Retro Kids' rooms

"Children love exuberant, often vividly-bold colors and color combinations, so plan a room with a more dazzlingcolor scheme than you might give yourself....." Words of wisdom from "Practical Decorating Ideas", Ure Smith - Sydney, 1973. If you can find it buy it! More photos are definitely coming from this retro treasure.

Scanned images from "Practical Decorating Ideas", Ure Smith - Sydney, 1973.

Comments

[kim.]

I wonder if kids who grew up with rooms this insanely busy turned into hyperactive nutcase adults. It's making me a little nutty just looking at these.

[casapinka]

Makes you long for wood paneling accented with orange and yellow like that bottom photo. Oh yeah.

[Maree]

Flower power rules! Takes me back to my childhood bedroom. You young ones don't know what you missed :)

[modmom]

love the pink/green bed + double chair (i'd remove the "sail" from the bed)+ paint the walls