1980s Things Found In Every Home

The 1980s had a style all of it's own and many of the items found in homes are no longer found in them. Let's take a little tour back in time and look at 1980s Things Found In Every Home.
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[@beanliker]

the 80s look pretty cool honestly, a time without social media feels like heaven

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

I'm from Europe, and here it was also way better than now, alsonthe 90s. Not in every respect, but from the human and home feeling viewpoint it was...well, human. Now it's robotized and humans doesn't matter anymore.

[@cg0825]

You would go to your neighbors and see if the kids wanted to go out and play. My neighbors backyard was the social hub, always wiffleball games involving the whole neighborhood and they were very impromptu...no plan they just happened. Then the street lights came on and it meant get inside now.

[@RTBOY954x]

Yea tv guides and full ashtrays on the coffee tables..

[@beanliker]

@@cg0825 my cousins house i like that, sadly there r not many kids in my neighborhood

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

@Phillip Banes Yeah but in this sense it kind of is - most of these seemed like typical US stuff. But Hungary, if that matters. Okay well a few things or at least ideas were similar over here as well.

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

The 80s was a magical time. I’m so glad I was old enough to appreciate it.

[@Lovejazz01]

I was in my 20’s the whole 80’s decade, I feel so blessed to have experienced it as it happened, it was a blast!

[@MrCooper83]

@@Lovejazz01 You are lucky. I was born in '83 but the music, the vibe of the 80s and early 90s were fantastic!

[@annetteslife]

I was a teen in the 1980s, it was awesome

[@awake1807]

I wasn't old enough but I remember it.

[@dreamguardian8320]

I'm glad I was born during the 80s.

[@KentKaliber]

It's really hard to explain to newbies today what the 80's felt like. In today's DIVIDED country and culture, it's hard for kiddos to understand how CHILL and LOVING the 80's really were.

[@alexiswaller3065]

Every generation thinks they came from time of wholesome innocence no one did maybe the 40s but nothing after that

[@KentKaliber]

@@alexiswaller3065 The 50's were also amazing. But also, you have to look at the statistics! Suicide rates, drug abuse rates, mental illness rates, divorce rates, keep SURGING up and up...which are solid markers of the UNhappiness today. Also, now every election is a bloodbath between 2 divided sides. It wasn't like that in the 80's when BOTH republicans and democrats voted reagan in (he won 49 of the 50 states in his re-election, indicating UNITY amongst voters as opposed to todays 50/50 division).

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

​@@alexiswaller3065You're kidding right? You realize there was a WAR. right??

[@aubrey6538]

I am totally blind, and although I grew up and could see in the 80s it’s been a long long time since I have been able to see and just wanted to walk down memory lane and the description of this video was wonderful. Thank you so much for your description it brought back a lot of good memories. Thank you for me being able to take a walk down memory lane. Great content.

[@databloom70]

The young man using the phone in the kitchen is a mirror image of me during the 80s. I had that same shirt, long hair, and ripped jeans. And I ate a lot of frozen pizza too! I thought I was so cool being an 80s metal head. I really do miss those fun and 'semi-innocent' times in light of what we're having to deal with now in 2022.

[@gooniesgirl1979]

I was on the Debbie Gibson channel the other day and there were a bunch of heavy metal guys on there reminiscing about how they secretly liked Debbie’s music, but would never admit it to their friends.

[@databloom70]

@@gooniesgirl1979 Great story! I enjoyed a lot of the pop-music of the era too. (Who didn't? It was a great time for pop.) Modern musicologists say the 80s pop star phenomena was unique, and we probably won't see the heights of fame and fortune those stars enjoyed ever again.

[@Valorius]

Heh me too.

[@ilovenoodles7483]

@@gooniesgirl1979 - lol

[@ilovenoodles7483]

@@databloom70 - absolutely! Now a days, the music industry needs artists, in the '80s and even the '90s and all the generations before that, it was a opposite, in order to make it as an music artist, you needed the music industry.

[@danajoyner9266]

They forgot those awesome clear phones with all the colorful plastic wiring, those were FRIGGIN AWESOME.

[@SarahWells777]

No he mentioned novelty phones,those weren’t pictured but they fall into the category mentioned.

[@marquitashiver6141]

That was my older sisters private line 🤣

[@MrEOM41]

Those were cool

[@MrCooper83]

@@SarahWells777 That 'hamburger' phone was super cheap and terrible. :D

[@myfreqquency]

I want one

[@KraZvEgGyBuRgEr]

I love 80s home decor! I find it way more interesting and fun than today’s bland, minimalistic, boringness

[@JulieannsSerenity]

I do miss color! My bedroom was all in shades of mauve and I can do without it now. 😂However, the decade was anything but plain or neutral monotone. I love the natural country look that’s so prevalent these days but for me, it can be lacking. When I see those serene pastel colors all mixed together, it makes me happy! Naturally, I’m not going to decorate with black, white and neon but the clothes, earrings and sunglasses that came in style because of it was so fun to wear! Anytime the stores come out with any accessories in neon, it immediately grabs my attention and I have to buy it! I love styles from Art Deco on, even some Art Nouveau ahead of that but there’s something about the 80’s that always resonates with me. Probably because that’s the decade I grew up in but I still think it holds its own in other ways.

[@reneastle8447]

The Retro Decade Revival Project is gonna bring it all back for good.

[@seabreeze7378]

@@JulieannsSerenity Right oh that neon, had to have it and always when I went to the beach! Still love it and the colors shown here. Still love Art Deco too, had style. 💖

[@cbsteffen]

Because hardly anybody wants to grow up nowadays! People really couldn’t refuse to grow up in the 1980s probably because they had to do more work back then while technology wasn’t advanced enough to simplify responsibilities! Technology now seems to be coming to a point where and when it would let people get away with laziness!

[@circleinforthecube5170]

i dont understand how millenials and gen x rejected the beautiful trends of the 70s 80s and 90s even in architectecturally important buildings built around the time are modified to not be "dated" "dated" is a uncomplaint, a nonissue. its not a real problem its a invented consumerist one to keep you buying gradually uglier furniture, the 2000s wasnt so bad but the 2010s were awful

[@glendaruiz2477]

Bring all this back, I love the 1980s!!

[@jrnfw4060]

Bring back the 70s and combine the two decades. I could easily live with that.

[@tias.6675]

Bring back the culture and atmosphere lol.

[@MrCooper83]

​@@tias.6675 ... and bring back the mentality of the people. The simpler life without the internet.

[@seanbeckett4019]

I am 43 years old so these 80s retro videos really resonate with me. I used to simply laugh at many of the styles and trends of the 80s, but now I'm finding an increasing charm in them.

[@dullahan7677]

Am I correct in assuming that is Shipwreck in your profile pic? 47yo, here, btw.

[@seanbeckett4019]

@@dullahan7677 Yep 😁 It's from some art I did. Shipwreck is one of my favorite GI Joe characters.

[@tutsybassista]

I'm approaching 47. Ick! 😭

[@SignalCorps1]

43? So you were born in ‘79? Too young to have really soaked in 80s, weren’t you?

[@chauncymcbaddass]

@@SignalCorps1 I was born in 77 so I was too young to do coke with the brat pack but I was old enough to remember them. My wife was born in 80 and she remembers her childhood too.

[@lindsayrichards229]

I’m 44 and love going back in time to my childhood days. Where the TV and movies were great and the music was awesome. I still can’t stop listening to my 80’s music on my Spotify. This is one truly amazing decade that I wish I could just freeze in time and live in forever.

[@nana820able]

70's music was even better.

[@lindzg8555]

Hey L- you & I have age & name in common. I agree, it was such a surreal time to grow up. No wonder the 80s revival keeps popping up today. Although in the 80s our grandparents prob saw us as misfits, kinda how I view 22yr Olds today.

[@HJHecking]

Amen!!!

[@lindsayrichards229]

@@lindzg8555 Sorry it took me so long to respond I’m just now seeing this for the first time. But yes we do mine is Lindsay. I don’t know how old you are but I’m only 44 and I was just a little kid during that time but boy did I sure have fun. Lot of great memories for me that I will never forget

[@lindsayrichards229]

@@nana820able I will not disagree with you about that but my heart belongs in the 80’s

[@greatsource5405]

There was also a trend of wallpaper borders. People would paint the walls one color, and then add a band of wallpaper about 1' wide all around the top at the ceiling. Sometimes they would have two borders. One at the top and then another one around the middle.

[@jrnfw4060]

There were also borders along the top of wallpaper, which complemented it. Nice touch, if it matched well.

[@jgarcia6751]

Boy I boy! I remember this trend!!!! I did this in every apartment or house!!!!!

[@tball5677]

That was the 90s

[@Scottyallen-of7qr]

And having fake plants in your hoyse as decor, was popular too!

[@apdorafa-rafaelalmeida7159]

I was born in 1981, and looking back, the 80's was the best decade...everything was good about it. Watching this video brought back a lot of great memories of my grandparents, my schoo, my frfiends, and a lot of stuff. When we didnt have school we would spend the whole day playing in the streets with our friends, streets were safe, I knew everybody on my street...there were lots of other kids..we would ride our bikes, run around barefoot. It was a great time.

[@captianawesome9240]

I was 9 years old in 1980. I consider myself among the luckiest people to have ever lived. Those of us who were blessed to come of age in the best time and the best place in the history of the world: America in the 1980s.

[@caligirllala1267]

1971 baby here too!😉

[@captianawesome9240]

@@caligirllala1267I grew up in Texas, but spent many summers with my fathers in California. California was Paradise to me. So sad to see it now.

[@captianawesome9240]

@Mark rapacki right on👍🏻👍🏻

[@warpigg666]

71 here and I miss those day so much, so fun, so exciting, so adventurous,life everyday was a new adventure n fantasy the world was so so much better then, every thing was a lot of fun

[@squeakD]

The 80’s home decor was awesome. So bright, full of color, and nice geometric patterns. Homes felt more calming to be in because of the color palette. We also had great wallpaper in the 80’s too. Homes today are just insanely dull. I can’t wait for the “everything grey from floor to ceiling” trend to be over.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

dont worry, when gen z starts buying houses its been shown we don't like this style too much

[@TheresaGiuriceo]

I loved being a teenager in the 80's. 💛💜💚❤💙

[@voloshanca]

Am I the only one who wants to scream "GORGEOUS!!!!" on literally EVERY frame from this video??? Photos from the 80s are a pure visual orgasm!! 😍 My absolutely favourite decade aesthetic-wise and I will never change my mind on that. ❤

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

That's why I don't trust myself to decorate my house because it be retro

[@robertgronewold3326]

Maybe excluding having perfectly matched floral walls and bedding. haha

[@jrnfw4060]

@@Dablkwid0w2008 What's wrong with retro?

[@rolandjaudes3041]

Certainly, much more decorated in good taste.

[@seltzermint5]

I don't like ALL of it...but I confess my 1981 home is not updated in a lot of ways and I'm absolutely ok with that. I do not mind its durable oak cabinetry, oak trim, folding closet doors, 80s fixtures, Hollywood lighting in the bathrooms, fully carpeted bedrooms and den, etc. Honestly I feel like it is a sturdy and well made home and not everything has to be done in subway tiled white and gray!

[@i_viz_ion346]

I feel blessed to be an 80’s kid, 90’s teen! Those were great times, I have the best memories! TY for posting, love the nostalgia! 🤩💕

[@dreamguardian8320]

I'm glad I was born during the 80s, back when 2D hand-drawn animation was still popular.

[@jayson657]

Maybe upper middle class had all these styles in their homes in the 80’s. Us regular working class people still had wood paneling, shag carpeting, avocado green or harvest gold appliances and lots of dark wood furniture and cabinets from the 70’s well into the early 90’s.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Even people with money kept those things. The 90s is when more people changed from the 70s. Thank you for watching.

[@mariahsmom9457]

My house is still all original stuff (except appliances) from 1983... the shell sinks. I have those still! ☺

[@SignalCorps1]

You just had a 70s house in the 80s. Nothing wrong with that. There were plenty of people with 50s and 60s decor in the 70s

[@heathermanning5368]

My Mom was obsessed with Harvest gold things! Even in the 2000’s she was searching for a gold fridge and she couldn’t find on so she settled for black! 😅

[@samanthab1923]

It was the new homes being built. Remember going thru a model home with an all white kitchen. Cabinets & all the appliances. Bathrooms were a big deal too. Sunken tub & gold faucets. Built in steam showers. Powder room had a painted porcelain sink.

[@HJHecking]

Watching this I realize my interior designing style hasn't changed a bit! No wonder I gravitate toward pastels and floral prints! Loved the 80's!!!

[@deniseherud]

i'm totally with you..i love the laura ashley prints. they just seem happy and lovely, unlike cold, sterile 1-color walls.

[@ericad8616]

When I was in high school back in the mid 80s, my best friend gave me a novelty phone as a Christmas gift. It was transparent so you could see all parts inside it. It also had a pair of lights in it that would flash in tempo with the ringer whenever someone would call. While I generally don't miss landline phones, I do miss the cool and unique styles that many of them came in back then.

[@karnerblue7658]

We had a transparent phone back in the early 90’s (born in ‘84). We thought it was so cool! Lol

[@kitsunelee007]

Oooh those were soooo much fun! My best friend had one and I would look at it with envy.

[@Habu71]

My sister had one of these also Erica. All the bright colors in parts you could see. And my dad worked for what was then called Bellsouth for our whole life so we were sooooooooo cool because we had our own second phone line for the kids like rich people would, but only because we got it really cheap from my Dad's company. LOL - Cringe

[@LunalovaniaGaming]

Omg I remember those! We had a clear transparent rotary phone too! My sister also had a rotary phone that was a big pair of huge red lips. The top lip was the phone receiver. I think she still has it somewhere in her basement or attic. Also, remember having your OWN phone line? Lol there would be the house line, and then parents would pay extra to get another line put in, with your own number and everything. It was every teenagers wish to have their own land line in their room! Lol

[@karenwalters1211]

I remember that phone. My aunt had one. I always thought it was so cool. 😂

[@cg0825]

The worst were the bowls of fake fruit. I always remember seeing them at peoples houses and they always were covered in dust. The other thing was you would have wall hangings that were giant silverware such as a giant fork hanging on the wall. Seems so silly now.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those could have been some carry overs from the 70s. I remember my aunt having the fruit and she couldn't keep my cousin from chewing on the grapes. I also remember the gigantic wooden tableware. Thank you for watching and sharing some more memories!

[@cg0825]

Late 70s into early 80s maybe

[@elultimo102]

Remember the plastic "blue roses?" It would be cool if they were real.

[@LunalovaniaGaming]

Also, everyone's grandma was gifted in the art of crochet. Remember crocheted doilies on side tables, end tables and just tables all around? Lol also doilie pillows! 💜🤝

[@Cerulean0987]

Yeah, my mother had that plastic fruit that you poked beads into them. I think there was a pineapple, banana, orange, grapes... I am sure there were more.

[@JoMarieM]

I was a child in the 1980s, and I remember some of the home decorating trends mentioned in the video. Fake wood paneling was popular in the 70s, and it carried over into the 80s for quite some time, since a lot of homes still had it in the 80s. I remember honey oak cabinets and I still love those, because I think that they make a kitchen warm and homey, instead of some of today's modern kitchens that don't feel quite as friendly. Also, huge couches with designs all over them. I also remember when decorating everything with geese, especially geese with blue bows and sometimes little ruffled aprons and bonnets, were also a popular decorating trend in many kitchens!

[@terryannmaes5538]

Lots of geese and blue accents. My mom and I had lots of them.

[@socialmoth4974]

Yep. My dad put that fake paneling up all through our house. At the time, I thought it was so luxurious looking. Lol

[@ashley896]

I couldn’t agree with you more on the oak cabinets that made a house a home ❤️ nowadays a house it’s just a empty box with accents 😂

[@roxycauldwell544]

Oh my gosh, yes! My parents had the geese when I was really little! And the circle ruffle pillows! I had no idea that was a generational staple :D

[@elultimo102]

@@ashley896 The "decorators' say that oak cabinets are "out." After some fool paints them purple, the same "decorators" will say that real oak is the "in" thing.

[@Erinski]

My condo was built around this time. Still has the vertical blinds and the hollywood lighting in the bathroom. I'm keeping it though. I'm an 80's baby, and to me everything from that decade is timeless.

[@LuthienNightwolf]

You forgot waterbeds, I remember those were a thing back then. I was a kid in the 80's, my parents had one for a while and I even had one. I can imagine they were a pain in the butt to maintain and move though, no wonder they went away. Also, personal jungles are a thing again! :D

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those beds were certainly a big thing in the 70s and 80s until the died out in the mid 90s. Thank you for watching!

[@seamarie3111]

@@RhettyforHistory Ha! I had no idea those were ever out of style when I was growing up. My older brother had a really nice one, with storage and stuff, as a teenager in the early 0s or so.

[@jeffalbillar7625]

I had a huge California King waterbed in the 90s. I had the waveless style. Oh man, it was just too big though. It took up the whole bedroom

[@maevemaiden]

I remember thinking my cousins who lived in Florida and had waterbeds were sooooo cool lol. Plus one of my first make out sessions was on a waterbed 🤣 Good times

[@robertgronewold3326]

My older brother got one of those in 89. He over inflated it first thing, causing a mess, and then he raised our electric bill by moving it over an air conditioning vent, so that the heater was constantly running to keep the bed comfortable.

[@katwmn17]

I am still a huge Laura Ashley fan! My style is my style. I ignore trends :)

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is always a good thing to have a style all of your own. Thank you for watching!

[@maryannefeyer6332]

I love them, too. And Jessica McClintock. I honestly think they both have a timeless style about them. I wore a dress to a family dinner two weeks ago that I’d bought 15 years earlier; no one could tell!

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

Laura Ashley borrowed her style from much older decor, as well. The four eras of floral design are ancient Egyptian, ancient Chinese, Roman & Greek and lastly, European. The last era was biggest from the early 1800s to right after the Edwardian period. William Morris and Waverly have always been two of my favorites.

[@ivanj.conway9919]

God Bless You!

[@kitsunelee007]

@@maryannefeyer6332 i still have my Jessica McKlintock freshman prom dress!

[@RadicalEdward2]

I honestly miss the 80s interior aesthetic. Being a 90s kid, it was always cozy

[@dreamguardian8320]

I miss the 80s too.

[@debbylou5729]

I still love glass blocks. I’ve loved them since I first saw them in the 70’s

[@wicketuma444]

The 80's were awesome. The times before all the tech! No big brother watching you like today, camera weren't everywhere. We really really had fun!

[@maguffintop2596]

Yes we did! 😊

[@Eidelmania]

Shop tell you drop.

[@lyndaanneshop]

Santa Fe / South Western styles were the rage in the 1980's home décor. And plastic jewelry that looked like what Betty and Wilma wore on the flintstones, lots of plastic bangles too. Also, we had a state of the art very high tech remote control for the tv - with a cord. Yup the remote had a cord connecting it to the tv and we sat on the couch feeling very futuristic with the cord running across the family room floor. "Careful! Don't trip over the remote!"

[@heidi2166]

The biggest thing I remember from the '80s and actually the early 90s were my Nagel paintings. Everybody had them. And I still do. Also my crazy tees

[@bunnybubs757]

Patrick Nagel

[@jrnfw4060]

Even cat lovers had tees. My sister gifted me with one that said, "If you don't talk to your cat about catnip, who will?" It was so cute. I wore it until I wore it out. And I LOVE my kitties!

[@SignalCorps1]

Yes! That definitely should’ve been included in this video. I think Duran Duran even had an album cover from Nagel. Maybe Rio?

[@robertgronewold3326]

Much of my mom's decor sensibilities came from the 80's. It was only last year that she finally threw out her lace curtains because they were falling apart, but she still has floral draperies and loves to jungle out her plants.

[@dona4him942]

You can NEVER go wrong with plants. They're timeless!! 😊❤❤

[@merfwriter]

My Dad still has the heavy drapery in his living room and dinning room from the early 1980s. My parents bought brand new furniture living room furniture in the early 1980s. They bought a living room set with a navy blue large couch and two love seats. The love seats had this gray, tan, brown, and blue pattern of birds on branches and leaves. Now I don't know how they selled furniture back then. I don't know if my parents went to a furniture showroom store or ordered somethings from a catalog. But they could buy matching drapery that actually matched our love seats in the living room.

[@ScottRandolph-dd7dr]

😂 greetings from coastal Mississippi. I didn't realize i was still living in the 80's. I still have most of this stuff. Thank you for your research and memories 🎉😅

[@yailineeshelman3218]

Idk if anyone else remembers but a fascination with ducks as kitchen decor was big in my house and also the furniture set that was made out of hard sturdy wood and had cushions with a scenery of a prairie, watermill! We had the set and almost everyone had one!

[@RhettyforHistory]

My mom loved having geese in the kitchen and dinning area. It was flocks upon flocks of them. Thank you for watching and bringing something else up for us to remember!

[@basil33]

Country goose! It was accompanied by country blue and country pink lol

[@shadykatie100]

I remember them being popular in the 60s too.

[@madamebutterfly851]

Yep that was called "country kitchen" look.

[@dannycarrington1601]

Ducks and geese were both popular, cutesy wallpaper prints in the kitchen and more realistic wall art, fabric or wall coverings in the living room or family room.

[@Francois_L_7933]

You just gotta love the 1980's postmodern aesthetics. Remember those fake Greek columns that were used as pedestals for a sculpture or more often a vase? And gray was everywhere too. A lot of things were done in a fake granite pattern. And there were melamine covered kitchen cabinets that made you the envy of everybody. Remember listening to some synth-pop on your ghetto-blaster? Every kid wanted one of those. And there was the presence of real neon tubes in home decorating. I still have a working phone with a real neon tube in it that flashes when the phone rings. And there was furniture made from bent steel tubes that was available in red, white, black, gray and antique pink. Chairs were really funky back then. Some were really uncomfortable but looked fantastic.

[@ACGreyhound04]

Many of my relatives, who actually ARE Greek, love those fake columns, and still have them today, 40 years later!

[@agirly1503]

Omg! This end up! I FORGOT

[@Art.b.b]

What is a gheto-blaster?

[@ACGreyhound04]

@@Art.b.b - I think he means one of those giant 80s boom-box radios that city kids used to carry on their shoulder.

[@agirly1503]

@@ACGreyhound04 yup

[@reinasanchez1718]

Oh how I miss the 80’s 😩😩

[@imtired6104]

I miss the '80s, especially the clothes and accessories. Hunter green and burgundy were also a popular pair of colors that people used in wall paint and decor. Oh, and cobalt blue lame cloth that would change to black if it was held at a certain angle, not to mention black velvet dresses with hunter green and burgundy plaid skirts which were really popular during the holiday season in the late '80s.

[@nurmaybooba]

Lace curtains!!!!! YAY I still like them and have them from that time!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@kimerleviccaro1957]

I still have those lacy curtains in my living room🙂

[@TammieR-B]

Me too

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you have!

[@kimerleviccaro1957]

@@RhettyforHistory you’re welcome, I really enjoy your posts🙂

[@RhettyforHistory]

@@kimerleviccaro1957 I'm happy to know you are enjoying them!

[@kimerleviccaro1957]

@@RhettyforHistory they mean a lot to me🙂

[@sacredrose5477]

My grandparents had teal carpet. A trend missed was dropped floor living rooms. You had to go down stairs to get into the living room. Other trends included thin wood baseboards that were cognac or chestnut coloured.

[@daisydukes8252]

I think they were called “sunken living rooms” and they were really cool.

[@seltzermint5]

@@daisydukes8252 definitely sunken living rooms, yes. Also tray ceilings in master bedrooms started in the 80s and were a hot new home trend in the early 90s.

[@SignalCorps1]

I recently retired and sold my 2017 house and moved into a smaller house built in 1979. It has a sunken living room which is awesome. It separates the living space but still keeps it completely open. The people that owned it before me redid the entire house with stone flooring which is beautiful, cool in the Texas summer, easy to keep clean, and impervious to water as the pool is right outside.

[@plnkfloydian7814]

My grandma had these really old floral print couch and love seat set she would keep plastic on it. She didn’t get rid of it until 2018 when we moved her in with us and just tossed the sofas. She’s 98 years old as of now.

[@maggiemea]

Best decade EVER!♥️

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was a great one! Thank you for watching!

[@irenernfuturemsn7689]

By far

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Exactly!

[@lois2997]

The 70s were better

[@suediocrude9661]

Definitely best decade ever 🙌🏾

[@candacerain1]

This just makes me miss my brother! It's been a year and I still can't believe he's gone.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

So sorry for your loss. RIP brother.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your brother.

[@lindalcoomes]

Actually love retro. Comforting, somehow, a more peaceful uncomplicated time than now.

[@HighMojo]

The best part of the 80's are the music, TV and movies.

[@kirstiesgaming5168]

It's funny how so many elements from the 80s and 90s are in style again today :) Not exactly the same but inspired by I reckon :) From sheer curtains, to neon lights/words/rgb strips, floral patterns on bed coverings, glass/clear parts on furniture to wood features in homes :) Nice to see them live another way in another time again :)

[@appliedengineering4001]

Too bad that we never had those RGB strips back then. Those would've really been cool back in the 80's. Although we had rad and green LEDs back in the 80's. The first blue LEDs didn't hit the market until 1992. Plus, LEDs weren't all the bright back then.

[@samanthab1923]

I still have those round ball bulbs in my downstairs bathroom! 😂 hold onto something long enough & it comes back in style

[@IC4N7C]

RGB would’ve gone great with those entertainment centers!

[@Sarika38]

Still love neon items !🥰

[@karnerblue7658]

History always repeats itself. 😉

[@susan5301]

I loved the 80's! Loved the movies of the 80's! I was happy in the 80's! Enjoyed this!

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was a really great decade to experience. Thank you for watching!

[@thebewitchinghour831]

I miss curling the phone cord around while talking on the phone. This video just makes me want to go out and get a corded phone. Yes, I'm one of the few that still has a landline. LOL

[@markbarrow2082]

I was born in the early 90s, the 80s style transitioned into the 90s, so in reality the 80s ended in 1993. I remember a lot of this. The house I used to own had a 1980s feel to it.

[@Automedon2]

Two big influences were TV show Miami Vice - where the use of the pastel teal, pink and purple were used throughout and Ralph Lauren who brought the heavy English style of deep green, plaid and mahogany furniture. Wallpaper was huge and those who couldn't afford it put up borders along the ceiling on colored walls.. I was around throughout the eighties and have seen all the color trends come and go.. It's like everyone has the same thing and then suddenly no one has it. All those expensive, high end amoires to hold a TV and now you can't give them away. chrome, brass and glass furniture - forget about it.

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

Oh geez! My parents house we had a yellow refrigerator, dark brown cabinets, and a yellow white countertop! All the rooms had dark brown/tan shag carpet, gross brown patterned wallpaper, and our basement was ALL wood paneling 🤣🤣 Thanks for the walk down memory lane 🤣🤣🤣

[@FromSagansStardust]

I think you're on the wrong video! You're talking '70s here!

[@cc1k435]

That shag carpet could have been bright orange and red like in my old bedroom! Brown sounds pretty good compared to that! 😳

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

cc 1k red orange, so the floor is lava.

[@danajoyner9266]

That ugly wood paneling!! Oddly, I LOVE it... I think it's a nostalgia thing but I still love it. 😆❤

[@danajoyner9266]

@@FromSagansStardust A lot of the homes we lived in in the 80s were built/updated in the 70s..

[@waynegross2113]

Ahhh the 80's, my favorite decade! I graduated in 84. Everything from the decor to the music, had it's own eclectic feeling. Although my tastes have grown, I can't escape Laura Ashley bedding or Aqua Net hairspray, lol! Jill Gross

[@SignalCorps1]

Class of ‘84 here too. Can you believe we’re in our mid-50s? Sometimes when I’m thinking back to high school, on a few instances I’ve had it in my head that it was only 20 years ago, or so. When I realize it’s been almost 40 years, I’m shocked. Has that ever happened to you?

[@craftsbeautyandlife5163]

The 80s was the best decade for music and the best time of my life

[@chrisreed26]

This video was SPOT ON! He remembered everything!! Even down to the lace curtains, the round tables with covers you could buy, the Home Interior gold decor crap.. When I was a teen in the 80's My dad was always one to decorate to the newest trend so we had grey carpet, mauve miniblinds, blue sofa with splashes, rattan table with glass top and Pricilla style drapes with tie back in grey I believe..even his office..a desk from This End Up store, pink file cabinet.. My room I had the very popular bedding set with shapes like in the attic bedroom of Home Alone 1 and what you may see in Saved By The Bell..We had a large floor model TV from Montgomery Ward that was soo $$$ in 1971 that I found a copy of the installment contract filed with the local courthouse!! LIke a mortgage would be filed I kid you not!!

[@rg1whiteywins598]

Funny because my folks never remodeled except for chairs and couch which wore out over time. Our furniture was fro the late 1950s which now I mid century modern chic. I still have it .😅😅😅😅😄😄😄😄😃😃😀

[@gardendormouse6479]

Yes, my family didn't get a color TV until 1975. My dad got a promotion, and he came home with a big TV in a wooden case, and a stereo. I remember the exact date.

[@jrnfw4060]

I've noticed, in today's home decor catalogs, that you can only get rectangular table covering. They used to offer choices in square or round, even oval. No more. Just straight line rectangular. This is just one more example of how our choices are so severely limited these days. If you have an oval, round or square table, you're out of luck. Hang onto your old coverings, because you won't find those shapes in new ones. WHO is it who keeps denying us of options, these days? I'd like to stranger him or her!

[@SignalCorps1]

It’s a good video but he didn’t get everything. Sunken living rooms, Patrick Nagel prints

[@redwillow79schippers94]

I love a lot of these 80's styles. Especially glass blocks. If I had the money, these would be in my home for sure

[@QuantumKitty]

My grandmas old house was every 80s cliche her next house was all early 2000s with floral bedding everywhere definitely saw the residual 80s style throughout the house. I thought she was so classy when I was a kid 😂

[@JennyJeong425]

My grandma had all that stuff, too. I loved her house.

[@robindew9072]

The 80s we're an amazing great time to be a teenager. Everything was awesome. Such memories

[@dreamguardian8320]

I'm glad I was born during the 80s, back when 2D hand-drawn animation was still popular.

[@debby8428]

100%! I was born in 1963 and I recognize everything you have shown. I even had the teal carpet!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you had.

[@TheUluxian]

I was '63. too. We were lucky. It was a great time to be a kid.

[@caroleroseburgh1344]

Good Morning Rhett 🙋🏽. I LOVED the 80's , things were so much simpler than. And there was Always something to do. Thank you for sharing this with me ‼️👍🏽💯

[@RhettyforHistory]

Hello Carole! The 80s was a great decade to live in and experience. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@appliedengineering4001]

And speaking of something to do. Remember going to the mall and just hanging out for fun. There was so much to do at the mall back then, then just shopping. You go to the mall today(even a busy one.) and all you see is a bunch of people acting like zombie solders, cold and lifeless.

[@Aztec339]

Are you kidding? We were cursed with Ronald Reagan! Horrid inflation and recession. Horrible times.

[@Beaglegirl19]

I still see a lot of those 80's aesthetics today. Hell, the house I am living in now has some of those and I love them.

[@Katesaprincess]

As someone born in the late 90s this is so cool! I realize I love a lot of this stuff!😭

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@voloshanca]

I'm from '98 and I will never change my mind on the fact that the 80s were the absolutely best decade in terms of visual aesthetics (this includes fashion and interior design). When I was a teenager I often used to dress and wear hairstyles that looked very much like what was in style in the 70s and 80s, without having a single clue those styles actually come from back then. I just genuinely thought they looked beautiful having zero idea they went out of style for 30 years already, lol. It wasn't until very recently that I found out many of my most favourite fashion things come from the eithies. Now I can admire photos from back then forever, they are a pure visual orgasm to me! 😍

[@charliehoss1614]

Beta generation technology took over

[@jrnfw4060]

@@voloshanca Do I sense timelessness, here? If you continue to love these styles, they're timeless, at least to you. And timeless never goes out of style. Also, most of these styles will eventually come back into widespread popularity. That which is truly beautiful always does.

[@jaimecallaghan3159]

I aspire to one day have Blanche from The Golden Girls bedroom. I think it's marvellous! 😍

[@RhettyforHistory]

That would really be something to see. Blanche is from Ardmore, Oklahoma and there is a bed and breakfast on part of her old famiilies land that is decorated up like the Golden Girls. I bet that would be a place you would love to visit. Thank you for watching!

[@brendaholliday6866]

Rhett, I really enjoyed your 1980's Things That Were Found In Our Homes, it brought back alot of memories. I remember so many of the home decor styles of that decade, some are still in existence, today. Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎

[@annon7179]

I'm from the 90s but I really like the decor from back in the days..houses looked so cozy and comforting with those floral wallpapers curtains n carpets Not like the empty homes w hardwood floors nowadays..everything's nice n neat but it really has a cold feel

[@darlingmoon003]

I still like many of these home staples. Like the furniture skirts, wallpapered walls, plants, and a media center. Many are still around and others are making a comeback.

[@kansascitian2009]

I still love a lot of it. If I love it, I use it, regardless of what others might think.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@joeheid4757]

Not sure all these trends were exclusive to the 80's, but what a great flashback video to my late young, early teenage years. Great memories.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Joe!

[@naturalcambion3747]

80’s Art Deco was so cool.

[@midcenturymodern9330]

I miss the 80's so much! 😔 Thank you for this wonderful flashback to my teenage years.

[@dreamguardian8320]

I miss the 80s too.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching midcenturymodern9330!

[@josieann5031]

I really like the bedroom pictured at 5:51. For me it would work in 2022.

[@zekesgirl100]

I agree!

[@socialmoth4974]

Yes! I love plants and the windows are fabulous!

[@vanessarichardson110]

I like the 6:17 and 6:42 rooms

[@amandasue6500]

My mom had big window treatments that she filled with newspapers to make them puffy. They were pink/mauve flower print and were always so dusty!!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what your mom had!

[@cjhoward409]

My parents had that too. In a gold color. After my mom died and my dad wanted to sell the house, our real estate agent asked us to get rid of those curtains. I said “no problem “. 😂

[@paulaward2075]

We were sooo wild and crazy during the 1980's! What a colorful and wild decade! I was in high school in 83, 84, 85 and 86. Hello from Tyler Texas U.S.A.

[@seabreeze7378]

Love this video, thank you for bringing back memories. My plan is to have a 70s/80s room...already have the essentials mostly original from the time. 💖

[@leesashriber5097]

I'm really enjoying these 80's uploads. Heck, I enjoy everything on this channel!! 😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm happy to hear you are enjoying the videos! Thank you for watching Leesa!

[@afriend9428]

*I miss the old giant phones! My parents had lots of plants in their house up to 2000 and love entertainment units* ❤️

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories. Those old phones were fun back then.

[@jrnfw4060]

We still have the Micky Mouse phone hubby won as a door prize. It still works, too. No so-called "smart phones" in our home. It's landline, or nothing. On the road, just a simple Tracfone to use in emergencies. That's the only concession we're willing to make to the cell phone industry. My mother had a Garfield phone. And we still have a banana phone. These were/are cute. Showed some imagination. Creative imagination is sorely lacking, these days. That's why everything is so cold, sterile and unwelcoming. One can still be practical and also have the aesthetically pleasing in one's life. Sacrificing pleasing styles for the sake of practical minimalism isn't my idea of enriched living.

[@matthewnicholas6365]

Love this. Every 80s movie has a glass "brick" wall.

[@marylyn5965]

I remember parquet flooring, peel and stick mirror tiles, and large framed light boxes on the kitchen ceiling. I also remember Ziggy, Garfield and The Far Side were huge.

[@CCGem]

Ahhh. Mauve and slate blue. Dust ruffles. Hollywood vanity lighting. And the various places you could use brass as decor was unreal. As a teen in late 80s I removed it all. Went with purple and spray-stoned my furniture. The top of every was black faux marble. Yup, I was already headed into the 90s. 😉

[@texasred2702]

Don't forget the wallpaper borders. My mom still has those.

[@kitsunelee007]

My Mother bought me multiple dust ruffles so she could switch them out when she washed.

[@Dablkwid0w2008]

Bedding with enough ruffles and stuffing that it nudged you out the door

[@pariahthistledown540]

LOL! yeah...spray stone was great...and crackle coat! I was an artsy goth dude, so i got away from all that brass and pastel stuff ASAP!

[@seltzermint5]

My stepsister and her husband married in 1988 and their wedding colors were mauve and country blue. So was the floral wallpaper in her bedroom I inherited along with a set of glass and brass coffee and end tables haha

[@Marty4650]

Some home features from the 1980s that have virtually disappeared: - Intercoms, to prevent shouting to others - Central Vacuuming Systems - Double doors at the entrance of a home - Carports, even on high end homes - Wall to wall carpeting - Linoleum (do they still make it?) - Jenn-Aire downdraft ranges - Hot tubs in the backyard - Wood art on walls, featuring ducks with bows around their necks - Displaying flags for every event, season, holiday, or favorite sports team

[@babecat2000]

Linoleum is still around more for cheaper places. Displaying flags for every event. I still see this around here in missouri.

[@lorisharpe7397]

Linoleum is now called luxury vinyl tile, though you can still get it in sheets, and flags are still pretty popular, though they are smaller and are sold as garden flags. Most hot tubs are on the back deck/porch, at least where I live. It's a shame that houses don't have intercoms as much. They were so much fun, as a kid, to scare people with! We also had a buzzer from the days when my great grandmother raised my dad and uncles. She was so arthritic she'd press the buzzer to call them downstairs. When we moved into the house, years later, my brother and I would unhook the buzzer when we wanted to sleep in.😁

[@fuzzylogics139]

Wood art was fantastic, we used to have a giant slab of wood on the wall, just a big square of varnished wood. I would still hang it.. Wonder where it went?

[@melissa7233]

They still make linoleum. The previous owner of my house put in brand new linoleum that he got from Lowes.

[@sdmurphy20]

@@babecat2000 and parts of Iowa lol

[@s.tiffanysmith9977]

What a trip down memory lane. That Laura Ashley had my mother and aunt in a choke hold in the 80's. My mother's bedroom was black floral bedding and matching wall paper. The Carpet matched the pink flowers. I'll never forget my father having to remove the wall paper from the wall with the window in order to paint it the pink to match the carpet because my mother found the matching black curtains in a catalog. I'm surprised he slept in that room and didn't divorce her instead. My mother decorated the whole house, one room at a time, with the help of layaway. If I never see Italian lacquer again in my life it will be too soon.

[@aquamarine1031]

im a 2000s child but this was all at my grandmas house😭very nostalgic and hits home in a different type of way i suppose

[@justmejenny7986]

The brass wall hangings and other brass items are actually back in. That's why they are in antique stores. Some fetch a really good amount of money.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@ihaveinsomnia1]

I was going to make a similar comment! 5 years ago I was buying brass candle holders for a few dollars. They have been harder to find and more expensive.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

@@ihaveinsomnia1 same here

[@samanthab1923]

I see a lot of resellers going for brass.

[@thebewitchinghour831]

The spiders love them. All kinds of crevices to hide. hahaha

[@LadyInWhite741]

Lol you forgot the infamous Southwest Design!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

That was a big one in fashion too. Thank you for watching!

[@southernmermaid2526]

I feel like that was more 90s. Maybe that is because I lived in the Southeast? I had a bathroom decorated in Southwestern with an Aztec print shower curtain. 😊

[@RJWorrell]

I have the oak cabinets in my current kitchen. I’ll take real wood over particle board any day! 🤣

[@whisperofwonder]

Those were the good old days, very nostalgic 😌

[@Nomed38]

I still like the brass decorations. I never polished any of them and somehow never got the spotting with any.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your experience with brass.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

I think the home interior company started out with brass like wall flowers and who can forget the wall sconces that went with them

[@ChrisGorski]

I'd add an amber colored ashtray to this list. There was no escaping smokers back then.

[@floydsemlow8253]

I still have one that bought at a thrift store a while back. it came with the stand as well .Hell Yes!! They for sure hold my 🐪 perfectly in place too💯❤️

[@billmadison2032]

Should have done going to the doctor's office in the 1970s. As a kid I remember the doctor coming in with a Jar full of safety pops and a cigarette in his mouth

[@SunshineCatwoman]

Honey oak cabinetry is still beautiful - I don't mean the kind with the outdated handles, but the kind without any handles on them. I don't understand why people always want to paint lovely, natural wood and make it ugly.

[@elultimo102]

They do the same with beautiful wood furniture, painting it some hideous color. (OK if it's otherwise too banged up for anything but the garage---but I still don't like it).

[@SignalCorps1]

Yea that is true, but keep in mind the 70s and 80s was when everyone covered up their beautiful hardwood floors with shag and later teal carpet

[@aniE1869]

I still like the long lace curtains and live plants. Two very timeless items.

[@drusmith3480]

I had that SLAYER - ROOT OF ALL EVIL t-shirt that the kid was wearing while talking on the phone in the kitchen.🤘🏻

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's awesome! Thank you for watching!

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

What a crazy Decade! Thanks for the memories Rhetty, had fun watching it!

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was a crazy fun decade. Thank you for watching my friend!

[@charisasmith8554]

I was a child in the 80s. I have what feels like the best memories during the 80s and early 90s. My husband and I are on the series Matlock, and many times, it makes me wish I could go back for a visit to childhood.

[@ironman2326]

My mother in law has a whole house painted sea foam green inside, still, and a big entertainment center full of books and movies with glad doors with magnets. Until a couple years ago she had the blinds with the lace shears and big curtains.

[@janetduncan87]

I remember the Adobe style rooms. The pale pinks and blues. I loved it, still do. As long as you take care of something, it never goes out of style. It becomes Vintage.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that. Thank you for watching Janet!

[@floydsemlow8253]

I absolutely love this synthwave music you have playing in the back of your videos it just sets the retro mood for the video I swear!! Might I add a couple honorable mentions.the intercom system and lawn jockeys 🤘. Great video my man!! Best decade ever ❤️💓💗💥💯

[@rikkiross7691]

I'm glad I was raised in the 80's...Great Times!! 😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching rikkiross7691!

[@happygirl532]

I love the 80’s all my children born in 80’s , family was so important, my kids could play outside for hours, no social media, we talked, hugged, loved and played those board games together, simply beautiful

[@chrisnemec5644]

Not sure if this was started earlier, but one of the trends I saw in the 80's was painting rainbows on white walls, no matter where they were. A school I went to back in the early 1980's had white walls in various places, and by the mid 1980's, several of the walls were painted with rainbows.

[@chrisnemec5644]

@Mark rapacki Possibly, but I never really saw it happen until the 1980's.

[@Combo_Slice]

This is every 'affordable housing' in Southern California to this day

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@gooeyglitterygirlygutzz]

So nice to experience these things through the magic of KZbin. I was born in ‘02 but am super into vintage (more so the 30s-60s) styles and whatnot. Looking to incorporate some of these things into mine and my husband’s home. I hate the modern look. So cold, sleek, uninviting. Like a hospital. Houses back then had much more character. Very nice video thank you very much for this.

[@jrnfw4060]

It somehow seems logical that bleak environments go along with this mainly bleak 21st century, thus far. It's a sign of the times. But mankind cannot live on bleak, alone. Hence, all of this beauty shall one day return, and maybe sooner than we think. Our senses need feeding, and lovely aesthetics are the perfect diet.

[@tashalynn29]

I'd rather have 80s style than the damned God forsaken overused Grey all over everything today

[@Cloud99471]

I gotta agree with the Grey thing. It's over used.

[@SandiGraham-dh5im]

Amen!