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Recalling a setting from my early years. Were gold-streak mirrors a thing in the 70's?
August 23, 2023, 10:37 AM
P220 SmudgeRecalling a setting from my early years. Were gold-streak mirrors a thing in the 70's?
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?
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August 23, 2023, 10:42 AM
RogueJSKYep, walls of gold vein mirror tiles were definitely a thing in the 60s and 70s.
August 23, 2023, 10:44 AM
HRKYep, 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...
August 23, 2023, 10:44 AM
rainman64Like orange shag carpet.....
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August 23, 2023, 10:49 AM
P220 SmudgeTHAT'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.

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August 23, 2023, 12:20 PM
YooperSigsCirca 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.
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August 23, 2023, 12:25 PM
darthfusterYep. My parents had that.......and plastic on the couch.
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jhe888My mother-in-law loved that kind of decor. To her those "fancy" mirrors, and similar items, were pure class.
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August 23, 2023, 12:38 PM
220-9erDon’t forget polyester clothes, bell bottom pants, and chopstick sideburns.
What were we thinking?
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August 23, 2023, 12:57 PM
ensigmaticquote:
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.
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1967GoatYep, 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!
August 23, 2023, 01:27 PM
P220 Smudgequote:
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.

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August 23, 2023, 01:30 PM
RightwireThe 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.
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trapper189Red velvet paisley wallpaper and fake wood foam beams across the ceiling.
August 23, 2023, 01:35 PM
Patrick-SP2022quote:
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.
August 23, 2023, 02:05 PM
arfmelquote:
chopstick sideburns.
Mutton chop?
August 23, 2023, 02:09 PM
ensigmaticquote:
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.
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"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher August 23, 2023, 02:48 PM
American Pit BullYep! Those mirror tiles were in my parents house my entire youth.
August 23, 2023, 06:59 PM
casYep, 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.