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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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1971 Dream Home

The 70s fondue came to fruition in 1971 with shag carpets and more amazing wallpapers. Even if the picture is black and white, we are sure that there’s a lot of orange in that room, especially on the carpets, which were a very popular color at the time. The shaggy pillows that almost look like poodles were very popular in the era; it was all about mixing different textures with the furniture so that if the room was monochrome, it had some things that would make it pop. We’ll see Colonial-era furniture coming back in this decade for a new twist.

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