70s house plants

It is easy to dismiss the 1970s as “the decade that taste forgot”. But to do so would be to overlook the decade’s contributions in architecture, furniture design and interior decorating. After all, with the Bad and the Ugly there is usually some Good.

Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Book, 1981

70s houseplants - handbound notebook. detail of the cover images.

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Steven Holt on decorating decisions and why the wilted Pelargonium wasn't your fault

Nice pad, no? Bet you didn’t guess that most of what you see here, in the 1970s Bromley home of Jasmine Hemsley, the model turned wellbeing expert and chef, has been rescued from skips, charity shops, church fairs and car-boot sales. Even the plants have been salvaged, with the really unwell ones be

Jungle yeees!

Plants, plant room, light

From Rodale’s Home Design Series: Baths (1987)