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    HOUSES & TRENDS IN THE 1970s

    Dec 21, 2021 2 minutes

    ome things leap to mind, whether you remember the Seventies or just watch TV reruns: velvet stools with fringe, shag carpeting, macrame, beanbag chairs, floating staircases, rattan, lava lamps. The decade saw competing trends: oversized graphics, psychedelic prints, and neon colors on one hand; naturalism, autumnal hues, and brown neutrals on the other. And there is a split, as 1965–1975 were

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