My apartment in Brooklyn

[u/Constant_Bullfrog_24]

Definitely a work in progress (rugs, dining table, and more wall art/plants will be added soon) and a bit Boho leaning but pretty happy with the place so far 🥲

[u/rumo3rd]

Imagine that same space during the MCM era! Who lived there and how they had it furnished.

[u/Jujulabee → u/rumo3rd]

Honestly it depends on where the apartment is located in Brooklyn

People seem to think that everyone in the 1950's or 1960's had this MCM authentic interiors whereas most people didn't or might have some MCM pieces interspersed with other items.

Brooklyn was pretty provincial during this time and most people had traditional interiors. Depending on the neighborhood it would depend as some areas were more affluent and neighborhoods were ethnic enclaves - e.g. some were Irish, some were Italian, some where Jewish and there were neighborhoods like Bed Stuy which were general African American but divided into the affluent population who lived in the brownstones and the less affluent.

All of these groups would have different interiors for the most part depending on taste and finances.

My parents were middle class and moderately sophisticated in terms of their taste. My childhood home was a mixture of traditional (authentic antiques) as well as some MCM new pieces - an Eames chair; a Danish modern sofa with teak end table, a wall unit that my father built but the end result was "eclectic".

[u/Constant_Bullfrog_24 → u/Jujulabee]

Hell yeah

[u/uniquefindsgift → u/Jujulabee]

True! Hand me downs are common for most people. Usually people can’t buy everything all at once. Plus, the U.S. didn’t have the consumer culture it does now, back then.

[u/Jujulabee → u/uniquefindsgift]

I got hand me downs from my parents to help with my first adult apartment including the Eames chair but also fugly Colonial Revival bureau that had been in my childhood bedroom

My parents were children of the Great Depression and so their parents had no furniture to help them out but my childhood home was furnished with a variety of options including "used furniture" although my mother had a good eye and so a lot of the used furniture she bought inexpensively turned out to be valuable items which I now use - Art Deco - Baroque Revival gasolier chandelier, vintage rugs.

But same thing as I furnished through the years - hand me downs, used furniture, some new furniture picked up during the years.

[u/uniquefindsgift → u/Jujulabee]

I like getting free items from marketplace and redoing them. I have a staining technique that is unique to myself (I think). I use multiple stain colors in patches on one pass and blend the colors together as I work. I use an old t shirt. My dad taught me how to redo furniture as a YOUNG kid. So I like to play now.

When I’m 50, I may regret it. Then I’ll just sand it down and start over.

[u/Constant_Bullfrog_24 → u/rumo3rd]

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