Nostalgia @lemmy.ca JCSpark @lemmy.ca 2mo ago

The super heavy duty living room furniture of the 70's and 80's

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Misleading Thumbnails @lemmy.ca lnxtx @feddit.nl 2mo ago

Pizza cushions

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If you blur your vision a bit, the furniture looks like it’s covered in a cheesy sausage and pepperoni pizza.
- I thought I was hallucinating at first!
Misleading thumbnail. I thought this was a bunch of pizzas.
- I already saw and commented on this post. then I saw it again whilst scrolling and I thought "pizza"
  
  I would be disappointed every time I walked into the room that it's not a surprise pizza party.
I still have a similar set that I've reupholstered with a more tasteful color fabric. I'm in my 40s and the set was my mom's when she was in college. They are so sturdy.
Yes this is a set I've seen somewhere in a relative's house. Parents had a similar sofa, too. Reupholster that bad boy, wood's expensive.
- If you think wood's expensive, go get a quote from an upholsterer.
  
  Source- I'm an upholsterer
  
  Hey, have you ever worked on a coil spring swivel chair? I was in talks with an upholsterer about repairing my 40+ year old one but the bearings started falling out and I wasn't sure if repairing it was within an upholsterer's wheelhouse.
  
  Yeah. There’s tons of beautiful antique wood furniture out there that nobody wants! Anything with specialized labour? Very expensive!
  
  I can assume it's a craft that's not easy to DIY, huh?
Pizza cushions
Oh my gosh so many people had this precise living room set. I vividly remember at least two families with this living room set. One of them finally got rid of it circa 1997. And believe me in 1997 it was far far far overdue for replacement.
- My grandmother did. Think about her when I see it, and the smell of cigarettes.
The pattern hides the tobacco smoke stains and cigarette burns.
I worked in a secondhand furniture store. I have seen so, so many of these
I loved how easy it was to smack your shins on this set. Oh the happy times!
A E S T H E T I C.
- This stuff was hideous even back then.
Still got a very similar set, but the fabric is orange/brown corduroy. I miss the matching orange kitchen. It's was so bright, like Uranium orange bright. Don't make em like that anymore!
My eyes?!?!?!?!

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