Home Dec Horror

Good design is timeless. So are questionable taste and ill-advised DIY projects.

[homedechorror]

if anyone happens to have part 9 in their attic, please send me the "plans for taking carpet up onto furniture"

source: the knack, part 8

[shagcarpetbathtub]

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[thegroovyarchives]

1972 Armstrong Carpet advertisement detail "The futuristic room as interpreted by Armstrong Designer Suzy Taylor." From the May, 1972 issue of Family Circle Magazine

[vintagehomecollection]

Multiple patterns... one mood. Keeping everything in the same spirit is the secret of a successful mix. Heading on rod-pocket curtains is separated and fluffed out for a pronounced three-dimensional effect. Design: Martha Baum and Sharon Marston.

Curtains, Draperies & Shades, 1979

[homedechorror]

wallpapering a ceiling sounds like a miserable way to spend an afternoon

source: it's fun to plan your own kitchen... with curtis cabinets

[homedechorror]

sometimes i like to imagine people on House Hunters walking into bathrooms like this and it's never not entertaining

source: the knack, part 3

[homedechorror]

do you think they had to special order the toilet seat?

source: the knack, part 3

[homedechorror]

"solved" doesn't seem like quite the right word here

source: the knack, part 3

[homedechorror]

on the one hand, these doors are amazing.

on the other hand, imagine how much fun it will be to cover up your bold paint job when you try to sell your house.

source: the knack, part 4

[homedechorror]

they just don't make carpet motifs like they used to

source: the knack, part 20

[homedechorror]

it's not a new york apartment kitchen-shower, but it's close.

source: the knack, part 20

[homedechorror]

two words: wall rug

source: the knack, part 20

[deadmotelsusa]

Governors Motor Inn, Albany, New York, 1970s