Old School
Remember that old, gross wallpaper we found after demoing the chair rail in our dining room turned third bedroom? Well, over the past couple of weeks we’ve uncovered some other “interesting” design choices made by the original owners.
For instance, when the kitchen cabinets came down we found this toothpaste green paint under the sink:
And when the floor guys took up the layers of linoleum on Monday, they revealed the original faux-brick flooring (to match the faux-brick backsplash, maybe?):
I can’t even wrap my mind around how this floor and the paint looked with the knotty pine cabinets and “green monster” appliances.
But the kitchen wasn’t the only room showcasing questionable patterns and colors. This wallpaper reared it’s ugly head from behind a heating vent in the half bath:
And we thought the last owner had a strange aesthetic. Thank goodness he protected us from some of the decisions the original owner had made! Sheesh.
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There must have been a serious fake brick trend going on in the 70′s because my parents had the same kitchen floor!! You just unearthed many fond memories of dropping something on the floor and then not being able to find it due to the dark business. I wonder how many other people have had that exact flooring…weird.
Hysterical. Somewhere someone in California is probably uncovering the same faux-brick flooring as it seems to have been all the rage back in the day. Thanks for the comment. Smoooch!
OMG…too funny. We didn’t have faux brick, but in our brand new in 1977 house my mom put some very Moorish looking dark brown and harvest gold ultra patterned flooring down in the kitchen and if you ever dropped anything you actually had to lay down and look across the floor with one eye closed to find it!
Ahh…memories.
I have been reading your blog for quite a few months now and i love it. I decided to read the archives and came across this post. I had to post a comment on your “faux” brick floor. I had this “faux’ brick floor in my VERY old house as well. It was the most horrible stuff to remove but I was so happy to say fairwell.
That’s too funny! Love that it was once a “staple” back in the day!
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Holla Hey! We had the same flooring in our kitchen. What are the odds :)
http://adventuresixtwelve.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/follow-the-red-brick-floor/
Haha- too funny!
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