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This is What the American Dream Home Looked Like the Year You Were Born

CR Staff - September 3, 2023

This is What the American Dream Home Looked Like the Year You Were Born
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1962 Dream Home

This year brought slate floor trends in different colored stones, which became popular in midcentury homes. Having standing plant pots and “futuristic” chairs in the decor was a craze, too, with shapes that would bring a modern air to any room at the time. But there are two things in this study that makes it all the better: the atlas globe and the TV in the corner. The globe does look like it’s glowing, but it’s something that was very common to use as decor in living rooms at the time. A TV was getting more affordable, so having a small one, although a luxury, brought everything else together.

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