1980s basement

Our first midcentury house with a ballroom. Yes, a ballroom! I’ll say it again: A ballroom! Minnesota Michelle writes: Dear Pam, My husband and I weren’t even looking for a new house. We were quite happy with our 1956 Marvin Anderson Rambler. There was only one problem: My husband’s menagerie of vintage pinball machines and…

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1970's wood paneling

Video store meme

Yes, the bar is orange vinyl, the walls are wood paneling, and the carpet is shag. All are authentic. I can only imagine the parties that have occurred in the thirty-five or so years since this basement was "finished". Well, I remember those that have occurred since I bought the house eight years ago, but I think you know what I mean...

Before photo of our ugly 70's basement. Our older sofas need help also! We hate the ugly light sconces on the wall. Orange glass and black iron porch light on a wall. Yuck! The red and orange shag carpet is ugly but I cleaned it and it looks brand new. The old women who lived in this house before us never went down in the basement.

Chris Kooluris’s Manhattan apartment comes complete with an unusual feature, his bedroom is a shrine to video games complete with restored arcade cabinets, art, an (expensive) emulation conso…

This week got a l'il emotional as I bid goodbye to my grandparent's home. Even though they both had passed a while back, my whole family was a bit attached to their place and it took some time to finally decide to let it go. For me, the hardest part about it was that it was a perfect time capsule complete with wood paneling, funky carpets and even rotary phones (which now reside in my home). It was like stepping into my childhood every time i went there: I played with my Mike Power: Atomic…