1950s Interior Design with Color: Color Harmony for Your Home (1956) - CharlieDeanArchives

[@ayy___762]

Why I am in love with vintage video life, so relaxing my mind 😂😂😆

[@MrOrthopedia]

ayy___ 76 Same here.

[@larkatmic]

ayy___ 76 Was a much slower, more thought out time. Patience was still a virtue. There was no instant gratification. Nothing came easy.

[@laflame8548]

Yeahh.. me to😭😭😅

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Well, yeah, but what you have in mind is very idealized. Just ask anyone who was there. They probably lived through a war or two by then and the Great Depression. Example, look at Sammy Davis Jr's life. He was in the service and beaten up several times. Broken nose 3x. Urinated on by other soldiers. That had to be around this time frame, maybe a bit before. Then, come 1964, he gets an eye literally yanked out in a Cadillac with en egg-like protrusion on the steering wheel. "All or Nothing at All" about Sinatra said they had to hunt 45 minutes for "a colored hospital." (The nice way of saying black then). Riding in one of these old beasts is not always fun. Neither are drum brakes and sharp stuff all over the inside in an accident. Children might well have been screwed. No seat belts of child seats. I saw in "Hell's Highway" that they cleaned up a bad accident (real video) and after a few hours, they saw a baby bottle in the door jamb. No baby. Took a bunch of people to life a 9,000 pound car and found the tiny, perfect corpse underneath. Very, very sad. That baby probably would have lived in a modern vehicle. Btw, if that was something you wanted, no car club docks points for any safety features. It would be horrible to be on the way to or from, and have someone badly hurt or killed from lack of seat belts. Namely with all that very sharp interior trim. Sinatra had to assign one mafia looking guy per black band member. He told him to break the guy's legs of he so much as looked at the guy funny. And the Italians, Jewish and Irish weren't in much better spot than the black people at certain points in history. They'd leave signs under Help Wanted: flat out, No Irish or whatever. Green Book wasn't very far off. You couldn't buy a house or have any credit being female. You couldn't really leave your husband, either. That's why women always went home to mother. God help you if you were pregnant and not married. I remember unwed mothers homes well into the 1980s... I agree but please be aware of what the whole truth was. Ask older people :)

[@asparrow5505]

The yummy lead paint

[@monkeybusiness1999]

In the early 70's my mom hired a lady to reupholster our old dark algae-green mid century modern sofa & it was fascinating to watch. She arrived at our apartment early in the morning with a sewing machine, tools & rolls of fabric. It took her all day to do the work & the sofa turned out beautifully. She used a subtle beige, tan & cream floral jacquard, based on the other furniture in the apartment. When she was done she had turned the piece into a brand new & completely different looking traditional style sofa. It even had a single pleat skirt & newly formed rolled arms. A sofa my parents could never afford otherwise. I recall them paying $85-$120, total, for fabric & labor. My mom had that sofa well into the early 1990s.

[@jenniferfitzgerald1796]

That’s a great memory, thanks for sharing.

[@spaghettiking7312]

A dying art.

[@AvecPoesie]

I am currently learning to reupholster as it is quite difficult to find those that do and when one can find them, they charge an astronomical amount. I have purchased some beautiful fabrics!

[@monkeybusiness1999]

@AvecPoesie Much credit to you. 😊👍 I can manage to sew & cover a very simple parsons chair or ottoman cover, using my old Tiny Tailor sewing machine, but that's about all. One day, I may invest in a better machine & tackle something bigger :)

[@monkeybusiness1999]

@spaghettiking7312 Yes, you're right. With so many ready-made slipcovers available now, it's easy to avoid the sewing challenge. Admittedly, I use Surefit loose-fit covers. They're usually OK, but their range of colors & patterns is very limited. And the fit is sometimes anything but "sure", lol ;)

[@Chillmax]

If you genuinely don't know what you're doing, or are somewhat style challenged, this is 100% valid & useful advice today; 50's styling is always in fashion so you could even copy some of the schemes! Thanks so much for the upload, this is wonderful.

[@julesfalcone]

Chill: most people genuinely don't know what they're doing.

[@653j521]

@@julesfalcone There is a lot of help for them.

[@christinestill5002]

I did just exactly this w/ my mom when we got new house in 1960 OMG I had forgotten so much of this. She was so proud of it all.

[@TheAmericanGirl1967]

Look how beautiful this woman is dressed just to look at paint samples! Wow! I’d love to see a look like this come back somehow. So tired of seeing people out and about in their pajamas.

[@dianagruver5767]

Love this! Mid century homes were beautifully decorated!

[@njohnston1224]

Long live those times of values and gorgeous clothes ,home decor and well made things,,love it so,and escape from our own times

[@xaniiu]

These are the best things on KZbin lol

[@Michelle-jz8vl]

I’m so in love and obsessed with vintage homes.

[@ivanj.conway9919]

Not enough people in love with them to bring the look back, sadly.

[@Janjanbobaney]

I love these old mini documentaries of kitchen set up and home interiors... makes me think of simpler times that my grandma would have experienced... well I hope she did. 😉 this is a wonderful show to relax with.

[@karinjeffrey7981]

"breathtaking beauty, charm and good taste" indeed! Timeless advice. Thanks for posting.

[@larkatmic]

Karin Jeffrey A good pack of Winston made my Dad speak in this way. Still kicking it at 92. Thankfully he quit smoking in the 1970s.

[@noahcoops6305]

how have the last 6 years been

[@sheliarouch375]

That book would be helpful even now!! Love the vintage colors😊

[@ginafriend1690]

Thank God for the Colorizer of the 50's. Alot of people could still learn by it who haven't a clue.

[@jeffrey5703]

I recommend visiting the Clark County Museum if you're ever in Las Vegas. The Heritage Village is well worth a visit - actual homes restored and decorated from different decades. A fantastic trip down memory lane.

[@anastasiamurawski6179]

Sounds cool. Love the 50's aesthetic!

[@windyridge9591]

This is wonderful, and his voice brings back a lot of memories. What a great way to look at colors.❤ this

[@kimchigerbil7437]

So cool! This inspires me to decorate my new home Retro Style!

[@theblissfullone]

Have a look at different time periods and see which you like.

[@julesfalcone]

Kimchi: That's why I'm here. I'm getting a 50s dinette for my kitchen to start. I'm just trying to figure out the right colors. I'm thinking Aqua and Blue.

[@aimee-lynndonovan6077]

No!no!no! In 1950s /60s I lived in a house, pleasant blue and white colored living room, but the other rooms were pink or green or yellow! 🤢horror. 😆 lol! Have you ever seen pink Formica counters? Then brown kitchen appliances in 70s? The thought now still makes me shudder!😫

[@653j521]

@@aimee-lynndonovan6077 The world simply must consult you before we choose decor so your sensitivity isn't upset by our color schemes, you poor little thing. I guess you'll have to stop watching videos about those eras. And certainly nobody would torture you by letting you see museum exhibits about those times in case you have a medical or emotional episode.

[@ivanj.conway9919]

Hope you did after. We need this attitude now, as much as ever.

[@MerleOberon]

I need the Colorizer Harmony Wheel...

[@dtylice]

Advice holds up. 👌🏻

[@laura835]

Wow, that style still holds today.

[@bsteven885]

Actually, the Mid Century style came back in the 2000s. I remember that this was TOTALLY out of style from the 1970s into the 1990s.

[@653j521]

@@bsteven885 Styles wait in abeyance until people grow up and have a desire to go back to the womb, what they perceive as a gentler, simpler, more innocent time, because they weren't responsible for anything when kids and weren't told what was going on, and then that style comes into vogue. A style will usually continue to come into vogue again every 20 or 30 years or so, updated for modern users, as we reinvent the past. It should be noted that most people of any age do not decorate from scratch, all in one style, the way these examples show. Most do what we do today and incorporate new into old. You would often have some favorite older pieces in a newer setting.

[@deanneadams9852]

The mid century mod furnishings are so cool......would totally work today.....

[@Zarkovision]

That's why I have them in my living-room. I found most of it in the house when I've bought it, and renovated furniture I found in the attic or cellar to put them back into my living-room. :)

[@Chillmax]

@@Zarkovision Love the sound of you, right up my street, good job ;-).

[@Chillmax]

They do indeed, I always use furniture from the 50's & 60's, with a little early 70's, the lines & quality are beautiful & wonderful to live with, the 50's mixes especially well with other periods, Georgian, Regency, Hollywood Regency, Art Deco & Modern Day.

[@charlotte240]

"It is color, the harp-string of beauty"

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

4:00 My grandmother STILL has this linoleum, LOL! Still pretty much intact, too! Probably full of asbestos, though. Armstrong used it til the 80s.

[@theblissfullone]

I recognized that linoleum too.

[@reneelibby4885]

The rug ties the room together!

[@lisawillis1237]

😂😂😂😂 Dude

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

The wife's rug??? Yeah, it's nice when it matches the drapes!

[@Airelda]

This was fun to watch! I love how the lady got soooo dressed up to go to the paint store lol

[@dayanaraviera3840]

That was the norm then.

[@653j521]

@@dayanaraviera3840 Oh, baloney. She was even dressed up to paint!

[@para321mt]

So America of the 59s! I was in college in North Carolina and Colorado! America was so predictable, so pleasant and so promising! It was such a privilege to be there for four years! Now I'm home in Singapore, no longer looking up to Uncle Sam. So sad!

[@653j521]

Yeah, ignoring the Cold War, inaptly named, around the world including Korea and then Vietnam.... Lucky you, not to face being drafted. You learned nothing during your college years about the US or the world. So sad!

[@lzlz21213]

​@@653j521 Idiot.

[@Hannah-ig7th]

I wish I would have lived in this era :(

[@AnonYmous-qz4ht]

with all the racism and sexism?

[@Josh_Stuchbery]

@@AnonYmous-qz4ht It was a different era. An time where woman were woman and men were men...

[@7b7BenGazing]

I’ll pass.

[@AnonYmous-qz4ht]

@@Josh_Stuchbery what does that even mean? There was still sexism?? And also that doesn't even address all the racism back then (and still now unfortunately)

[@svenmonroe5371]

@@AnonYmous-qz4ht sorry, screw you

[@sharoncrawford3042]

Born in 1956. I can remember when we didnt have seat belts in cars or air conditioning. I can remember no air conditioning in our home. Black and white TV. No curse words allowed on any TV shows. It is such a different world. I believe I like the old one much better. My childhood was so much better then today.

[@marygrant882]

Yes, many things were better. I was born in 1950. But many of my friends lost parents who were only in their forties, due to smoking. There was no cholesterol treatments, or heart transplants. Some of my little friends had polio. No seatbelts, but more car crash fatalities. Cell phones mean that wherever we are we can call for help. Video calls make it possible to see our loved ones far away. God bless you.

[@quitesweetly6963]

Sounds awful and repressive.

[@Laudanum-gq3bl]

Things were great for straight, white men. If you weren’t....things kind of sucked. My mother was born in 1942 and normal back then was not as good as it looks in videos.

[@bookmouse2719]

I was left alone a lot and the tv was my babysitter. My comfort were my pets. I am happier today with my own family. I miss my pets though.

[@joanwood9480]

1953 here. Some things were better, some not. It's the same in any era. Some good, some bad.

[@dailyorangepill3338]

at 2:58 I loved those dial phones, then came the push button phone. ☎ Amazingly, now I'm using my cell phone to watch this video and connect to the world. lol 📱

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I managed fine without it. Considering getting a dumb phone next time, lol. Too much time wasted online. Haha

[@ernestscribbler2294]

Amazon still sells vintage phones. Make yourself happy.

[@653j521]

@@ernestscribbler2294 We have choices now we never had back then. It's like the internet. You can watch videos and movies from many eras, and you used to be stuck with whatever was playing then.

[@Zarkovision]

These rules of colour are still the same, and all those houses in the examples still look fantastic and modern, even now, 65 years later. In reality of course most houses weren't that tasteful, like today...

[@marieelena]

thanks for the upload!!vintage color film has a beauty all its own...love that furniture.

[@Stumpybear7640]

This is basically still how colours are chosen and mixed. Its just added and mixed by machine now x

[@ketaminepoptarts]

this actually inspired me to pick out new colours for my room

[@user-oj5bw7sl8p]

Thank you very much for sharing!

[@StephBer1]

This was actually amazing and so easy to show someone how to decorate.

[@KellyfromMemphis]

This is quite fabulous! I wish I had that book. Everything would still be in style today, except for actually having carpet, and the Formica countertops. But Mid-century modern is totally in fashion today. That’s why I am here for ideas! Yay!

[@venus_envy]

Just go to an art store and buy a colour wheel, they have much better ones than what was shown in that book.

[@653j521]

@@venus_envy What they showed in the video was colors they sold. You can go online to get an idea of that but the online paint company colors are miles away from real life, as are the colors on a faded video seen online. Unless you see it where you want to paint, in different times of day and lighting, you won't know what you are getting.

[@tealdreams]

There are some colors/patterns of the Formica that I’d still choose today. 😍

[@baseballmomof8]

Love the dress, hat and earrings ❤️❤️

[@ornellaorigami]

This so charming and naive.... I miss that simple time.

[@653j521]

You are still naïve, so nothing has changed there.

[@jeffreyverspaget4353]

Beautiful I like the colors of the 50ths it is cute and charming the most beautiful colors that I like is pastel colors very soft clean and easy I have this colors in my home and out side and all from the 50ths thanks gr Jeffrey ☘️🌞☕😘🌴.

[@xanaduxanadu2181]

this is great! and still applicable,

[@AnnapolisGirly]

I love color but have a fairly neutral home with some popping colors in a few areas. These design elements are pretty cool.

[@leahsmith1104]

I love the kitchen at 8:15!

[@eduardo_corrochio]

So nice to stumble upon this video. I'm a color fiend. I get distracted by colors-- swatches in the paint aisle, and so on. Plus, the educational films like this have a certain charm to them ... that would be perfect fodder for an MST3K treatment. :)

[@ivanj.conway9919]

Every modern designer should see this video, as it seems these concepts have been completely forgotten today.

[@lauraann4014]

I love his voice, want to go back there, out of this pandemic.

[@pam1574]

The guy that hosts “Mysterious West Virginia” on KZbin has a voice like that. He’s even kind of got that retro look. Plus he has a lot of good videos😃

[@653j521]

And into epidemics. Polio, anyone? It's coming back so you can experience it if you haven't had your vaccination.

[@jb6712]

My siblings and I were all born in the 1950s, but our mother, an artist, loved COLOR, not the dreary things that are shown here, so our house was always filled with bright, cheerful, wonderful colors that were joyful. Now, at the age of 68, and an artist myself, I also love color (always have), and I wouldn't try to do a matchy-matchy decor anymore than I would do a drawing in all "matching" colors. I'd never want to go back in time, although I had a wonderful childhood and I miss Mom and Dad. Time is meant only to go forward, and my personal ideas about things have to go forward, too. I'm not about to get stuck in the ways and dreary colors so many people thought were "delightful" back then. I'm deeply grateful for having had parents who loved real COLOR, and who insisted on bringing it into their houses.

[@653j521]

Can't you see this has faded?

[@TCB-1]

I would LOVE to find this paint catalog!

[@rachelk7555]

These are available now in any paint store.

[@CornbreadOracle]

Paint stores have them. We have one from sherwin williams. (Hubby used to own a painting biz.)

[@misslee6788]

I’m guessing your speaking of the actual colorized one?

[@Ilovevintage77]

This must have taken such a great amount of know how and work to assemble especially without the computerized systems and fancy tech we have today. Honestly I would totally use this wheel!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Doesn't it still exist in art class?

[@venus_envy]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 It does, it's just an art wheel, they can be bought at pretty much any art supply store. I think I still have some from my yearbook design days when I was in school, probably it's buried in a closet somewhere but I had a pretty elaborate one (like better than the one in the book). And I have definitely seen them for sale at DeSerres.

[@ericathegypsy4946]

These videos are so fun to watch,thank you.

[@skn9895]

People always dressed so classy back then.

[@sarahlouise7163]

or so it would it appear from youtube videos

[@lindabingham394]

yea no sweat pants,, t shirts 3 sizes too big and a pair of tennis shoes with the backs walked down instead of putting shoe on correctly or just flip flops i call it going to wal mart attire

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@sarahlouise7163 shame your completely wrong.

[@653j521]

Yes, and you can always believe everything the photographers choose to show as reality back then because...why?

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@653j521 its a same home movies exist that prove otherwise to your rebuking "proof" you imbecile. Don't tell me how my era was, a child of all things.

[@aprilquinn7404]

I love 50s lifestyle 😭😭😭

[@Corolrose1218]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I love interior decorating and all things vintage. The only part I didn’t care for was when she covered the wallpaper with the dark green paint.

[@v.r.2834]

2019 this Interieur design style is absolutely In👍🏼

[@MomCat6000]

14:30 love the look!

[@lilianathehistorian2919]

Me using this to make sure my new kitchen decor is historically accurate 😂

[@kaybrown4010]

The nervously joyful music sounds like the playlist on WKZO in the late ‘50’s. I’m suddenly a very young girl at grandma’s house again. Painting over wallpaper?! Oh no, you didn’t! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@joanwood9480]

Sure you can as long as it's primed properly.

[@joanwood9480]

Sure you can as long as it's primed properly.

[@653j521]

@@joanwood9480 You can and you did and oh, is that a problem for people in your house today.

[@joanwood9480]

@@653j521 OK. That made no sense

[@Igaluit]

Like the 50's interior style.

[@joltjolt5060]

I love paneling and wood doors, and wood floors!

[@jillsmith633]

I love how she is dressed. To buy paint no less.

[@TheHoppesl]

Did she just paint wallpaper? Love this video....

[@kot3291]

the statement that colors were a luxury for the dwellings of people in the past, was a shocking revelation i can't help not thinking about now

[@653j521]

Consider, though, if you will, going back to the late 1800s, that people who made their own had all the colors of nature to work with, and that people who were rich and could buy William Morris wallpaper were getting arsenic in the vibrant greens. Linoleum came in some home-changing colors but it did have that asbestos thing going on if it got old and tore open. Wall paint had that lead thing going on that was so damaging. But if you were, say, living off the land, you had access to colors outside the manufacturing realm. If you wanted a house filled with plastic in shades that screamed at you, yes, you had to wait until chemists did their thing. Let's just say this advertisement exaggerated their points like all advertisements did and do. Unfortunately, black and white photos and movies make people today believe that it was a black and white world. No. It wasn't.

[@BadUncleIke]

Beige wall color, with beige drapes and a beige sofa, it's so 50's!

[@venus_envy]

It's also so 90s and 00s, lol. The beige part, anyway.

[@653j521]

No, it isn't.

[@veganc5028]

God's creative genius on display

[@BeachsideHank]

Whose God truth is it again? The Eastern Orthodox truth? The Catholic truth? The Anglican truth? The Mormon truth? The Baptist truth? The Wiccan truth? The Great Earth Mother truth? The Gnostic truth? The Eleusinian Mysteries truth? The Orphic truth? The Methodist's truth? The Pentecostal truth? The Evangelical truth? The Lutheran truth? The Seventh Day Adventist Truth? The Jehovah's Witnesses truth? The Shi'ite Muslim truth? The Suni Muslim Truth? The Orthodox Jewish truth? The Pharisee Truth? The Sikh truth? The Baha'i truth? The Shinto Pantheon truth? The Hindu Pantheon truth? The Animist's truth? The Greek Pantheon truth? The Confucian truth? The Taoist truth? The Sufi Truth? The Mithraist truth? The Zoroastrian truth? The Scientologist truth? The Sumerian Pantheon truth? *How many truths are there until we get the real facts?* When you decide which one of the countless gods is the true one, you still have yet even more work to do to *prove that it's the correct choice.* Without a doubt the only argument you can currently present is “my belief sucks less than theirs”.

[@alteredcatscyprus]

@@BeachsideHank I am pretty happy with the Eastern Orthodox one, I highly recommend. ;)

[@veganc5028]

@@BeachsideHank There is only one true God and His name is Jesus

[@BeachsideHank]

@@veganc5028 *Jesus never said a word* about child sexual abuse. Jesus never said a word in favor of education. He was silent about homosexuality and abortion. He never even hinted at the existence of any science, nor teachings of medicine or hygiene that would have saved millions. We have no account of Jesus ever trying to correct prevailing beliefs that the earth was flat. Jesus never talked about heaven or surviving death. He never uttered a word in favor of industry, commerce, economy or of any effort to better our condition in this world. He cared nothing for painting, for sculpture, for music - nothing for any art. He said nothing about the duties of nation to nation, of king to subject, nothing about the rights of man and nothing about intellectual liberty or the freedom of speech. Jesus never said anything about slaves being free. And when he did talk about slavery he had no problem with talking about them being beaten or sold with their entire family- *but never did he say "free them!”* Jesus was biased toward the descendants of Jacob. He quietly chose 12 Hebrews to be his disciples, with not even 1 Gentile among them. Jesus the literate teacher never penned anything he himself said, and yet in all this deliberate and unconscionable muteness, it is what one would call *“being enlightened”?*

[@venus_envy]

In poisonous lead paint? Yeah, that sounds about right… creative indeed.

[@alteredcatscyprus]

Some things never change.

[@frala2398]

I would like to have a colorizer album.

[@rmkpilates]

This was fun...

[@firouz4296]

I live in Berlin where lots of expats and wealthy Germans have bought properties! Let's ignore the aggressive gentrification that is going on. But sometimes late at night when I walk home, I can look inside of many homes. There is barely a home that shows a knowledge of, taste or sense for interior design. It seems like all places where made to be resold. Most of them look deserted, cold or look as if the owner is ready for a quick escape in case of an attack!

[@653j521]

You get all that from walking past them at night. Wow. Psychic. Or are you projecting your own ideas and feelings onto strangers?

[@baseballmomof8]

Oh my gosh! Gloves too!

[@RIXRADvidz]

1322 Colours, and the Grey Marble flooring is chosen along with the grey speckled formica countertops. yeah Colour, innit.

[@venus_envy]

God, I hate greys and I'm so glad they are going out of style (just like beige before it). I guess it doesn't affect me if it's in style or not (since I won't use it regardless), but even looking at pictures of other people's interiors that re just grey on grey on white on griege, on grey etc. is just depressing.

[@653j521]

@@venus_envy Then don't look. :)

[@jaenmartens5697]

Those “brilliant” colors all look dull dull dull to me. The colors look less saturated as though they threw a few drops of black paint into the mix.. Enjoyed the video though!

[@Laudanum-gq3bl]

It’s the quality of the video - which was limited back then and has probably degraded over the years. I know what the old fabrics look like, and some of them were insanely bright.

[@robertromero8692]

The colors on the film have faded. This is quite common.

[@SJ-ni6iy]

That’s exactly what I thought, very muted! I was reminiscing with my uncle the other day and we were laughing because grandma would have him paint everything with “that good gray paint” until she found brown paint that was cheaper.

[@1116may11]

Charming video. People were smarter then

[@hm6134]

The people now are retarded af and careless.

[@katherenewedic8076]

Smarter? Different.

[@653j521]

@@katherenewedic8076 Smarter. They wouldn't have believed any of this was real.

[@Mike-pj1kv]

That colorizor is really advanced stuff.

[@stanley_427]

Ah yes, back when people actually cared to make things look NICE.

[@sarahlouise7163]

🤣

[@theblissfullone]

And had the time to do it.

[@DreamfactoryZero]

That's why I support small businesses. I just bought an awesome messenger bag that is 100% treated leather, hand stitched and had real brass buckles, etc. Something that would cost hundreds from a big business cost me $80 bucks.

[@julesfalcone]

@@DreamfactoryZero Who makes it? How can I get one? (It sounds terrific.)

[@DreamfactoryZero]

@@julesfalcone I searched leather messenger bags on amazon. The company is called Komal's Special Leather. The bag is awesome. I even got a thank you note.

[@nesnibila4888]

me: * watching this for a laugh * me halfway through video: * with pen* uh huh, uh huh, oh, ok! nice! uh huh

[@julesfalcone]

Nes: Exactly.

[@zaker721]

I do hope the people who made this film are able to read your comment from the clouds the sit on now. I imagine they would be pleased as punch to think that their work is still, after all these years, being as helpful and inspiring as they intended it to over half.a century ago! That's real proof of a job well done.

[@AarmOZ84]

Does the Colorizer Album come in PDF format? Asking for a friend.

[@dianagruver5767]

😂

[@NasikaSakura]

12:43 I think you mean analogous, Mr. Narrator. For anyone interested in a more contemporary and therefore affordable and accessible resource similar to this book, you can easily pick up different variations of Color Wheels at your local art supplies stores for only a couple dollars. :) If you want something more in-depth, you can pick up a book on Color Theory. When you've discovered how colors harmonize, you can take a look at the paint chips available at the home improvements store to point out which exact color variants you'd like mixed or purchase pre-mixed (rather than looking up codes and recipes in this book, especially since the recipes may be different as ingredients and brands have changed over the years- some ingredients even having become illegal due to their hazardous nature- and some paints don't blend well with others-- the professional mixers should know what to do if you provide the store's chip).

[@sofiabravo1994]

I actually enjoyed the floral print wallpaper so much more

[@yoranw4608]

*This beautiful country of ours was once a promised land.*

[@beverlyblake4325]

I like when he says “ceramics” the photo is actually of Melamine plastic dishes🤣😂

[@animeloveer97]

haha it was like a synonym for dishes i think ppl used to use

[@Amy-hm6qc]

Okay, I'm ready to go back now.

[@kittycat0876]

We’re girls taking home economics tought how to do this back in the 1940s-50s

[@653j521]

Yes, and they were taught how to work smarter and healthier for less effort and less money. That is a lesson we could all use in any era.

[@xanaduxanadu2181]

13:49 the blues are still popular today

[@darrentsai2700]

i was planning to buy a house and never told anyone, and youtube recommended this to me.

[@653j521]

Think back. Did you research anything about it online? Did you talk about it in front of your computer friend? Did you look up any historical videos or websites? Is there a mole in your life revealing all to Big Brother? :)

[@exchequerguy4037]

Women look great in dresses, but wearing a dress while painting?

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Sure, they had aprons. Only oil isn't very friendly to the process.

[@asparrow5505]

If you have good technique and you're doing a small project it's not a problem.

[@michaelclement6977]

Also all 50s women did it all in high heels 👠 😂

[@theblissfullone]

Surprisingly a lot of women did wear dresses all the time ... by the 50's it was rare, though.

[@653j521]

Of course not. It's an ad. She's a model. The paint company wants you to believe this is glamorous and EASY, so you will rush out and shower them with money.

[@julesdm6905]

I want one of those. You can still apply the color principles in today's design.

[@karlhungus5554]

What a dame! A hot tomato!

[@chieftp]

and how! she's a swell gal alright! and she likes getting color from her colored groundskeeper while her husband's at work.

[@karlhungus5554]

chieftp Holy hell, that's funny! She probably has him steam-clean her carpet with his special solvent! Then, he cleans his wand on her drapes. God, I love KZbin!

[@karlhungus5554]

chieftp You're right, Chief. Here, I cut this four-inch switch for you. It's all I could find!

[@stevebez2767]

Karl Hungus red two mart toes an they're red hot Guess they got em For sale

[@TCB-1]

she's a peach, hubba hubba!

[@SmittenKitten.]

Pinterest color palettes today are white with a splash of light grey.

[@lisawillis1237]

Am I the only one who couldn’t believe she just painted the wallpaper? It took me a couple of days to peel my wallpaper off when I repainted a room years ago. Swore I would never use wallpaper again

[@ernestscribbler2294]

I was shocked too, but than I remembered she is American 😁

[@animeloveer97]

@@ernestscribbler2294 my old house they just put panneling in the 70s and then it stayed ugly brown yellow jail bar stripes almost until migranes and it got painted lol

[@kelleyr2033]

Did.... did she just paint over wallpaper...

[@asparrow5505]

Yes she did! 😂🤦‍♀️

[@Jennifer-bc1yg]

She sure did!

[@Elizabeth-rq1vi]

I owned a 1950 house where one room had six layers of wallpaper & a couple layers of paint!

[@kelleyr2033]

@@Elizabeth-rq1vi wow that's crazy! :)

[@dawnmichelle4403]

So glad I don't have to mix the paint myself!

[@JennyLeigh2001]

Good lord those fabrics

[@larkatmic]

Its like watching something from a distant far away civilization. What happened?

[@alteredcatscyprus]

The 60s :(

[@katherenewedic8076]

Materialism

[@653j521]

People who actually lived then grew to hate it.

[@Georg5719]

well, you lived there in America, fattened, sorted out colors, and in the Soviet Union at that time, we had 3 paints: white, black and red ...

[@lynn858]

We no longer paint over wallpaper because it has a plastic coating. When wallpaper was paper, as long as there were no loose edges, why NOT paint over it?

[@animeloveer97]

or panelling

[@JonathanMWick]

6:28 that's the one! it harmonises with all your sample colors! .....meanwhile everything is in the grey or muted brown family and the paint chip is like a peachy muted orange but i guess that was the style back then :P

[@JonathanMWick]

8:12 okay, well I guess it did add a little punch to the kitchen and was a good color choice. I wouldn't have ever thought it would have looked so good with those grey's and brown tones, guess I was wrong.

[@653j521]

Can't you tell this has faded over time?

[@rachaelbean1439]

Why is the young 1950s housewife who would have a high school diploma spoken to as intelligent being using words like 'elegance, beautiful, infinite, harmonious, pleasing, delightful, liveable, charming and tasteful' and she is shown mixing and painitng her own walls whereas now home renovation shows tell Millenials with college degrees and fulltime jobs to have 'real statement pieces, real feature walls and colour pops' to be 'on point' ito mpress others?' I know which era seems the peak of Western Civilisation to me.

[@jaushuagray4640]

A lot of women still went to college. it was to make them more well rounded. Similar to a liberal arts degree.

[@animeloveer97]

she was an actor used to sell the product basically cause look girl which got guys attention and girls would see it as a way to be like yea we should do that (keeping up with the jones type stuff)and ask their husbands or whatever. super common in stuff like this back then

[@653j521]

You know this is an ad, right?

[@ThePoniAlex]

Lasting good taste.

[@artflorez1568]

20 years later someone cursed out that woman for painting over wallpaper, as they were trying to strip it. LOL

[@notavailable.000]

a more purer human era.

[@653j521]

According to the advertisements?

[@DaveHonkles]

We sure went downhill after 1965.

[@kringles65]

Charm and beauty...lol!