#You can actually see the glitter ceiling if you go to Hurricane Mills and do the tour of Loretta Lynn's house

[bettermetalgoat]

Oh boy. My dad used to build/remodel houses back in the 80s or so and he had some stories about the design choices of the 70s.

Apparently at some point it was a trend to put glitter in the paint you were going to use on your (popcorn) ceiling. I've heard that if this is done right, it can look really nice but the examples I've seen have been very tacky. Also the ceiling was probably made with asbestos.

Carpeted bathrooms AND carpeted kitchens were a thing. Sometimes the shag carpeting would find it's way up the wall as well. I guess if you were high as a kite on whatever, you wouldn't want to rest your head on a non shaggy wall?

Evidently adding fake marble windowsills at some point was a thing. I saw this while I was looking at houses a few years back.

Also, from just visiting relatives who hadn't updated their house since it was built (1970s usually), there was always a lot of very brown fake wood paneling. Any laminate flooring was this weird yellow-brown or avocado green block/flower pattern. That's not to mention the avocado green bathroom tiles - which granted I do kind of like because it's a fun kind of tacky. These tiles also came in a weird pink color or a blue color.

The 60s and 70s were an era full of progress and new ideas. This attitude of curiosity and experimentation carried into home architecture and created some truly unique buildings. People asked things like “Well, why don’t we put a balcony in the bedroom overlooking the living room?” or “Well, why don’t we put thick shag carpeting in all the bathrooms?” the answer to why we didn’t do these things is that they are impractical and they fucking suck.