Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Retrospace: Invasion of the 1970's Recreational Vehicles

Invasion of the 1970's Recreational Vehicles


If I were to pick one item to demonstrate 70's interior decor, I think it'd be a motorhome brochure.  They looked similar to home decoration, but the enclosed space makes it all the more shocking. It's almost too much to take in at once. It's an all out assault on the eyes; it's everything bad about 1970's decor condensed.


Here we have a vast sea of browns accented by more browns. The only primary colors to be found are a bowl of fruit and this boy's Troube game. Not sure why everyone is laughing at him or why he is having to play this alone. Kind of disturbing, really.

This was pure heaven back in 1973 - an eight-track player, a cup holder for your Schlitz, shag carpet, and plaid seats.

Speaking of shag carpet - they didn't make 'em much thicker than this, folks. It's like a field of wheat.

Grandma, your purple clothes are clashing big time with the avocado green, brown and harvest yellow. Move it!

What an awful way to present this RVs interior decoration. They were going for "elegant", they got "yard sale" instead.

You know it's bad when there's a perfectly good bed, and your woman chooses to sleep in a compartment in the roof. Is she drinking coffee?

Apparently, it was a big selling point to show the customer there's still room for the wife to primp.

Plenty of room to chow down on some whole fruit and whole wheat bread. But where's the Pop Tarts and Sunny D?

To hell with roughing it! This couple gets dressed up to the nine and breaks out their silver plated tea sets.

The bathroom is roomy, I'll give 'em that. But the decor is awful! Even the topless woman can't recue this eyesore.

And speaking of topless women in motorhome brochures....

Winnebagos and candelabras go well together, don't you think?

What game are they playing? Looks something like Othello.

Well, I've had about all the avocado green and harvest gold I can handle. Time to call it a wrap. Happy trails.

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