Parade of Homes - the latest and greatest style in home
decor
Do you plan to attend this years
Parade of Homes at Olentangy Falls in southern
Delaware County? Do you usually go? I love seeing how the
homes are decorated, what features are important to different
builders, how similar or different the floor plans and styles
are. I like seeing "the latest and greatest style in home
decor."
I would love to go back in time and see the houses from
different years. The BIA Parade of Home decorating through
the years. The BIA Parade of homes in 1968 was in Annehurst
Village.
A comment on a 2007 blog post about Annehurst Village by Laurie
said:
"I was researching the 1968 Parade of Homes and came across
your info. We live in Annehurst and live in a former Parade
of Homes house (ours was #1). A realtor in the
neighborhood gave us the brochure on our home..it's pretty
interesting. Our home had not been updated so I can tell you
that the colors were avacado green, gold and brown. Lots of
dark stained wood. Lots of wallpaper. Nice wood
flooring, "upgraded kitchen" for the time (hardwood cabinets,
bronze fixtures, slide-out shelves, wood trimmed counters).
Oh, and fake wood beams (dark wood, of course). Hopefully
I'll hit on some more info...thanks for yours."
Quoting Wikipedia on my old blog post about 1968:
"Popular Music

Johnny Cash performs his famous concert at Folsom Prison in
California.
The Beatles launched Apple Records.
The rock musical Hair opened on Broadway
On TV
On January 22 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In debuted.
On February 19 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood started airing.
In Film Top grossing films North
America
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Gone with the Wind re-release
Bonnie and Clyde
Valley of the Dolls
The Odd Couple
Planet of the Apes
Rosemary's Baby
The Jungle Book
Yours, Mine and Ours
In Sports
World Series: Detroit Tigers won 4 games to 3 over the St. Louis
Cardinals.
NBA Finals: Boston Celtics won 4 games to 2 over the Los Angeles
Lakers
January 14 Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers won 33-14 over the
Oakland Raiders
World Skating Ladies' champion: Peggy Fleming"
I wanted photos of 1968 Central
Ohio home decor to match the era of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,
Planet of the Apes and Peggy Fleming. Avocado
appliances? Shag carpet? I really loved Laurie's response in
describing their Annehurst Village home's look.
Here's some ideas on a site called Retro Renovation!
6 interiors with great ideas from the late
1960s
Avocado Oak
Wallpapered Appliances and more.... read more: 6 interiors with great ideas
from the late 1960s — Retro Renovation the author, Pam Kueber
writes of a fixture in a bathroom in a Moen advertisement.
"Those are “persian” tiles behind – very popular in ’68, as far
as I can see." I remember "Persi
an tiles..." I wonder if you can find any in Annehurst
in 2011.
Parade of Homes and home decor...
New England Homes - 2011 Parade of Homes
Is Worthington Hills caught in a time warp? Was
Worthington Hills a Parade of Homes neighborhood?
Mid
Century Style
Photocredits: None of the photos are from Annehurst
Village. They are all from the 1960s, I think. Lamp and
kitchen are from psd's Flikcr
photostream Chair is from oranges and apples' Flickr photostream and the
wallpaper is from Retromoderns' Flickr photostream
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