Do you remember?
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63235)
United States
February 18, 2018 2:00pm CST
The 1960's and '70's colors that were all the rage?
The "copper-tone" a red/brown to brown was the first, followed by "harvest gold" and "avocado."
Now, I still like the copper-tone, but not on appliances.
The house I live in was built in 1970. It had a yellow floor and yellow counter tops, dark brown wood cabinets and a copper-tone range and avocado fridge!
I never liked any of it, but would give the range a pass.
Now its purple and white with a quartz counter top in red/grey granite look with brown-toned slate on the back splash.
I have to say that I have never been more happy to get rid of yellow, it ranks up there with pink as my least favorite colors.
Now, don't go tell me how great pink - or yellow - is, favorite colors are a matter of taste, but I lived in a house where some previous tenant painted the living room all yellow, including the ceiling. I've had entirely too much yellow in my life - and when I wear it I look like I have a liver problem.
So, I was just thinking about how colors go around and come back, they can keep that harvest gold and avocado green...
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
19 Feb 18
@BarBaraPrz and @marlina - I actually rather prefer black, harder to see the crazy stuff the cats do - mind you, I clean the range before I cook anyway, but...
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
18 Feb 18
Perhaps I'm colorless, but I like white for appliances, countertops, and paint, but never carpet. I add the color in accessories, flooring, and decor so that I can change my look whenever I please without spending a lot of money. I like a clean, neutral look.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
18 Feb 18
I can understand it, but the wife has so many floaters that she doesn't like white backgrounds because the floaters look like bugs to her. Remember, she doesn't see really well to begin with. I love purple and it makes me happy to be surrounded by it.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
19 Feb 18
@bagarad I've had a few floaters, but because of her lifelong vision issues, she's also had lifelong floater issues. They get me most often these days on myLot with its white pages, but even then I have to get my eyes out of quite focus to really see most of them.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
19 Feb 18
i just got rid of an avocado fridge and a harvest gold dryer..
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
19 Feb 18
Maggiepie and I had to buy a fridge at our last rental place because the slum lord who owned it had given us an ancient fridge and the door wasn't staying closed. We moved the avocado fridge into the laundry room, that we didn't use except for storage, and put our newer, larger fridge in its place. I finally had to replace that fridge in 2004 - we got over 20 years out of it. I have had 2 side by side fridges that didn't make 10 years.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
@scarlet_woman we were tying it shut with an extra long belt, for all the good that did
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
23 Feb 18
@ElicBxn i had a fridge like that in tucson.i used to duct tape it shut
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
19 Feb 18
I always loved the copper toned look, still do.
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Feb 18
I really don't lilke the stainless steel appliances... too industrial, not homey at all. I have white appliances, but wouldn't mind cream or a very pale blue.
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