1970s kitchen

After a brief introduction, the Recollection Road channel immediately takes us back to the 70s, starting with a few historical facts about kitchen decor. With homeowners growing tired of plain, solid colors covering their kitchen walls, floral wallpapers quickly caught on at the beginning of the 70s. Offering 1,000s of color and pattern options, these

Can you dig it? We're taking a look back at interior design from the 1970s, and wondering whether or not we'd be so invested in shag carpeting today.

It is easy to dismiss the 1970s as “the decade that taste forgot”. But to do so would be to overlook the decade’s contributions in architecture, furniture design and interior decorating. After all, with the Bad and the Ugly there is usually some Good.

“Brass hardware really made a huge difference,” this homeowner says.

Name: Michael Brady and Lisa Perkins, with fur babies, dachshunds Schnitzel (otherwise known as Schnittie or Schnoo), and Roly Poly (also known as Mr/ Squiggles) Location: Balgownie, Wollongong, South Coast New South Wales, AustraliaSize: 858 square feetYears Lived In: 3.

Imagine stepping into a time capsule, where avocado green and harvest gold reign supreme, and the kitchen is the heart of the home. Picture yourself surrounded

Hop into the DeLorean and buckle up, because here’s one of our most retro-fabulous design dream houses yet: Nancy’s pool house — all new, from the ground up — but designed to looked like it’s always been there, since, say, 1955. The kitchen, above, is just the start. This family gathering space also includes a…

Hello! Our kitchen makeover has been a gradual one that has taken nearly a year to complete. After the smashed up vintage plates mosaic was finished the next job on the list was to paint all the kitchen cupboards white. I've wanted to do this since we moved in 5 years ago but it always seemed like such a big job, actually it wasn't. Instead of rushing it we took off a couple of doors at a time, sanded them and painted them, we had the whole kitchen done in 2 weeks. Then the floor, I loved…

I spend $371 to be exact. My kitchen started as a dark and grungy 1970's kitchen, and now it is a bright eclectic masterpiece! See how I did it here.

Planning a kitchen makeover on a budget? Come see my kitchen makeover plans and how I am going to update my 1970's era kitchen.