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Only Boomers can guess what decade all these wallpaper patterns are from
These retro wallcoverings range from trendy to tacky.
When it comes to interior decorating, wallpaper can be a polarizing choice. Some people love the styles and patterns, others just want walls painted all one color.
Whether you love it or hate it, there’s no denying that wallcoverings, which evolved well beyond just paper, have played a huge role in defining the style and taste of the moment over the years.
Here are examples of many different wallpapers from the Fifties through the Eighties. Can you place each one in the right decade?
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What decade is this wallpaper ad from?
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This color scheme is straight out of the...
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When is this ad from?
Image: Sears -
What decade is this pastel bathroom from?
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Talk about matching patterns!
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Nothing spruces up a room like heavy, textured plastic.
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What decade is this ad from?
Image: Imperial -
Some wall coverings need an oily polish.
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Cotton snakeskin walls anyone?
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"Modernize" your bathroom with jungle wallpaper.
Image: Crane -
Another exotic bathroom from a different era.
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Even monkeys need wallpaper sometimes.
Only Boomers can guess what decade all these wallpaper patterns are from
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8 / 12. I am a boomer and haven't had wallpaper in the house (other than the kitchen) since I was 6 years old. I know paint better than wallpaper.
7 / 12 this quiz was not really fair to us men.. Men don't pay much attention to wall paper or home decor all that much..
7 of 12 hit the botton by mistake 3 times should have done better
6/12
6 out of 12.
#12 shows a picture of a chimpanzee, which is an ape, not a monkey.
Monkeys have tails.
and guitars.
Only the ones of the primates know as Monkees and some whe they shake they sound like Maracas.
And drums...don't forget the drums!
They looked same to me. Yea watching Bewitched about the same.
10/12
8/12😊
6/12....Ahhhhh,#8 was a great way for our parents to con us into polishing the kitchen wall panels. Then sitting down for a great Southern dinner that probably smelled great too,but the Old English Oil wafted the air--....At least we made the walls look shiny and new--.....Good times.
6/12. Would anyone seriously want to live in #5?
Number nine screams Pompeii.
9/12
8/12. 5, 9, 10 & 12. Really good quiz.
9 out of 12. Decent for a non Boomer.
6/12 it was a fun quiz though! 😊
7/12 my results back in the 40’s were pretty good. 👍
Four out of 12.
5/12 Some of these are just hideous! LOL
I had fun guessing wrong, 5/12.
9/12 4,10,and 12 wrong.