What other Old living room features do you want back?

@billgrandone3552

3 ай бұрын

Chaise lounges..

@user-hr3tx6uu9o

3 ай бұрын

​@@billgrandone3552So agree!! I want one.

@user-cg1ni7ub9i

3 ай бұрын

Just the fact that during the Holidays, all of them, families and friends would get together for picnics , birthdays , the birth of a child, summer vacations. The so called Nuclear Family did nothing but completely destroy our sense of community. Mass media has produced division and opposition under currents of hate, greed, envy . Biblically the Battle has been lost with Satan as the Victor

@georgeplagianos6487

3 ай бұрын

I remember the day setting up my battery operated train set in the living room back in the late 50s and 60s

@user-cg1ni7ub9i

3 ай бұрын

The train I remember was Lionel were you plug in the transformer and connect the leads to the track on the wood floor in the living room. Actually there were miniature towns and cities that you would build with fire hydrants, trees 🌲, park benches, churches ⛪️ and schools 🏫 that would be placed and designed to replicate an actual place. I had forgotten about those, being born in 1950 there’s so many memories after one recovers from a traumatic medical event which happened to me in 2015 and again in early 2019 . It’s Truly been a Blessing as I recovered and memories that I otherwise wouldn’t have had- the clarity and detail of when the dreams began was around 18 months after each event- I had been sent to a Psychiatrist who was going to retire the next week and he had told me that due to the fact that the 2 events had happened close together that my recovery was going to be unusual- to say the least-interesting don’t you think 🤔

A bigass ashtray was the centerpiece of most every coffee table.

@marknewton6984

3 ай бұрын

Good Ol' days😎

@user-hr3tx6uu9o

3 ай бұрын

When I got married we had Danish modern furniture. I thought my mom would have a cow. On the surfboard coffee table was a HUGE orange ashtray!😮

@user-cg1ni7ub9i

3 ай бұрын

My Dad had One of the coldest ashtrays ever- its made from highly detailed ceramic and glazed finish with the half moon base design with a Colt 45 laying on it’s left side with the 7.5 inch barrel- the cylinder notch’s are were you placed your burning cigarette or cigar and the ash falls to the bottom were a rattlesnake is coiled up and the ash builds up there. There’s the shadow of a hawk flying above the seen and a place to set the shot glass that came with the ashtray. After my Dad passed away I took possession of it and it’s One of my favorite memories of my Father.

@marknewton6984

3 ай бұрын

I have old Ash trays too. I miss my parents!

@user-hr3tx6uu9o

3 ай бұрын

@@marknewton6984 Ditto. Sigh

Back in the day if you wanted to go see a friend you ride your bike over and knock on the door, their Mom would answer and say come in and ask if you wanted a glass milk or a sandwich and we go outside and play ball or hide and seek or cowboys and Indians with our cap guns . We would ride our bikes to the park and go swimming in the pool during summer and fly kites on windy days. I consider myself so very fortunate to have been raised when I was

@VintageLifestyleUSA

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼!

@billgrandone3552

3 ай бұрын

I got a thin wheel Schwinn racer for my birthday when I was ten. In the summer all of the kids whose parents were members would be taken to the country club to spend the afternoon swiming, fishing, golfing, or sunbathing. But my dad was a doctor and only came home to grab a sandwich at noon and go from the hospital to his office. So when I was about eleven I got the courage to ride my bike the six miles on the two lane country highway to the club. That way I could leave whenever my chores were done (and sometimes on a hot day when they weren't). I'd put on a pair of cutoffs and a T shirt and off I went golfing and swimming until 5:00 p.m. and then start for home. Getting home before anyone missed me and in time for supper at 6.00. I did that until I was 16 had my driver's license and my sister's hand me down Ford.

@edbrown6985

3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed my younger years in the 70s.i was born in 65,my days would be pretty much like you said yours did.we were outside morning to night,and were allowed to go places by ourselves that kids find unbelievable today.

@user-hr3tx6uu9o

3 ай бұрын

I had the same childhood and wouldn't trade it for anything! There was no fear then-- we felt safe.❤

@user-hr3tx6uu9o

3 ай бұрын

The worst thing to me as a kid then was to go to someone's birthday party. Always seemed to be in spring or summer. The mom would get china plates, slice off a big piece of cake and cut neopolitan ( gag,) ice cream that got all over the cake! Course we were outside too. To this day I will not eat that.kind of ice cream!😅

The robot sure stumbled over a lot of common words on this one 🎉

@RatKindler

3 ай бұрын

Thought he had a stroke at one point.

@user-hr3tx6uu9o

3 ай бұрын

​@@RatKindlerLOL

@pamelaharnage

3 ай бұрын

It has a stuttering problem 😅

@robbybabyrob

Ай бұрын

The more open, multi per pose the traditional parlour sia nifi cance wonted 🤣🤣🤣

@dustyashes2264

8 күн бұрын

Grand cheena! LOL That one got me...

I remember the TV Guide growing up as a kid in the 80s, but we never bought one. We just simply looked through the newspaper instead, which had a TV channel schedule insert in it. I also remember console TVs -- my grandmother had one of those, and I watched programs on it as a child. It was so heavy that it took two people to move it! However, the flat top was nice, because you could put things on top of it, and that flat top came in handy for decorating at Christmas time!

My aunt and uncle had the sunken living room in the 70s.they still have it and nobody ever sat there,not then or now.they finished the basement instead and still sit there.

I was born in 1961. I had a big collection of TV-Guides when I was a kid. My mom was sure to purchase one every week.

@edbrown6985

3 ай бұрын

My mom did to

@rozchristopherson648

3 ай бұрын

@@edbrown6985 ❤️😊💯

I recall that we got our first TV on 1957 or 1958. My boss had a conversation pit in her split-level suburban home. For me, who lived in an efficiency apartment downtown, it was really impressive.

Well I have both a victrola and a player piano in my living and dining room. The victrola is an upright hornless one made of solid oak. I have a large collection of 78 record from the teens to the 1950's that sound great on a machine whose volume is controlled by a simple rod on the side of the case. The player piano was my wife's grandparents originally and it still plays. We have a lot of old German scrolls and also several dozen modern songs, mostly showtunes from the 50's through the 80's.

I loved seeing our family pictures on a wall with a projector. Those nights were so much fun and a good venue for talking, laughing and sharing together. My grandparents had a huge 3 piece stereo system in their home. Each component was finely crafted in solid mahogany. It consisted of a huge set-in turntable with storage for LPs and two massive speakers that were about 3 1/2' tall and 2' across. They must have invested a pretty penny to get such a "state-of-the-art" system.

Sometime on sad events,the parlor room was used for wakes. Viewing of a just recently passed loved one. Family, relations, friends, & neighbors came to view the body before burial. Then after all that it was back to being the parlor again. ❤

I still get the TV Guide and send it to friends as a Christmas gift subscription.

Haha used to love flipping through the phone book, while sitting on the cute Little seat next to the phone.

Those photos of conversation pits were all from magazines as they were promoting new and trendy things decorators thought would catch on ----- only very very new and very very trendy custom homes had those.....so I bet less that 30 in the whole country...probably not that many!!! LOL

We had a small TV b&w set with rabbit ears, and yes, TV Guide. We got a revolving color console TV, a Motorola. We never had a conversation pit or picture rails. Grandma had a Victoria that we just played with! No, we didn’t have a parlor, that was more one like a certain section of the living room. My apartment in NY had a transom window over the door. There was also the remnants of a transom in the bathroom.

Picture rails were used in homes with plaster and lathe walls (as opposed to sheetrock/gypsum board) Nails could damage a plaster wall.

I am watching this On a service which is the size of my first television screen.

i got a Yellow Phone Book in my Home right Now

@chrisfitzchrisfitz5182

3 ай бұрын

Door stop??! Lol

@phife1878

3 ай бұрын

Antique collector?

@MikeLutton

3 ай бұрын

@@phife1878 i love 1980s Retro Nostolgia stuff always have

@pamelaharnage

3 ай бұрын

You have the yellow pages. My daddy is a retired telephone engineer 😊

Oil lamps with floating glops of orange gunk which transfixed the whole family for hours and served as a talking point for visitors. Weekly TV mags still popular in UK. We also had something called a Lazy Susan - a revolving 3 tier cake stand to wow your visitors when the tinned ham and salmon sanwiches came out. The After Eight Chocolate Mint box was often presented in its own brass table top box display case.

3 channels on TV, party phone lines, tv ended at 11:30-12:00 rabbit ears w/foil, farm report at 6am Sat. Followed by 5 hrs. Of cartoons, 25¢ would get you sick with candy, 27¢ Sinclair gas

@heidibee501

3 ай бұрын

Yup. Those WERE the good ole days. I miss them.

@s7centnickel915

3 ай бұрын

Always watched the sign offs on both tv & radio stations.

@teleriferchnyfain

3 ай бұрын

I sure don’t miss the 3 channels thing AT ALL

@marknewton6984

3 ай бұрын

I would go back now😎

@GOPexorcism-we4mp

2 ай бұрын

Chicago had channels five channels back in the day - 2, 5, 7, 9 and 11.

Conversation pits rock!

@VintageLifestyleUSA

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Okay, now I feel like a relic because I remember TV Guides. Lol. We still get phone books around these parts, though I admit that the last one I have is from 2021. I guess that's when they truly stopped printing them...

These videos remind me of the old cartoons that showcased the latest household gadgets. They were super funny and creative AF!

The intercom system. I get tired of screaming What? through the house all the time😂

@jenniferhansen3622

3 ай бұрын

Now people text each other even when they're in the same house. Ridiculous. 😂

You dialed 0 for the operator for phone numbers and time and weather! We had a big dining room with chandelier, a China cabinet and dresser for table cloths, napkins and silver ware.we also had a projector with slides and movies. Dad set the white screen up to watch them.

Best days in my life

I miss the old tv in a furniture cabinet and rotary phones.

My aunt and uncle had a sunken “conversation pit” in a home they owned in the 50’s and 60’s. They sold the house shortly after they returned from vacation to find out that a pipe had broken and flooded the living room turning the pit into a swimming pool.

@heidibee501

3 ай бұрын

Not the best way to get an indoor pool.

I remember having a Hi-Fi system in our house in the 70’s because I was then a young boy when I first watched television on one back then because I could still remember the house I once lived in back on 4802 Parrish street back in Philadelphia Pennsylvania because I’ve lived there from 1974 to 1979 plus I had dreams about revisiting the house with all of those memories there .

Just spending time there with your parents and kids and pets instead of on social media, computers and phones😥♥️

Born in 1940,I remember all of this.

i miss the old TV Guide so Much

@ellied1701

3 ай бұрын

I still get the current version

@glennso47

3 ай бұрын

I don’t miss the console tv sets. I’m glad they are gone. I don’t even watch tv. My entertainment and information comes from my Tablet computer.

@glennso47

3 ай бұрын

I miss real narrators rather than Artificial Intelligence with artificial language. 🤬🤖

@jenniferhansen3622

3 ай бұрын

​@@ellied1701Except there's nothing good on tv anymore. 😂😂

@marknewton6984

3 ай бұрын

Me too😮

Now I want a picture rail so bad 😲

I wonder how many accidents occurred while maneuvering those sunken living rooms? I remember going to friends homes who had them and tryiing to be careful!

I remember a lot of these items annd styles. Didn't know about the sunken living room tho. I do remember the intercom. Ours ran throughout the main floor and basemement. I had a unit next to my armchair and every time my son misbehaved i would aim my finger at the intercom button that connected to my husband's ham radio room. And my son would say, "Dont call daddy, I'll be good."

@VintageLifestyleUSA

3 ай бұрын

Love this! 😂😆

Fine cheena,think they meant china.

@VintageLifestyleUSA

3 ай бұрын

Still working on my pronunciation sometimes 🤓

@chrisfitzchrisfitz5182

3 ай бұрын

@@VintageLifestyleUSAI picked up on some words…. Are you a neighbor to our north Canada)??🙃

@heidibee501

3 ай бұрын

Cheena, china...potato, potawto. Laid back Canadian here.

Oh, for the days of telephone books, and so on.

Well done

Well, we still have (kind of) an intercom system, thanks to various Alexa-compatible devices around the house.

my family home has a intercom system.

you have some Very interesting pronunciations..............

@VintageLifestyleUSA

3 ай бұрын

They need to fire the guy!

@athenathegreatandpowerful6365

3 ай бұрын

​@@VintageLifestyleUSAwait... What? You want to fire yourself? Nah, if you're going to do something, do something positive. Give yourself a raise/rise. Great video, I'm in process of watching tons of this type of video. Going to buy a house in a couple years and do the whole thing in mid century.

Conversation Pits were from the 1970's

Les maisons européennes ont toujours été solides car il y en a encore qui ont plus de 300 ans et qui sont habitées

I miss TV Guide.

Old tvs doubled as new tv stands, unless you know someone with a crane

Cool video. Please have a real person read this, not a computer. Thank you.😊

"Fine cheena." 😂

😊

@VintageLifestyleUSA

3 ай бұрын

😃

I miss the tv guide

It sounds like these bulky wooden cabinet television thingis turned directly into flat screen televisions, and these wooden radios and record players mounted to the wall turned one moment later into iTunes! 😆 The author is maybe to young to know (and to have experienced) that there were 40 years inbetween! 🤣🤣🤣

Fine cheena ???😝

Cheena? Pee-anose? Purr-pose? Signiffcanzee? Who kept their slide projector on display?

What is with the mispronunciation of so many words??

How about hireing a human who can pronouce easy words

The text to speech is horrible. Stumbles on common words.

Downvoting every lazy robot voiced video I come across.

Your item about the transom is racist - a very insulting and stereotypical portrayal of a black person. This is 2024, not 1824.

@royst.george7328

14 күн бұрын

"Transom Window" is not racist.