Old School, New Cool

Which do you prefer?

This,

image: How to make your Windows Beautiful, A Kirsch Publication, 1965.

 

or this?

image: The Family Love Tree.

 

This,

image: same source as first pic.



or this?

image: The Family Love Tree.

 

This,

image: Better Homes and Gardens House Plants, 1959.

 

or this?

image: kip and co.

 

(and you might find these amusing(?) from F*** Your Noguchi Coffee Table)

 

This,

image: How To Make Plant Hangers by Lynn Paulin, 1974.

 

(via Cathy of California - if you like craft and design from the 60's and 70's, you'll really like this blog)

 

or this?

image: ouchflower.

 

This,

image: The House Book by Terrence Conran, 1974.

 

or this?

image: Loom .



And one more (and you know I could keep going because this is such fun!)

 

This (it gets an extra-large pic because I love it so),

 

image: Contemporary, by Lesley Jackson.

 

(this incredible feature fireplace was designed in 1964 by Crites of Crites and McConnell in the USA)

 

or this?

 

image: Designer Heat.

 

For the record, in most cases, I like both schools*.

 

p.s.

for another take on that old chestnut - "what goes around comes around" read Eamon Donnelly's post: "On-trend Ideas for Your Home Renovations" on his excellent blog  The Island Continent .

 



*not a huge fan of peacock chairs. They look lovely, but have you ever tried sitting in one? Maybe The Family Love Tree have upped the comfort factor in their version...the vintage one's I've sat in are tre inconfortable (my nod to Bastille Day), to say the least.