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I'm always wrong :) but predicated on the window coverings and the game table, I call the 80s.

I'm thinking 60's. My parents have some of the books shown in the bookcases. They were these really nice "book of the month club" classics that were published in the 60's.

Also.. the pendant lamp geometric art mid-century couches minus any irony = "the 60's"

I'm divided between 50s and 60s. I'd say 1962 is the year, but I could be off by 5 years. As a matter of fact, the more I look at it the more I lean toward late 50s.

I'm thinking 60's. I recognize some of the books in the bookcases as ones that my parent's own. They were book- of-the -month club classics that were published in the 60's.

Also.. abstract art.. plus mid-century couches.. plus pendant lamp.. minus any irony = "the 60's"!

Late 50's... Maybe early 60's. I'll go with 50's though.

50s -- look at the legs of that couch.

I'm going out on a limb and saying the '70's. That's based on the Pre-Columbian look art, which was a hot commodity in the 70's.

I get about half of these right. My first guess was 1960's, but then the colors made me think 1970's. It reminds me of interiors from All The President's Men.

Late 50's. It's not quite 60's modern to me. It has the look of "early modern" period decor.

All the black iron and art makes me think it's late 50's or 1960.

I see African and Aztec totems. 60s or 70s

Something about that brass/copper pendant lamp is whispering '70s to me.

Where can I get me a backgammon table?!

assuming it's a serious decor shot, i say the 50's. or early 60's. hm. do tell.

The light and placing of it and the plant reeks 50s to me although the fact that the light is adjustable makes me think 60s. The linoleum backgammon table looks 50s to me (coz it's lino). The splayed legs of the furniture started in the 40s but came into it's own in the 50s methinks... the green and yellow highlights and brown textured couch (and bulkiness of the couch) make me think 50s but the abstract art and hot colours (red and orange) make me think 60s. I'm gonna guess 60s but I reckon only just, perhaps 1960? The gold accents on the furniture and light fitting also makes me think 60s. (I've only got one wrong so far... fingers crossed).

I think 60s or early 70s.
But how in the world are you people seeing what those books are on the shelves? Is your pic clearer than mine?

I'm torn between 50s and 60s. If it's 60s it is in the very early part of the decade.

But how awesome is that room?! I want to have a game-night party there RIGHT NOW.

I also was torn between late 50's or early 60's. I can see the original rat pack hanging out there.

I say early 60's

This really doesn't reflect a specific decade. I feel like every has it right though. It looks like the transition between the 50's and 60's so I'll say....1959 and a half. Although the white walls say more early '60's to me. "shruggs"

Are angular couches really only displayed ironically now?

I guessed 60s, btw.

I think early 60's - 1962? The hanging lamp looks like the one that was over our dining table. The height was adjustable. Our house was built in 1962.

I say the 50s...while a lot of the style was used and adopted in the 60s, the "high" design started in the 50s.

I guessed 1960's because the textures of the place remind me of the apartment in Barefoot in the Park (1967).

I went early, early - 40s - thinking this might have been some kind of design prediction from a "how the future would look" book.

But that was me second-guessing myself. My real instinct was something like late 50s, early 60s.

I'm thinking very late 50's could be early 60's as well, so I guessed 50's.

I voted 1950s. I am just a little uncertain about that chair

I'm with the late 50's...

I said 50s. The copper lamp was actually a big factor -- copper was big in the 50s, and that lamp is the sort of adjustable lamp you'd generally see over a kitchen table, repurposed. And the wall hanging seems contemporaneous with stuff Alexander Girard was doing in the '50s.

If this were high fashion photo of a living room I could even see this being from 1948 or 1949 -- a lot of the iconic modern design of the '50s was actually done in those years. But as it's a basement, I suspect it's later.

Also -- those bookshelves above half walls are a fantastic solution for a basement rec room!

The backgammon table made me think 70s.

The Panton-eque artwork, Purple upholstery, Raymor occassional tables/chair and Vertical blinds say Swingin' 1960's to me.

based on furniture shapes and colors i'm thinking late 50's...58?

did the answer come out already???????
i said 70's

i say the 1940s. the lamp hanging from the ceiling, and the artwork hanging on the wall beside it, are the biggest clues for me. the styling is 40s also.

I guessed the 50's. The colors look very 70's to me, however i think the rug would have a higher pile. and the splayed legs of the backgammon table really seem very 50's mod. I'm sure I'm wrong though.

I'm with Mrscatbird... the backgammon makes me think of the 70's. If you remember the original Thomas crown affair (60's) it was all about chess. I think Backgammon may have featured in a 70's bond movie...

Those are my references for what it's worth