r/70sdesign • • Jul 12 '26

Small Community Update & New Rule

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Just wanted to provide an update since there hasn't been one in quite a long time. This sub is very lightly moderated, as most subs should be. In general, I'm not looking to police things as long as it isn't spam, low effort/unrelated content, or anything breaking site rules.

However, with the rise of AI content, I'd like to institute a new rule that anything AI generated will result in a ban. There's no reason for any of it in this sub, or in general. Keep it to the 70s and we'll be fine.

I'd also like to ask if there's anything else that needs my attention in regards to rules, content, sub suggestions, etc.


r/70sdesign • • 3d ago

Montgomery Ward Co. Catalog 1976

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r/70sdesign • • 4d ago

What my grandparents wore in the 70's (from their 35mm slides)

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Thought y'all would enjoy! Just finished digitizing their 35mm slides, ranging from 1970 - 1977. Loved some of the prints and outfits here!


r/70sdesign • • 7d ago

Searching for lost poem

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I don't know where else to post, so forgive me if this not the proper forum! Growing up in the 70s and 80s, we had a flocked wall 'scroll' in the hallway with a sweet love poem written on it. The poem had the phrase "Times have been good, times have been bad. Some of them happy, some of them sad", and ended with "but success is ours, we've found the key." Does this sound familiar to anyone?? I've been looking for years and just can't find the exact wording.

Also, flock wallpaper. WTH? Ours was green velvet on white, and the velvet looked like grecian urns. It was the first thing people saw upon entering the house.


r/70sdesign • • 13d ago

My 1974 kitchen

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r/70sdesign • • 15d ago

Joe Colombo, Total Furnishing Unit, 1971-72.

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Ignazia Favata/Studio Joe Colombo, Milan.


r/70sdesign • • 16d ago

Few of my recent finds

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r/70sdesign • • 19d ago

Unused bed linen from the 1970s - the colours!!

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r/70sdesign • • 20d ago

The 6 Marin Eichler Neighborhoods + the “Likelers” (San Rafael)

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r/70sdesign • • 22d ago

Swedish 70's Rörstrand "Fokus" line of tableware

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r/70sdesign • • 24d ago

R.I.P. to my apartment building's groovy conversation pit.

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r/70sdesign • • 26d ago

From 📚 'The Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Book' ©1975

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r/70sdesign • • 28d ago

Update

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I’ve started bringing in the babies. Now everything is a mess. They get baths and a good de-frogging. So many more…


r/70sdesign • • Sep 22 '26

I have found my people~

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Nothing fancy, by any means. Just wait until I bring my 50 houseplants back inside for the winter🪴


r/70sdesign • • Sep 14 '26

Restoring foil art?

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I got these foil art pictures from an op shop and fell in love. They’re in really bad shape though - I’m wondering if there’s a way to restore them or you’d just put them in a glass frame and call it a day, scratches and all? I


r/70sdesign • • Sep 13 '26

1977 Lincoln Mark V Continental Givenchy Ltd. Edition

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r/70sdesign • • Sep 12 '26

70’s Sofa and Love Seat

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r/70sdesign • • Sep 11 '26

Moving into childhood 1956 home - need advice/recs/all the things!!

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Reposting from an interior design thread to get more 70's ideas!!

Moving into my childhood home & literally nothing has changed since it was built in 1956. This is one room: a combo kitchen/den. I want to keep the vintage feel but update. We are not going to paint the wooden walls - we love them! We want a combo mcm/70's kind of vibe! NOT grandma or farmhouse or cottage. We don't want a generic beige/gray house - not remodeling to resell.

***Floor - is lineoleum and I'm afraid of asbestos issues if we try to pull it up. I've been down the rabbit hole of LVT peel & stick vs LVT floating vs tile. More confused than when I started the research. Now interested in marmoleum?? Around 270 sq ft. We don't want to spend a fortune - but we dont want it to look cheap. No kids/no animals. Anyone feel strongly about what we should do for flooring?? Anyone know anything about marmoleum? Chatgpt suggested a sage green/cream checkerboard pattern that's the only thing I've seen that caught my eye. But I'm open to suggestions from real people!

***Cabinets - I don't like the look of the cabinets - too grandma - but after shopping around for cabinets, I can't stand tearing out real wood (with no issues) for the cheap stuff I've seen! I'm thinking about refacing them? But I still want real wood and I want them to look different than just generic cabinets that everyone else has! I don't think I'm up for refinishing them. I like the wood look but I'm open to suggestions. Anyone have opinions about kitchen cabinets with what I'm working with?

***Countertop - I will update this but also don't want anything generic. Any suggestions?

***I'll probably try to buy a used refrigerator and oven?? My husband and I don't really cook - but do need to keep beer somewhere - ha! What colors would you suggest for oven/frig?

If anyone has any furniture recs, I'm all ears, also! We were thinking a banquette sofa along the back wall with a table for playing games. Not sure if should do an island? But it's pretty small. Anything against the side wall?

What lamps would you suggest, also?


r/70sdesign • • Sep 09 '26

MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE!!

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r/70sdesign • • Sep 05 '26

Yorkdale Station, Toronto, ON, Canada | Arthur Erickson Architects | 1978

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r/70sdesign • • Sep 05 '26

That’s a lot of ‘70s in one living room!

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r/70sdesign • • Sep 02 '26

Henri Delord House, Chantilly, France | Henri Delord & Jean-Pierre Garrault | 1972

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r/70sdesign • • Aug 30 '26

Looks good??

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r/70sdesign • • Aug 28 '26

Out of print fabric search

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Hello! I am on the hunt for a fabric i had on a pillow as a child, I have reason to believe the print is from the 80s or 90s as I'm a 90s kid. It is red/orange with pink circus elephant on stands. I've attached a doc so a picture is viewable! Any help appreciated! I am trying to find some so I can use it in a future nursery ❤️❤️

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RDQmWwULVGf5v3Qq3N1amlF77HsAivB1PsU6DlYQ8Ik/edit?usp=drivesdk


r/70sdesign • • Aug 25 '26

Vintage Maximalism

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From the 1979 book Curtains Draperies and Shades by Sunset Books.