1001 Decorating Ideas Carter and Bernard, ed. Consolidated Trimming Corp. ~1955 Looking for some decorating help? Look no further! There are so many ideas here (over a thousand!). Turn your home into a showplace! My personal favorite is the pink
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Retro Decorating at its finest!
The Complete Encyclopedia of Homemaking Ideas
Bradford
1968
Barbara Taylor Bradford is back with more decorating and homemaking guidance. (Yes, that Barbara Taylor Bradford.) Prior to her fiction career she had a string of home decorating books. Check the posts here and here.
This is actually a pretty comprehensive book, and absolutely a product of the time. I think almost everyone would get a kick out of this time warp of a book. Many of the rooms look like the Playboy Mansion of the late 1960s was the inspiration.
Be a perfect wife through home decor
Decorating to Please Him Bradford 1970 We are back with another Barbara Taylor Bradford decorating book from the How to be a Perfect Wife series. Make sure you click here for another book in the series. Obviously, being a perfect
“Modernize” Your Home
Home Modernizing Guide: New Life for Old Dwellings Sherwood 1979 Submitter: This was pulled for weeding from the shelves of our public library. While much of the information is still valid, there have been many improvements in materials and techniques in
Balloon Artist
How to Become a Balloon Artist and Make Up to $100,000 a Year Prosper 1987 Submitter: This book has recently been weeded from a public library. It probably should have been weeded a decade ago–or two. Surprisingly enough its last checkout
Home Decor
Creative Home Decorations You Can Make: Low-Cost Ways to Beautify Your Home McCann 1968 Submitter: I love crafts, and often hit up my local library for a good craft book. This is where I found this absolutely filthy book.
Design a career!
I can be an interior designer Storm 1989 Today’s submitter found this at a large public library where he volunteers to help people long out of work. As a librarian himself, he is horrified at the materials available in the
Groovy Decor
The Young Decorator Allen 1975 Ready to decorate your groovy pad? Solid! Here is a book for all your groovy decorating needs. Most of this decor could be characterized as “Brady Bunch” meets the “Jetsons” meets country chic. This is a textbook