Hee hee. That reminds me of a home I shot a virtual tour of a few years ago. Everything was done in pinks and blues and nothing had been changed since the 50s or 60s when the family built the place. It was like a museum. The colors were overwhelming, but the house had tons of character. I definitely would have bought it in a heartbeat had I been able to at the time. It would have needed very little work other than some new paint on the walls. The family really cared about the place. It made me really hope that the next owner was someone who would put the same amount of care and attention into it.

My very exceptional neighbor has an entirely blue house inside. The floors, carpet, upholstered furniture is all blue. And kind of baby blue at that. He's in his 80's and his wife is now in a nursing home, but she was a fastidious housekeeper and she 'trained' her husband to be the same. So, even though it's really, really blue, it's also really quite perfect. I so appreciate when I go into someone's home and the first impression I get is 'this person cares'--like in my neighbors' case. It has nothing to do with style or brand names. Nothing whatsoever. 

My mom STILL has harvest gold kitchen appliances in working order. They're hilarious, but somehow perfect at the same time. She has them in such good shape (she's always been a meticulous cleaner) that you wouldn't be able to guess how old they are, other than by the color.

Clear chairs! heehee. Ya know, the new oiled rusty bronze appliances remind me of the brown ones that my mother-in-law had in her kitchen before she remodeled. The thing with all those 70's 'harvest' colors is that they were always paired up with other harvest colors that intensified they're harvest-ness. Brown with gold, avocado with orange or whatever. I'm thinking if they could be totally fresh in the right situation. For instance, I love brown and Tiffany blue together. Could a kitchen with 70's brown appliances--if there are any left in working order--look good with Tiffany blue and white accents? I'm just thinking.....

Clear chairs. I remember seeing those in the 80s, but I guess most trends are circular.

I keep hearing about 'oil rubbed copper' appliances or something...They look like stainless steel, only they have a dark red hue.  I've seen pictures and seen them in person.  UGLY.  It's Harvest Gold for the new millenium.

Oh for heaven's sake.  At our house, hidden=lost.  Also, if we hide the appliances, my children will be even more convinced that I have no business being an "indoor mommy."  Except on the coldest of nights, of course. 

Hmm...seems to me that "hidden appliances" trended in the 1920s and in the 1970s as well.  I have a bad feeling about that...

leslie

Okay, I'll start. I've been reading that stainless steel appliances are on they way out. Their demise began when every middle class American home in the suburbs started getting them. Rumor has it, the trend in high-end homes--where future 'fads' often begin--is now ‘hidden’ appliances.