Window dressing was huge in the 1950’s, but we don’t seem to have resurrected the love of pinch pleats:
Interesting suggestions – would you use these in your home?
And we couldn’t resist – the wall of curtains!
Taken from the “Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book” Copyright 1956, we thought we’d turn Mid-Century Photo Friday into a learning experience. As usual you can leave a link to your Mid-Century Photo Friday in the comments.
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Sure you do! I haven’t plugged my fantastic Flickr group here for a while, so I thought I’d take this change to direct you all to the group I started on Flickr FOREVER ago – now with 1700 members (can you believe?) and almost 5000 images – there’s a ton of great stuff to look at! Please join us at “The 1950’s Interior Design and Residential Architecture Flickr Group!” Here’s a sample:
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