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For Sale: This ghastly and amazing ‘70s house that time forgot
02.18.2016
01:48 pm
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For Sale: This ghastly and amazing ‘70s house that time forgot


 
There are lots of un-ironic reasons to love the 1970s, but most of them are musical—the punk explosion, No-Wave/mutant disco, Motörhead, Thin White Duke era Bowie, those really kickass King Crimson albums with John Wetton, and on and on and on. But the eye-bleed aesthetics that the normals embraced in that decade sure had moments, too, and outside of menswear, rarely did those aesthetics find purer expression than in the decorating flair of people with way more money than taste.

A choice example exists not just perfectly preserved, but frozen in time—this North Royalton, OH home for sale is so fucking ’70s you can still smell the heady aftermath of key parties just by looking at the pictures. Built in 1949, last sold in 1971 for a modest-seeming 85K, it can be yours now! The lucky buyer gets a 13-acre lot with an in-ground pool (kidney-shaped of course) and a 6,300 square foot museum of glorious tackiness. Pea-green tassled curtains; check. Wood paneled kitchen that’s an affront not just to trees but to the idea of trees; check. Fully equipped, shag-carpeted gym with floor-to-ceiling mirrors; check. Log-cabin den; check. Audibly red basement lounge with a vinyl-upholstered bar; check.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Upside: if you have genuinely horrible taste or are just a really advanced ironist, this brilliant atrocity is move-in ready for an asking price of $599,777.

Downside: North Royalton, OH.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hat tip to Chris Harvan for this find!

Posted by Ron Kretsch
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02.18.2016
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