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Guess the Decade: Red Room

guess040909.jpgA dramatic color scheme distinguishes this edition of Guess the Decade. Take a close look at all the design details and then jump below to make your best guess :

 
 

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    Comments (28)

    hmmm... late 60s... or 70s?

    posted by twitteringbirdie on April 9th 2009 at 8:31pm
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    80's for sure, i win

    posted by iroh on April 9th 2009 at 8:35pm
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    I'm gonna say 60's/early 70's. The carpet running along the floor on the wall and the tailed zebra rug at least date this a little.

    posted by ChristopherB on April 9th 2009 at 9:05pm
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    Yup, 80's for sure - - - like 1980-1982!

    posted by Beautyeverywhere on April 9th 2009 at 10:45pm
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    70's.

    posted by LBhirise on April 9th 2009 at 10:45pm
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    Looks like 1966-1972. I'd say '60s, looking at the furnishings and technology in the room.

    posted by ladykins on April 9th 2009 at 10:57pm
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    The colour scheme, tiki tables and zebra rug had me thinking early 80s - but I went 70s on account of the shag carpet running around the couch, and the light fittings.

    posted by good_story_huh on April 9th 2009 at 11:24pm
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    70's- 1975-78 era. The teak does it for me.

    posted by mskk on April 9th 2009 at 11:29pm
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    I'm gonna go out on a limb and say late 50s/early 60s. But the voting thingy is not showing up for me, so I don't know if 50s is even one of the choices. If not, I'd say 60s for sure.

    posted by sally305 on April 10th 2009 at 12:25am
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    I would guess late 50's early 60's because of the red (reminds me of Vreeland) but I went for 60's - thinking it's probably late 60's to early 70's, because of the wood.

    posted by pennyplastic on April 10th 2009 at 12:28am
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    I guessed the 70's although the lighting makes me think differently...

    posted by greenfairytina on April 10th 2009 at 1:51am
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    I said 60's - Perhaps "cutting edge" use of shag carpeting on the walls?

    posted by LilyC on April 10th 2009 at 1:58am
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    It's definitely '50s. The predominant square type design it's defining for the period.

    posted by geoto on April 10th 2009 at 2:01am
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    The ubiqutous zebra rug (though initially a big hit ih the 80s), the square lamp shades and the matching small-big tables: I'm guessing now.

    posted by mihaela on April 10th 2009 at 3:42am
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    I also say the 70s.

    posted by click212 on April 10th 2009 at 7:47am
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    I'm with the late 50s/early 60s crew. Somehow this makes me think of an elvis movie. Tiki, geometric, shag.....I voted 60s.

    posted by sleeping spot on April 10th 2009 at 8:06am
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    Late 60's-early 70's.

    posted by robinette on April 10th 2009 at 8:07am
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    '70s. Check out the portable TV on the table.

    posted by Shawn on April 10th 2009 at 8:44am
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    I'm going to guess mid-late 60's.

    That looks just like my grandparents' style... mix of tribal and modern. Except they had a (real) leopard hide rug and a wall-mounted bar/storage cabinet covered in real zebra hide. And lots of Danish modern furniture.

    When they relocated to Chicago a few years back, I snagged a real Howard Miller Nelson sunburst clock and African drums...

    posted by Benjy on April 10th 2009 at 9:34am
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    I said 70's based on the little TV on the table.

    posted by first5times on April 10th 2009 at 9:39am
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    The colors are intense. I say 80's.

    posted by coco-nut on April 10th 2009 at 9:51am
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    The lighting and tv say mid-to-late 60s to me, but the overall, general style stayed, carried or continued on until the mid-to-late 70s (i.e. the Willis' upstairs from the Jeffersons had this palate of colors and materials as well as the art).

    posted by dn on April 10th 2009 at 10:20am
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    this one is a little tough. I'm thinking very late 60s but the little tv on the table appears to be more 70s technology.

    posted by beddybee on April 10th 2009 at 10:42am
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    I say 1950s or early 1960s. Voted 1950s

    posted by Andreas I. on April 10th 2009 at 11:33am
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    I'm saying late 60's to early 70's for small TV's like that did exist at that time frame. In the early 60's you can buy a small 12" B&W portable TV that was trully portable and yes, it had tubes for it's main chasis. I know, I had one for about 4 years in the late 70's, early 80's that dated to around 1962 for it only had the VHF tuner.

    Shag carpeting was a definite big hit in the 70's but I'm still sticking w/ late 60's, early 70's.

    posted by ciddyguy on April 10th 2009 at 12:01pm
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    Hmmm, I'm not sure that's a TV. Looks like a "small" radio to me!

    @ dn - BRILLIANT use of a Jefferson's reference to prove your point! This truly could be a deluxe apartment in the sky!

    posted by LilyC on April 10th 2009 at 12:02pm
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    Mid 60's..

    posted by Mz. F on April 11th 2009 at 3:29pm
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    Crud, I want to change my vote from 70's to 60's.

    posted by StyckyWycket on April 13th 2009 at 10:39am
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