Dios mio. We are in for a treat, for I, Emily Henderson, came upon some self-righteous stylist gold today. It was your average rainy day in LA, at the thrift stores, when I found not one but TWO 1960-1970’s home decorating books. Let’s begin with the Better Homes and Garden book. I had this book when I was a kid, I used to stare and stare and dream about my room and my future home. I can’t believe I turned out so normal…or did I…
So let’s begin, shall we. The first thing about these pictures is that the photography sucks. Now, now we shan’t blame our lifestyle photography forefathers, they were probably using -insert archaic camera name here. But after seeing past the bad lighting, etc, we notice the extreme decorating, it’s the X-Games of home style, and the 70’s kicked our proverbial arses. But, after we make fun of that (which could take a while, gosh we are so much more evolved aren’t we – cut to 20 years from now when tastemakers are laughing at how natural and loose we all are in the early 2000’s, and pish poshing our use of natural light), then we can get into what is awesome about the 60’s and 70’s, which is a lot. First of all I was born in the 70’s – stop counting your fingers, it was ’79, but i’ve always felt like a 70’s girl. I like brass (hello), floral patterns (don’t be a hater), beaded curtains, animal sculptures, peace signs, and, uh..running out of things, but REGARDLESS I like the 70’s.
The first picture, this one:
is crazy, of course. I get a headache just looking at it. But I like the pendant lamp, lacquer console, and brass lamp. I don’t hate the chairs (they could work for a shoot, but not my home, sista), the flokati rug is fine for some, and that zebra is, well we’ve all seen that zebra around lately.
Oh dear, look what I found. In case you think this is so passe, mira at this:
