The 80's called...
Remember the 80's? Boy, I do! ...like totally!
The 1980's were an explosion of great pop culture including some of the best movies, music, TV shows, and toys of all time. It is the decade of my high school through college years - and the style, and memories of the decade, continue to live on.
...But the 80's were more than just neon colors, big hair, Madonna, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, MTV, John Hughes movies, righteous toys, and most excellent games like Nintendo and Pac-Man. It also had it's own awesome iconic building style - postmodern "contemporary" architecture (which is, sadly, no longer contemporary today.) Houses from the 80's often present asymmetrical facades, geometric shapes, unusual rooflines, and stone accented features against a mix of vertical and diagonal wood siding.
It is an eclectic mix of patterns, fer shure.😎
Interiors often featured multi-layered, sweeping window coverings, and Laura Ashley's matching floral bedding - with enough coordinated sheets, duvets, pillowcases, shams, dust ruffles, and throw pillows to fill your white enamel frame bed a thousand times over. Miami Vice colors were everywhere - beige backgrounds with shots of seafoam/teal and pink, or peach. Glass topped tables, table skirts, mirrored walls, plants tumbling out of everywhere, wall-to-wall carpeting - yes, even in the bathroom. (Don't get me started on Glamour bathrooms!) There were no cellphones yet, but phones were terribly important - clear see-through plastic phones with colorful wires inside! Having your own phone and TV in your bedroom, made you the envy of all the other kids at school. Huge stereos, boom-boxes, and walkmans also raised your popularity levels. Righteous, dude!
Then we had that horrible energy crisis...
Earth sheltered home plans became popular when energy efficiency emerged as a social and economic concern. Earth berm houses are still one of the most environmentally or eco-friendly homes available.
Here are a few fantabulously shweet Iconic 80's designs...
Enjoy! 🦚
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