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Home decor, 1950s-style: Be generous with color

Lava lamps 1999

Vintage lava lamps: They’re like wild – way out! (1960s & 1970s)

Vintage style, loud and proud! See 12 bold striped & checkerboard floors from 1950s homes

Vintage style, loud and proud! See 12 bold striped & checkerboard floors from 1950s homes

How to make adorable retro ornaments shaped like birds & butterflies

How to make adorable retro ornaments shaped like birds & butterflies: A vintage craft project

20 housewives who REALLY loved their toilet paper

And now for a little ad awkwardness from the fifties: 20 glamorous housewives who REALLY loved their toilet paper

Deck the halls with lots of '60s-style Christmas decor

Deck the halls with lots of homemade ’60s-style Christmas decor

Have a crafty Christmas! Retro holiday decor you can make (1964)

Have a crafty Christmas! Retro holiday decor you can make with ideas from the ’60s

Beautiful party tablesettings 7 ways to present a holiday table with retro style (1974)

Beautiful party tablesettings: 7 ways to present a holiday table with retro style (1974)

Gumdrop Christmas tree craft 1966

How to make an old-fashioned gumdrop Christmas tree decoration (1966)

15 fabulous examples of fun and fashionable flooring from the fifties

15 fabulous examples of fun & fashionable flooring from the fifties

6 beautiful ways to make a welcoming Christmas wreath for your front door (1962)

6 beautiful ways to make a welcoming Christmas wreath for your front door (1962)

Tiny, private gardens and sweet retreats Clever ideas for small outdoor spaces from the 1960s

Small gardens & sweet retreats: Clever ideas for secluded outdoor spaces from the 1960s

Vintage kitchen appliances from 1961 - Frigidaire Flair pull-out range stove and ovens with glass doors that lift up

8 vintage sixties kitchens with Flair ranges: Pull-out electric stoves and glass oven doors that opened upwards

Mr Whipple Please don't squeeze the Charmin

Mr Whipple: Please don’t squeeze the Charmin! 20 years of toilet paper drama

DIY Halloween decorations on a budget Fiendishly clever ideas from the days before party supply stores (1919)

DIY Halloween decorations on a budget: Fiendishly clever ideas from the days before party supply stores (1919)

20 vintage pink bathrooms: Bubblegum-era midcentury home decor of the 1950s & 1960s

All year long Vintage tea towel calendars lots of people would hang up in the kitchen (1970s-1980s)

All year long: Looking back at those vintage tea towel calendars your grandma probably hung up in her kitchen

More than 110 of the original vintage house plans used for millions of 1950s suburban American homes

See 110 vintage ’50s house plans used to build millions of mid-century homes that we still live in today

How to make old-fashioned apple head dolls - shrunken apple vintage crafts

How to make old-fashioned apple head dolls: Get vintage shrunken apple DIY craft directions, details & photos

Want to see tacky retro home decor? Check out these top 10 terrible fuzzy toilet covers from the ’70s

X-radium cooking utensils - Bad ideas - vintage ad from 1905

Anyone for radioactive food? You could get it with this X-radium cookware – a mind-blowingly bad product idea from 1905

Retro rooms: See these 12 themed vintage basement remodels, from the wacky to the wonderful (1948)

The Samuel Colt House, Hartford, CT

Take a look around Armsmear, Samuel Colt’s famously over-the-top Victorian mansion built in Hartford, Connecticut

Wall-mounted refrigerator GE 1956

Forget kitchen cabinets – install a wall-mounted refrigerator! (Yes – this was really a thing in the ’50s)

A mid-century modern home design

A mid-century modern home design & decor for a hip young family (1965)

Flair Squares DIY wallpaper (2)

Stick-on home decorating: Get some Flair Squares on your walls (’70s & ’80s)

Go oh-so-retro and wallpaper your ceiling like they did in the ’70s

Classic homes from 1919

Charming & classic All-American suburban houses from 1919

How to make a space-saving guest wall for visitors (1961)

How to make a space-saving guest wall for visitors (1961)

Vintage Halloween party table decorations

4 festive Halloween party table decorations & menu plans (1912)

Walls with a fashion future! Vintage wallpaper samples from 1940

Going up in style: 20 gorgeous ornate antique elevators

Retro bathroom decor 4 colorful, comfortable and convenient '70s bathroom remodels

Retro bathroom decor: 4 colorful, comfortable and convenient ’70s bathroom remodels

A 1950s home tour See inside a small house in San Francisco

A 1950s home tour: See inside a small house in San Francisco

The End Of Dinner by Jules Alexandre Grun

How to throw a formal dinner party, Edwardian-style (1905)

Vintage kitchen designs 1954

9 colorful mid-century kitchen remodels & retro floorplans from 1954

Meet Josephine Garis Cochrane, inventor of the dishwasher (1892)

Groovy walls! 25 vintage wallpaper samples from 1963

How to make a roll-away children’s activity center (1961)

The perfect 50s housewife

How to be a perfect ’50s housewife: In the kitchen

Which way does the wind blow? A look back at antique weathervanes

Glorious vintage designer kitchen remodels (1978)

Coleco above-ground swimming pool (1970)

A Coleco pool for the backyard: Above-ground swimming pools (1970)

The '40s career girl's apartment - vintage decor (2)

Modern career girl? Here’s how to decorate your apartment! (1948)

Country home - view into the garden

How to have a Victorian garden party (1899)

Vintage home exteriors: 18 colorfully-painted Victorian houses (1886)

Gold Bell stamps home gift catalog from 1963

Everything for the home in the 1963 Gold Bell gift stamp catalog

Mobile homes: The hot housing trend of the ’50s and ’60s

Flower power! '70s bedding from the 1973 JC Penney catalog

Flower power! ’70s bedding from the 1973 JC Penney catalog

Actor Michael Landon and family at home - 1975

Michael Landon and his family at home (1975)

A vacation home on the water The Homarina beach cabin (1960)

A vacation home on the water: The Homarina beach cabin (1960)

A '70s designer dream house The American Home of 1974

A ’70s designer dream house: The American Home of 1974

The retro-modern space-age Monsanto Home of the Future at Disneyland (1)

The retro-modern space-age house: Monsanto’s Home of the Future at Disneyland (’50s & ’60s)

Vintage Singer sewing machine from 1959 - Slant-o-Matic

Vintage Singer sewing machines from the ’50s: They’re sew classic

A vacation home with Japanese style - Summer teahouse

A vacation home with Japanese style: Summer teahouse (1960)

Your second home The Ranger A-Frame cabin from 1960

Build your second home: The Ranger A-Frame cabin (1960)

Photo gallery: The canopy bed revival of the 1970s

Idyllic scenes from Philadelphia's suburbs in 1962

Idyllic scenes from Philadelphia’s suburbs back in 1962

30 mid-century house plans from 1958

In the neighborhood? Check out 30 mid-century house designs & home plans from 1958

I Dream of Jeannie TV show - In the genie bottle

I Dream of Jeannie: Inside the bottle (1966)

Super-groovy makeovers for your pad or bedroom (1971)

Super-groovy makeovers to organize your dorm or bedroom (1971)

See the rooms at the elegant old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (1903)

The suite life: See the rooms at the elegant Waldorf-Astoria (1903)

Space age: Amazing retro futuristic homes of the ’60s

7 budget small house designs (1956)

American homestead summer by Currier and Ives 1868

Come to Kansas and homestead 160 acres of land for $10 (1863)

How to be a perfect ’50s housewife Refrigerator edition

How to be a perfect ’50s housewife: Refrigerator edition

Superhero sleeping bags

Superheroes, cartoon characters & more on classic ’80s sleeping bags

Happy housewife with a Maytag washer in 1959

How to be a perfect fifties housewife: Laundry edition

For a ’50s bathroom remodel, glamorize with modern pastel colors

Home of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt - Fifth Avenue New York City - 1894

See NYC’s stunning historical Fifth Avenue mansions (1890s)

What every girl wanted A cedar-lined Lane hope chest for linens and her trousseau

What every girl wanted: A cedar-lined Lane hope chest for linens and her trousseau

Loud & proud! Retro sheets and towels with major flower power (1970)

3 fun backyard additions: Mini-barn, outdoor kitchen & play castle (1965)

Build a dream-come-true play house in your backyard (1962)

House of Mrs. McGraw, 1085 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich c1910

Beautiful Victorian homes & mansions in old Detroit (early 1900s)

Typical 1950s suburban home - downstairs family room

What did a typical 1950s suburban house look like? Feast your eyes on this fab prefab home built in 1958

Doris Day tells you how to get organized! (1959)

blue princess telephone 1962

Spring’s a-ringin’ with convenient new phones in colorful tones! (1962)

Gray Gardens - Hamptons NY 1916 Northeast gate to garden

Gray Gardens in the Hamptons: A beautiful walled garden in color (1916)

dried roses

Homemade potpourri: How to make an old-fashioned rose jar

Wild! Color invades the kitchen on decorator appliances (1960s)

Cute, colorful bathroom decor & accessories (1993)

Pink kitchen with retro brick linoleum from 1956

A white brick linoleum floor for your pink kitchen? Why not – it was the fifties! (1956)

Dining room home decorating in 1910

Choosing colors & patterns for your home (1910)

Gilbert-water-tower

A new town! Visit Gilbert, Arizona (1914)

4 inexpensive Christmas decorations & gifts you can make (1963)

4 inexpensive Christmas decorations & gifts you can make (1963)

For a merry vintage Christmas Creative holiday gifts for the mid-century home, from 1964

For a merry vintage Christmas: Creative holiday gifts for the mid-century home, from 1964

Use old wallpaper samples as gift wrap

8 high-style, low-budget gift wrap ideas (1976)

Flourishes of festivity: Vintage Christmas trees from 1974

Dazzling, jewel-like Christmas balloon craft (1967)

Dazzling, jewel-like vintage Christmas ornament crafts from the ’60s

Sparking sequined crafts Jeweled fruit & Christmas ornaments (1972)

Sparking sequined crafts: Jeweled fruit & Christmas ornaments (1972)

How to make a boy’s Alaskan bedroom hideaway (1961)

A dozen fashionable Victorian fireplaces from 1880

Stage a crafty Christmas claybake! (1964)

Decorating your front door for Christmas (1960)

Little Christmas trees Festivity on a small scale

Make a little Christmas tree! Create festivity on a small scale (1977)

L'eggs pantyhose eggs in metallic gold, silver, red, blue, green for Christmas (1973)

L’eggs pantyhose eggs in metallic gold, silver, red, blue, green for Christmas (1973)

Merry & bright Christmas centerpieces (1962)

Colorful Christmas lights from GE (1966 & 1968)

Make your own Christmas trimmings & decor! (1962)

How to make a kitchen center island (1961)

How to sew some cute, crafty Christmas tree ornaments (1974)

How to sew some cute, crafty Christmas tree ornaments (1974)

Mini gardens: The Folarium greenhouse & indoor sunshine machines (1974)

How to make a fold-away dining corner in your kitchen (1961)

Decorate the Christmas tree with salt dough ornaments (1975)

An unforgettable lemon-and-lime colored kitchen (1977)

6 stunning silver Victorian tilting water pitchers (1889)

vanderbilt-biltmore-postcard-1950s

Asheville’s Biltmore Mansion: A century of American opulence

Gloria Vanderbilt Designs for Your Home

Before the jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt launches a home decorating magazine (1975)

Design & decor for a small but practical dream house (1960)

Design-A-Wall modular shelves for the mid-century modern home (1962)

14 quaint residential garage additions from the twenties

How to make an ‘anchors away’ boat shelter & patio (1961)

How to make a buffet server for your dining room & kitchen (1961)

A classic collection of vintage stencil designs (1910)

How to make a fold-up home workshop (1961)

How to make a fold-up home workshop (1961)

How to make a ‘Lazy Susan’ wardrobe closet for your bedroom (1961)

Art tile stoves for the up-to-date Victorian home (1890)

Mid-century modern carpet styles (1950s)

Mid-century modern carpet styles (1950s)

How to make these lion and elephant quilted comforters (1972)

Victorian graphic design: Stylized paint labels (1870s & 1880s)

62 beautiful vintage home designs & floor plans from the 1920s

Make your own jewelry with bead weaving (1972)

Retro yellow kitchens from yesteryear

Household in the pink: Pink home accessories & decor (1955)

Bathroom colors become brighter and more varied (1957 & 1958)

GE Deluxe Speed-Cooking ranges from 1955 (3)

The Liberator: GE Deluxe Speed-Cooking electric ranges (1955)

Shades of the past: Victorian house paint color sample cards

Colonial-style barn signs for good luck (1959)

America’s obsession with clean, white & bright gives bleach a boost (1955)

DIY furniture from the fifties How to make double-duty hassocks for storage and seating all in one (1950)

DIY furniture from the fifties: How to make double-duty hassocks for storage & seating all in one (1950)

peter max clocks

Peter Max clocks: Wild, wonderful ways to tell time!

Lady loves her laundry - 1950s

What was a vintage washing machine like in the ’50s? Check out the features on the ’57 Kelvinator washer and its fancy “Magic Minute”

Get down with these groovy vinyl floors from the '70s

Get down with these groovy vinyl floors from the ’70s

The new look in home furnishings: Paisley & black lacquer (1963)

Card tables and folding furniture from the fifties

Card tables & folding furniture from the fifties

The bright, new look of needlepoint (1958)

Come into the kitchen with Dinah Shore (1967)

Vintage Bloomies! Antique Bloomingdale’s ads

Doughboy’s giant 22-foot swimming pool (1955)

Woman with blanket for hope chest

What should you put in a hope chest? (1920)

Classic meets kitsch: Vintage wallpaper samples from 1953

The summer party hostess

How to host an up-to-date summer party (1906)

Asbestos - from the California Department of Public Health

Asbestos: What it is, and where it’s found (1896)

How to make any kitchen more sociable (1981)

A retro restroom rainbow: Colorful modern bathrooms (1949)

Who is Suzy Homemaker? (1966)

Crafty ways with papier-mache (1970)

Fun furniture: Lofty bunk (1976)

The Telephone & How We Use It (from 1951)

The rotary-dial telephone and how we use it (1951)

Retro pink kitchens for you and me: Pink, white & black home decor from the 1950s

How to set a formal dining table - Place setting diagram (1)

How to set a formal dinner table: Rules from 1915

America, show your colors! (1976)

1987’s hottest TVs, VCRs, stereos, cellular phones & more

This suburban house hides something surprising (1972)

When to leave calling cards after a party (1902)

Fashion angels for yule out of papier-mache (1961)

Easy salt clay dough recipe (1981)

Vintage home style: Wall decor and wallpaper (1910)

Christmas plum pudding antique postcard

Take a look at a fancy but typical Victorian Christmas dinner from way back in 1893

Man with feather dusters

Help with cleaning the home: House dust (1911)

Make your own gift wrapping bags (1956)

Do-it-yourself home decor with colorful oilcloth (1952)

Wild & wonderful new ways to wrap gifts (1961)

Creative ways to wrap oddly-shaped gifts (1963)

Turn spray cans into clever Christmas decorations (1970)

House and table decorations for the holidays (1910s)

The Christmas tree & classic decorations for the holidays (1910s)

The Housewife’s Yuletide Endurance Game (1964)

Tappan Time Machines for your kitchen (1966)

Tappan Time Machines for your kitchen (1960s)

Ribbony Christmas crafts for your home (1963)

Ribbony Christmas crafts that you can make for your home (1963)

Vintage Terraflex vinyl asbestos tile in terrazzo colors (1957)

Vintage Terraflex vinyl asbestos tile in terrazzo colors (1957)

18 Bathrooms: Home decor ideas from 1968

Halloween Jack O'Lantern bead decoration from the 70s

See the retro glittering plastic Halloween Jack O’Lantern decoration so many people had in the ’70s

Corelle Livingware & Livingware Expressions dishes (1974-1978)

Glam up your home with vintage ’60s kitchen cabinets

Sew a Holly Hobbie (1973-1975)

Are haunted houses real (1913)

Are haunted houses real? (1913)

8 cute & cheap shell design vintage crafts (1974)

8 cute & cheap shell design vintage crafts (1974)

Libbey glass designs from the seventies

biltmore-mansion-asheville-nc-c1990

A castle in the clouds: The Vanderbilt Mansion, Biltmore (1895)

7 popular new home styles of the 1920s

Kitchen decor: Cooking on a sunny island (1965)

Flower-shaped no-slip bathtub decals - Rubbermaid appliques (1969-1974)

Flower-shaped non-slip bathtub decals – Rubbermaid appliques (1969-1974)

San Francisco Spreckles mansion

The new mansion home of Claus Spreckels (1897)

Watermelon time! Cute knitting & needlework projects (1982)

I love carpet Lucy & Desi Arnaz choose their dream carpet (1955)

I love carpet: Lucy & Desi Arnaz choose their dream carpet (1955)

Vintage Pyrex ad - Cook look and love it - 1950 (2)

She’ll love these Pyrex gifts the the kitchen! Wouldn’t any woman? (1950)

Vintage vacuum cleaners from Hoover

Vintage playpens & more: Fold-away baby gear from 1955

Retro bath towel styles of the 1950s

See inside the ideal American home of the ’20s

Jul 23, 1956 retro kitchen with yellow and blue vinyl floor tile kenroyal

Vintage home style: Vinyl floor tiles in square patterns (1950s)

Inside Rhoda’s place (1975)

Artificial daylight made by Tesla (1899)

Everyone’s dream: An affordable vacation cabin (1958)

Woman with vintage Singer sewing machine from the sixties

Super sewing machines of the ’60s

How to make homemade soap the old-fashioned way 1900s

How to make homemade soap the old-fashioned way (1908)

Decorate your home with stencils & save (1975)

Cute baby nurseries from the fifties (1955-1957)

Antique Ladies’ Home Journal magazine covers (1890)

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