she insisted on was sending in a redecorator. They painted it all white, lol!

Answer 2

I remember that house. Burnt orange was the rage back then. We had olive green shag. My mom had to rake it. Aren't you glad things have changed?