Many of you have written to me with questions about our house, hopefully because you are considering a visit. I know, the drawbacks to such a journey are considerable. First off, it's cliche, vacationing in Pakistan. Your friends might dismiss you as soft bougies. You might feel you squandered your vacation budget on the familiar, that you will leave with only a heightened craving for adventure.
But really, there are exotic elements. Consider, for example, the 1970s midwestern suburban aesthetic of our house. 1975 was 32 years ago. You can never have it back (if you ever had it at all). Unless you come visit.
To the left is one of our four bathrooms. The others are cream with burgundy, cream with rose, and cream with silver.
Above and below are two of our four bedrooms. We choose which bedroom to use based on whether we're feeling more June & Ward Cleaver or more Mike & Carol Brady. (Darrin and Samantha of _Bewitched_ were the first TV couple to ditch the Burt-and-Ernie sleeping arrangements).
This is our dining room.
In case you were about to submit a comment asserting that the seat and sofa uphostery are a bone-colored velvet -- a textile atypical of 1970s middle-American decor, I have included an up-close shot.
3 comments:
wow. classy. my house growing up was the same color as your tub. very chic.
That 70's House! Not worse than a bathroom I encountered in Lakeland, Fla. Will send to your gmail!
oh my gosh...wait'll the dogs are there a week -- those sofas won't be white anymore!
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