How To Decorate Like it's the 1950s || A Flip through Better Homes and Gardens 1956 Decorating Book 

Back in the eighties I babysat for a couple who owned a beautiful Victorian home. They painted the walls and woodwork stark white, removed wood panels, and basically stripped all the architectural detail. Even though I was a teen I told them it ruined the aesthetics. Didn't care if I babysat again for them or not. lol

Ok this is a GREAT idea (because then I can get more books) 😂😂😂

Love this idea!

I ALSO think bathrooms should be pink

I didn't even know that was an option! Are estate auctions online or in person? I'm so curious! I'll have to look into it. Thank you for sharing!

Totally agree! My brother got a giant wood armoire for $1.40 at an estate sale online auction! The catch is you have to remove it and move it yourself! But if you are willing to drag it out, you can get quality LARGE furniture for literal dollars! Couches, armoires, cabinets, chairs, patio sets, bedroom sets, all of them are available for $30 or less of you are willing to wait and look and move it yourself! *depends on your area but a lot of the US has this

@@wildflowers8966 my $1 dining room set (I was the only bidder) had a matching hutch that NOBODY bid on. I neither had a way to move it or anywhere to put it and to this day, I think about it and how I couldn't bring it home with me. But that's not even my point 😂 a lot of times they'll let you buy stuff that didn't sell *at the time of pickup* and also for very cheap because it means it's no longer their problem

Right??? We found the PERFECT color so it’s on my list of projects to complete asap in the new year!

I’m really thinking of incorporating some 50’s aqua color this time.

Interesting though!! Mine is different. Same cover, but copyright 1956, 1961 It has different pictures inside! This was fun to watch.

Wouldn't that be fun!

Merry Christmas!

Also, I actually saw a hardback version of this book in my local library! I may check it out after seeing it here 😊✨🫶

I don’t know a lot about real estate to be honest but I do know it would be less out of pocket for us to sell and move rather than add on. We also have a decent amount of equity since we have lived here for a while, and the land is worth more than what we bought it for. But we also don’t want to stay in this area. It’s pretty far from our family, it’s not really somewhere we want to stay in terms of where my husband works (not here) and how accessible things are, the land itself isn’t workable for what we need, and there are other factors that aren’t worth it. This house isn’t worth fixing up for what we want and need to be quite honest. It’s badly built; badly added on to, and there is SO much to fix that it’s likely going to get knocked over someday and something new built. We don’t have the time to fix things ourselves and don’t have the funds to hire things out, and don’t have the desire to work around the many things in this house that we’d have to change (big one: it’s a single story home and I heavily dislike that, would prefer a two story). We need more bathrooms, more bedrooms, better work spaces; it would be a HUGE undertaking to make it anything like what would work for our family and needs. Also we live next to some less than desirable things that cause a lot of smells to the point that in the summertime we can’t enjoy outside because of the stench. So that’s… not something we knew would happen. Building costs here are NOT cheap. The amount of permits you have to have just to add on cost a ton, and materials have spiked, and there’s no simple answer to adding on to this house with the way it’s situated and what is around it. So overall even if we do lose a little money, moving is the better answer for us.

@@WithLoveKristina Thankyou for such an honest reply - and having done extensive building work and lived with the horrid stress it brings - I completely agree with you. Olld homes take a lot of assessment - emotionally - I spent 3 years alone designing our extensions - already with 2 little ones, taking into account the long game - what their needs would be as a teenager. KNowing it would be the centre of a life time of milestone parties - 10. 16ths, 18, 21sts, engagements. We could only afford an exsuite and an extra bathroom, but I made sure 2 vanities and cupboards - as I could see our daughter becoming territorial over her brother using her sink, and so they both had their own hygeine space, you always hhave to look forward - and I had 2 children not FIVE!! WOW. ANd yes, there are times when a house isnt worth saving. Ours was post war, and it did have structural problems, and we spent 3 times its purchase price renovating the orig house AND the extensions and addition. But it had mature gardens, was solid brick, with huge rooms, wide hallway, with double glass front doors with lead light and altho it was a smalll block per se, it was close to thhe city and work and schoolls. But it also meant it was noisy neighbourhood, which for me is hard as I came from dairy farming land. But family needs come first - and I hope you are blessed very quickly with the room you need and the opportunites God brings you are not only the very best, but those of your creative dreams. You willl hit 40k by New Year - and I pray 100 by the end of 2024! Have a blessed Christmas

Yaaaaaay! It’s soooo fun to flip through 😍

Lol I bet it’s just magazine staging 😂 definitely fire hazards tho

Pale turquoise yellow and pink

Mid-Atlantic accent. Think Katherine Hepburn.

Thank you for the feedback! ❤️