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- AdamaObama, on 01/21/2009, -1/+40Ah... Back when people could afford to buy houses...
- krekc, on 01/21/2009, -2/+31Wheres the bomb shelter door?
- blacktriangle, on 01/21/2009, -0/+25How did America go from Modern and progressive to cluttered country craft?
- momomathew, on 01/21/2009, -0/+24Back when they would only let people buy houses they could afford.......
- enotswhat, on 01/21/2009, -2/+26and women actually stayed in the kitchen
- 1807, on 01/21/2009, -0/+18Then: Rice Crispy squares and Lemon aid? GEE WILLICKERS MA! You're the greatest! This is Swell!
Now: MA! Do we still have some Rice Crispy treats? Could you bring some down here? I know! But I'm in the middle of a GAAAME! No, I can't pause it! - DustanBrennan, on 01/21/2009, -1/+19How the ***** did this make it to the front page...I cant find Obama anywhere!!!!
- Ryuusen, on 01/21/2009, -2/+17Note: woman not included.
- jgopp, on 01/21/2009, -0/+13Before the modern kitchen switched to Chinese made Swedish designed assemble yourself stuff.
- Smuikas, on 01/21/2009, -0/+13I want a Dishmaster, now.
- edenseager, on 01/21/2009, -6/+17Burried as innacurate...
I only see three women in all of these photos. - catalystmotive, on 01/21/2009, -0/+8I'd love to live in a 50s-60s themed house. make me feel like I'm in one of those classic tv shows.
- metrognome, on 01/21/2009, -2/+9I don't care how great the Dishmaster is, there is no way I'm letting some Ginger wash my dishes!
- chillymanilli, on 01/21/2009, -2/+9try thaibride.com
- Biscuitz, on 01/21/2009, -1/+7I would love to go back in that time, just because I love, LOVE the retro feel and look.
- inactive, on 01/21/2009, -0/+5This is when America was closer to true capitalism, the dollar was backed by gold, and everything in the house was made in America.
- deldigger, on 01/21/2009, -0/+5People still paid mortgages in the 40's and 50's and 60's.My Dad and Mom paid off theirs in 1968 on a row house bought in the early 1950's. Money was just as tight but these people paid on time.
- nnagflar, on 01/21/2009, -0/+5And yet, my apartment's kitchen still looks like that. It's weird to imagine all my old, dirty, failing appliances were once new.
- Chaotyk, on 01/21/2009, -2/+6typical internet douchebaggery. People who sign their names on posts that already display usernames are narcissistic *****.
Also, maybe it would make the rest of us happy if there WERE bomb shelters. Let us keep our delusions. - inactive, on 01/21/2009, -1/+5Yeah but there was no internet.
- BuzzFriendly, on 01/21/2009, -3/+7Wrong. In 1950 55% of US citizens owned a home compared to 69% now. There is almost twice the number now that actually have the home paid off. Check the US census and stop believing all the fear and gloom and doom your are being sold.
- SemiSarcastic, on 01/21/2009, -0/+4You know why I like you blacktriangle? You like to look at the world through rose colored glasses. We should get together sometime.
- deldigger, on 01/21/2009, -0/+3Considering that that generation went through the Great Depression and WW2,polio ect they were pretty good times.
I guess depending on who you are and your background.
del - inactive, on 01/21/2009, -2/+5They were simpler times... They were worse times.
- blackbelt88, on 01/21/2009, -0/+3For the sexist jokes. Just wait, they will come.
- pathouston22, on 01/21/2009, -1/+4All it takes is a picture of a kitchen, and diggers will still find a way to insult America.
- inactive, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2Looks like my grandma's house. Same colors and all. Scary.
- jericko, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2They actually don't look that bad.
- kstamour, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2I have been to that Ikea Store! Potomac Mills Mall right?
- deldigger, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2You have to consider that most families had an average of five kids and probably lived in just 3 bedrooms and one bath.
Most of these families lived in smaller houses compared to McMansions of today.
del - shinkou, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2That's how a kitchen looks like in the vault where I came from!
- hokie47, on 01/21/2009, -1/+3It hasn't totally, it is just that people think going to craft stores like Michaels and buying cheap made in china decorations is a good thing.
- grimsb, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2Dugg for willickers.
- Macgyrl64, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2Makes me recall many dinners at aunts and uncle's houses, can relive it again at 50's Prime Time Cafe at Walt Disney World....ah!!
- deldigger, on 01/21/2009, -1/+3However back then it was not retro.
del - tgc1, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2Back then, people went outside.
- pantsperch, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2I rented a house until 2005 (when I bought my own, sadly shelter-free house) that had a poured concrete bomb shelter in the back yard. I guess the city had told my landlord to fill it in off and on since the 60s but no dice, bro.
That ***** was full of spiders and was the scariest place on earth. Good for party tours though. - pantsperch, on 01/21/2009, -0/+2I do not think his comment means what you think it means.
Mies van der Rohe FTW. - a2z22a, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1*insert sexist joke here*
- Spacejack, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Hey, it was all about the automation in those days, so you could quietly "widower" yourself, like Fred MacMurray. Unless you were lucky enough to be an astronaut and get you one of them hot genies.
- wmphx, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1ahh those were the good ol' days..."June, Im home, where the hell is my dinner!!
- rsbryswrrl, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Dugg for Potomac Mills... LOL...
- rsbryswrrl, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Dugg for the lack of country crap and the clean countertops.
- blacktriangle, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1You are incorrect. I might mention designers like Eames, who designed some of the worlds most well known designs from the 40's, 50's and 60's. Most of their designs were molded plywood, carbon steel framing, and fiberglass and were never plastic and particle board.
That's what I mean by modern and progressive; designing and thinking differently. - Chaotyk, on 01/21/2009, -3/+4Well to be honest, we have an awful lot of material to work with.
- wiggles, on 01/22/2009, -0/+1If by 'modern and progressive' you mean cold and unfriendly, you can keep it. I want natural warmth in my home, which means lots of wood (stained, never EVER painted), natural brick, hand crafted wooden furniture from solid plank wood (no particle board and minimal plywood please), natural stone surfaces, natural gas cooking appliances, and directed, focused task lighting instead of bright fluorescent area lighting.
I could care less who Eames was or what Eames did. I want to be comfortable in my home, and fibreglass and steel are cheap, itchy, cold and hard, not warm and inviting. Molded plywood, at best, looks pretentious, flimsy, and uncomfortable; at worst, it looks cheap regardless of who designed it.
Think different all you want -- it's a good thing -- but never lose sight of the purpose of your designs. If you emphasize form over function, comfort, and durability, you wind up with pretentious crap. - Chaotyk, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1...because the kitchen contains secret technologies that sap their energy, thereby limiting their true power?
I'm fairly sure leaving the kitchen didn't do it. Laws giving them the right to vote did. - MrFurious2k, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1Oh man, I definitely need a dishmaster.
- choopie911, on 01/21/2009, -0/+1You want an awesome old house, go check out the sonneveld house in Rotterdam
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