I'm thinking back on various houses I spent time in during the early 80's. These houses weren't new, the decor was no newer than the mid 70's, possibly a good bit older. I have distinct memories of mirrored walls, and these mirrors had what looked like gold ore streaking through them. Internet searches aren't turning up anything at all. Were these really a thing, or is my memory of something else?

Yep, walls of gold vein mirror tiles were definitely a thing in the 60s and 70s.

Yep, gold vein mirrors were a thing in the 70's, as was shag carpet, appliances were in harvest gold or avocado green, cars were still huge, but on the way to downsizing, the end of the muscle car era, opec, carter, great music from the Stones, The Who, Queen, etc...

Like orange shag carpet.....

THAT'S THE STUFF!

Knew I could count on ya'll. Yes, those, and beige shag carpets, wood panel walls, calico-looking upholstery on the furniture, popcorn ceilings, we had an avocado colored stove, and beige station wagon with wood paneling and an interior the same color as the stove.

Circa 2000 or so, my then wife and I moved into her parents home to help care for them.
Green shag carpet. Gold streak mirrors. Flocked wallpaper. Avocado appliances. Pink and white ceramic tiled bathrooms.
Dial telephones, one was wall mounted.
Instant flashback to 1970.

Yep. My parents had that.......and plastic on the couch.

My mother-in-law loved that kind of decor. To her those "fancy" mirrors, and similar items, were pure class.

Don’t forget polyester clothes, bell bottom pants, and chopstick sideburns.
What were we thinking?

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Yep, walls of gold vein mirror tiles were definitely a thing in the 60s and 70s.

Yup. In my mother's home, IIRC, the entire wall of the dining area, above the wainscotting, was mirrored in something like the top one of your two images.

Yep, I still have the scar on my elbow from one! My dad built a house in the early 1970's. We lived in it until 1978 when I was 5 and he built another one. We had at least 1 wall that had that stuff. I was walking around with a pillow over my face and hit the corner of the mirrored wall with my elbow. I was about 4 at the time. I only have 2 sets of stitches...and that's one of them!

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Pink and white ceramic tiled bathrooms.

I remember at least one of those from those years! They kept a bar of Lava soap at the sink. Can't remember whose house that was.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Dial telephones, one was wall mounted.

Yep, the only phone my grandparents had was one of these, between the kitchen and the small dining area built off it. If I wanted to call home, I had to get on a stool and use the rotary phone on the wall. It was avocado colored.

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Originally posted by 220-9er:
Don’t forget polyester clothes, bell bottom pants, and chopstick sideburns.
What were we thinking?

Before my time, but all the family photos I grew up seeing featured that stuff, plus mustaches, the huge sepia-tinted glasses, and feathered hair.

The short wall at the end of the main hallway had that in my house when I bought it in 2002. It was one of the first things to go along with the yellow wall paper.

Red velvet paisley wallpaper and fake wood foam beams across the ceiling.

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Yep, the only phone my grandparents had was one of these, between the kitchen and the small dining area built off it. If I wanted to call home, I had to get on a stool and use the rotary phone on the wall. It was avocado colored.

That was the hot ticket color for kitchen appliances too.

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chopstick sideburns.

Mutton chop?

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Originally posted by rainman64:
Like orange shag carpet.....

Specifically: Burnt Orange shag carpeting.

Our home had that in the living room when I bought it. IIRC, that was the very first thing to go.

Yep! Those mirror tiles were in my parents house my entire youth.

Yep, one of the living room walls at my grandmother's house was that gold splattered mirror. Strange stuff I haven't thought about in years.