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elimination of wood, cotton, and wool as materials and fast fashion/plastic fashion means that classical fabric (or finish, or furniture) looks have been forced out, so that race-to-the-bottom Chinese goods can replace them.
now you buy a $1900 couch made of cardboard and foam. And every wall is “agreeable gray”.
This is also a response to the 1950s:
And 1960s:
The other thing about these designs is that people tend to keep stuff for as long as it still works or looks good. So, while the kinds of photos you’d find of a “modern living room” in a magazine in the 1970s would look a certain way:
An actual living room would include furniture and decor from the 1950s and 1960s because it was still fine and didn’t need to be replaced yet. IMO the image in this post looks to have a lot of 1960s in it to me.
People think of the 90s as being the era of neon, and while it’s true that you might see a neon living room on Miami Vice, most people’s living rooms in the 1990s were still orange and brown because the furniture and rugs from the 1970s were still good.
That 60s one looks awesome
I’m partial to the 50’s. They figured out the sleek Nordic cabinet look early - they just painted everything bright colors.
Mid-century Modern is a style that’s still popular for a reason.
Amen, sibling.
Agreed. The color of the cabinets doesn’t work for me, but I don’t mind the rest of the look of that kitchen, above. I like having one room that’s open in that way and then another that’s cozy like the second pic. (In theory, anyhow. I’ve only experienced meh apartments)
When I was converting my school bus into a motorhome, I acquired (luckily for free) two pieces from one of those massive $4000 sectional couch things. I took them apart to rebuild them in a way that would fit in the bus, and HOLY SHIT are those things made cheaply. No cardboard, but the flat parts were made from leftover bits of chipped OSB, the sloped backs were formed from randomly-applied scraps of that nylon webbing they used to use on folding lawn chairs, and the frame was made from wood that you wouldn’t even want to use for firewood. All of this was covered with decent-quality fabric and the cushions and pillows used OK foam, so a normal customer who wasn’t deconstructing the thing would never know about the awfulness underneath.
Those both look pretty friggin sweet tbh
Interesting. The top pic is borderline Art Deco.