16 People Share Awful Examples Of Boomer Home Décor And We're Laughing A Little Too Hard

"Those 'Live, Laugh, Love' signs."

Damjan

• Published in Interesting
• May 7, 2022

A person who was born between 1946 and 1964 is referred to as a "baby boomer." The baby boomer generation accounts for a sizable fraction of the global population, particularly in developed countries.

As of 2019, it accounts for more than 21% of the population of the United States of America. One thing boomers are famous for is an approach to the world's problems from a position of security and privilege.

Basically, they were born after WWII, when their fathers and grandfathers managed to strike a win for a better world (no matter how bad it is now, it was even worse back then). It was a period of massive reconstruction in the world, a booming economy, and better social care.

People had better job security and could afford to buy homes with only one working family member. Wives were usually stay-at-home moms, while the husbands were providing for the family.

And they love to tell millennials how they should live their lives, giving them advice that might have worked when they were young, but are seriously dated now. Now, it's payback time. It is our turn to criticize them.

We will start with the way they decorate their homes. 16 people shared things they hate the most about the way boomers decorate. Take a look:

Boomers have specific taste when it comes to home decoration

1. Triple L

"Those 'Live, Laugh, Love' signs."

—u/Go_Green_Bay12

2. Carpeting

"'Cute' knickknacks on the front porch and wall-to-wall carpeting."

—u/janewp

3. Paintings

Thomas Kinkade painting in the living room. Thomas Kinkade paintings are the easiest way to tell if I won't like someone."

—u/DaveSW777

4. Covers

"Covering ugly designed stuff with other stuff, like fridge cabinets or floral couch covers or wallpaper."

—u/luciliddream

5. Dollies

"Doilies."

—U/gorosheeta

6. Gold

"Yellow oak cabinets, pink in the kitchen that is called 'coral' or 'cranberry,' gold-colored fixtures, and knobs everywhere."

—u/CinnamonB123

7. Wallpaper

"Wallpaper — everywhere."

—u/uselessbeachball

8. Paintings of sad-eyed children

"The paintings of sad, big-eyed children that were popular in the '60s and '70s. A lot of people had them when I was a kid."

—u/PAGodzilla

9. Newspapers

"Stacks of newspapers."

—u/grerplecake

10. Figurines

"Cabinets with glass doors, and ceramic birds or figurines that are proudly displayed."

—u/Spamh8r

11. Extremely neat homes

“Houses that look as if nobody lives in them, and Architectural Digest photo shoot stuff in fixtures and other things.”

—u/TalonsNProseGirl

12. Urns

"The urn with the ashes of Aunt Chloe."

—u/SerMercutio

13. Giant cutlery

"The giant-ass wooden spoon and fork on the kitchen wall."

—u/Atheva31

14. Fake flowers

"Fake flowers. They can be tacky looking, but I think if people are rocking the 1890s style with candlesticks and whatnot, it can work."

—u/HarrisonRyeGraham

15. Home décor from he same place

"All the home decor comes from Kirkland's."

—u/yeahwellokay

16. Orange cat poster

"In the 1970s, just about everyone had a poster showing an orange cat hanging onto a tree limb with the words 'Hang in there, baby' or sometimes 'Hang in there baby, Friday is coming.' It was hugely popular."

—u/honi__soit

Now, we can’t blame boomers for decorating like this, because it was popular when they were young and interested in decorating their homes. Of course, trends change.

And before you start condemning them, just look at modern homes. They all look alike, don’t they?

That’s what trends are all about. People doing the same thing…

Damjan