Ugly House Photos

Yellow range and oven from 1962.  Wide coil burners!

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For all you retro lovers out there:  a 1962 Phoenix home with original kitchen.  Original blue oven!  Original blue range and exhaust hood!  Original cabinets & handles!

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1964 condo with original kitchen appliances.  Saloon doors to the dining room add a nice touch.

Pretty wallpaper in the bathroom.

Groovy.

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We’re going to set aside the sarcasm for a moment and enjoy this 1962 Phoenix home.  Ignoring the ugly wallpaper, the bathroom is in mint condition and super clean.  These homes were built to last.  I have the same sink and original tile in my 1960 home’s bathroom.

Immaculate kitchen with original cabinets and oven.

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Last fall we highlighted Phoenix area kitchens as they looked in different decades, from the 1950s to the 2000s.  You’ll find all the posts linked here.

This is a Phoenix kitchen built in 1960.

House Beautiful magazine and website now has slideshows available of kitchens from around the US from each decade too.  The links per decade are found below.

1950s slide show

1960s slide show

1970s slide show - foil wallpaper

1980s slide show - hanging baskets and, ick, pot racks

1990s slide show - brass milk jugs?

2000s slide show - lots of exposed cabinets and more pot racks

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Grandma loved the 1960s, even in 2009.  Original blue carpet and furniture.  Big lamps.

Dining room with contrasting red chairs and blue carpet.

Bedroom with matching bedspread and window drapes.

Another bedroom.  With twin beds and quilted bedspreads.  And awesome wallpaper.

And another bedroom with a quilted bedspread.

For a comprehensive look at furniture, home design, and home features in the Phoenix area from the 1950s to the 2000s, check out the index of 77 posts.

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Classic vintage 1960 furniture in a Scottsdale, Arizona home in 2009.  They even wallpapered the closet doors.

Original 1960 blue oven.

The den.

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Design Through the Decades - part 70

Part 2 of home décor in the 1960s looks at Phoenix homes from 1965-1969.

Green carpet and floral print couches highlight this 1966 Phoenix home.

The master bedroom of this same 1966 Phoenix home.

Light colors were standard in most parts of homes.  But dark colors & wood paneling in family rooms created a warm cozy feel as seen at this 1965 Phoenix home.

Orange chairs.  Stereo console that doubles as a padded bench.  Painting of a cityscape.  All common design elements from the 1960s.  This is a 1967 Phoenix home.

Orange plush carpet with thick padding and a wall mural are featured in this 1967 Scottsdale home.

This 1969 Phoenix home has orange velour chairs, yellow drapes, hanging lamp, & cityscape painting.  Darker wood furniture began to appear in the late 1960s.

A 1969 Phoenix home with billboard-sized photograph mural.

Green leather chairs and wood paneling were hot ticket items for 1960s interior design.

One last photo of 1960s home décor.

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Design Through the Decades - part 69

Interior design and home décor in the 1960s in Phoenix homes did not change too much from the 1950s until the last half of the 1960s.  In Part 1 of 1960s home décor, we’ll look at Phoenix homes from 1960-1964.

Marble top tables, ornate lamp bases with large lampshades, muted green heavy drapes with valance, sculpted carpet, and chairs not large sofas defined the 1960s.

Similar design theme in this 1960 Phoenix home.

Hanging lights were popular in the 1960s as were tiered tables.  This is another 1960 Phoenix home.

Here’s a 1960 home from Scottsdale, Arizona with 1960s furniture. The carpeting, however, is actually from the early 2000s, believe it or not.

Sculpted carpeting in the 1960s usually had thick underpads which gave a soft cushion to your feet.  Stereo equipment became furniture by concealing the equipment into a cabinet.  Tree trunks with fake leaves were popular design accents in the 1960s.  This is a 1961 Phoenix home.

Heavier patterned sofas and couches gained favor with Phoenicians in the 1960s as seen at this 1962 home.

This is a 1964 home in Sun City, Arizona.  Couches with bottom ruffles were common.  God’s eye artwork could be found on many walls in Phoenix homes.

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Can’t confirm the age of the furniture and decorations here, but they sure scream 1960s.  The macramé hanging planter, the orange chair, the sculpted carpet, the step-down living room.  It’s gotta be from the 1960s. [Update:  I’ve been informed from a reader that the planter and chair are from the 1970s.]

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