Ugly House Photos

Hanging lamps in the bathroom of a 1976 Campbellsville, Kentucky home.

Hanging light globes in the bathroom of a 1978 Martin, Tennessee home.

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1976 Phoenix home with vintage harvest gold refrigerator and stove/oven.

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Blast from the past furniture at an Apache Junction, Arizona home built in 1979.  Swivel chair!

What about these chairs?!

Retro coolness.

Groovy.

Check out the stand for the drinking glasses.

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Nostalgic for a time gone by, we present two homes from Orangeburg, South Carolina that are frozen in time.  Enjoy.

This Orangeburg home was built in 1954.  The living room features wallpaper, green carpet, and green drapes.

The wallpaper design carries over in the dining room.

The family room or den is quite cozy.

Matching bedspread and drapes in the master bedroom.

Our second featured Orangeburg home was built in 1973.  Green and blue were popular colors back in the day.

Everything looks brand new!  Kudos to both home owners who’ve loved their homes for decades.

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Wood veneer arches plus mirrors from a 1970 Phoenix home.  Tres chic.

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Have we got a treat for you today.  A groovy basement in New Jersey.  According to the photographer Todd Lappin, this is his neighbor’s basement as it looks today from when it was designed in 1974.

Todd shared the story behind this cool hang-out spot at one of our favorite blogs, BoingBoing.net.  Click here for the post.

Groovy!

Super trippy.  What a cool space!

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Frozen in time.  Scottsbluff, Nebraska home built in 1975.  Wanna bet these are original owners?  Triple mirror.  Hanging oil lamp (aka rain lamp).  Tulips lights.  Classic.

Teddy bear collection to go with the old drapes.

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The basement features orange carpet, one of those hideous frilled shade lamps, wood paneling, and an old dinette set.

Shifting slightly to the right, we see a million family photos.

The original bathroom features a Princess slimline phone for those long conversations.

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The description reads, “Peace, Love and Flower Power! This groovy flash-back is a happening pad. Truly a blast from the past.”  [Thanks to one of our readers for finding this St. Charles, Illinois home.]

Groovy bathroom wallpaper.  The house was built in 1972.

Metallic shiny wallpaper with butterflies in another bathroom.

Green carpet!  Green flower wallpaper!  Matching drapes!!

Shiny daisy wallpaper in the bedroom.

Orange countertops in the kitchen!

More green carpet plus wood paneling.  Our gratitude to the home owner for keeping this home in such immaculate condition.

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In the late 1970s, sunken beehive fireplace conversation pits were popular in some new subdivisions.

Neat idea?  Waste of space?  Safety hazard?

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One of our readers spotted this house in Port Arthur, Texas.  The décor is unchanged since 1971.  Complete with shiny flower wallpaper and a fancy chandelier.

Shine on, baby.

Avocado green oven!  Classic.
Kohler offers a look at how kitchen & bathroom colors have changed over the past 80 years, from the 1920s to present. See here, then click on each decade.

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