No it's not a scene from Space:1999, it's an ad for Mojvae! Carpet. I never seem to discuss one of the most pinnacle things about the 70's, Shag carpeting. It's one of those things so associated with the era, I get happy when i see it. Coincedently, I fly into a murderous rage when i see berber.In 1989, my parents moved into what had to be the greatest house ever, built in the early seventies, this house looked like the Brady's moved out a week ago. Avacado green kitchen and covered from top to bottom in every colour of shag in this ad. I wouldn't have changed a thing, my parents however, had me spend two weeks removing the stuff, wish I'd kept some of it but I kept finding gummy bears....
I loved that stuff. I remember being able to pull little pieces of shag out of the carpet but now I realize that memory might be related to the ultra cheap carpet my parents bought.
ReplyDeleteI was only a kid in the 70's but I still have nostalgia for the shag carpet covered floors of the old custom vans.
My Brother had a VW Combi Van wall to wall carpeted in shag pile like this. . .late 70's early 80's. . . very Chic. . .the girls just couldn't say no . . .and that van was a rockin.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a promo-shot of the new series "Swingtown".
ReplyDelete"This would make a great orgy room, babe".
The show is so-so as far as content goes, but the costumes & sets are very plaidstallion.
those two are going to have some very lint-y sex...
ReplyDeleteI like the matching jumpsuits the man and woman are wearing while relaxing in their ultra-mod room.
ReplyDeleteI love shag carpet, too; so much so that I had it installed in the first home I owned. Which we bought in 1990. A little behind the times much?
I bet those space people had flying cars in their future...
ReplyDeleteThe house I grew up in had carpet very much like the Arroyo Gold variant, only darker and classier (i.e., the pattern wasn't visible). It hid the dirt produced by two kids/teens, a dog, and a cat or three very well.
ReplyDeleteNow the same house is done in berber. What will we think of berber in 30 years, I wonder?
I had the blue carpet in my bedroom and my sisters and parents had the orange in theirs. I don't know how I got so gosh darn lucky.
ReplyDeleteLOVE SHAG CARPET!
ReplyDeleteI remember back in the 70's laying on the shag carpet, watching TV. You can't do that on this damned tile! Too hard for the bones...
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