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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
I remember seeing those style pastel appliances. Most popular seemed to be a disgusting avocado green - yuck!
The showroom floors only ever had three colors. Kelvanator white Harvest gold avocado green My parents had the harvest gold set or washer/dryer and refrigerator.
The picture looks like it's from the 50's or 60's. The Avocado green awefulness was a 70's thing. (I'll bet the countertops in that picture have a pattern that looks like the outline of a boomerang, too)
Lived in two of the Avocado houses. One was built in '74, which we redecorated and the other was built in '38 and redecorated by my mother-in-law in '74 (there's a trend there). We never got around to redecorating that one but the young couple who bought it in '11 loved it.
Laugh all you want, the avocado green upright freezer and funky stove my grandparent bought are still running from when they were purchased in 1 9 7 0.
Stove looks like this but green.... https://imgur.com/3q53Gnp
The showroom floors only ever had three colors.
ReplyDeleteKelvanator white
Harvest gold
avocado green
My parents had the harvest gold set or washer/dryer and refrigerator.
The picture looks like it's from the 50's or 60's. The Avocado green awefulness was a 70's thing. (I'll bet the countertops in that picture have a pattern that looks like the outline of a boomerang, too)
ReplyDeleteVenus Laminate pattern in Turquoise, hard to find these days if doing a retro remodel or old camper fix up.
DeleteLived in two of the Avocado houses. One was built in '74, which we redecorated and the other was built in '38 and redecorated by my mother-in-law in '74 (there's a trend there). We never got around to redecorating that one but the young couple who bought it in '11 loved it.
ReplyDeleteWell the stove and icebox are probably still working.
ReplyDeleteDAMN those colors WERE FUGLEY.....IMO
ReplyDeleteLooks like some photos on James Lileks' site: Interior Desecrations. It's a masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteWho looked at the d**ned colors?
ReplyDeleteAs long as the beer was cold and the ice cream colder!
My house was built in 1974, and still has avocado countertops.
ReplyDeleteLaugh all you want, the avocado green upright freezer and funky stove
ReplyDeletemy grandparent bought are still running from when they were purchased in 1 9 7 0.
Stove looks like this but green.... https://imgur.com/3q53Gnp