Monday 15 November 2010

How have living room's changed since the 1950's???

Since the 1950's, all of the furniture and fashion has changed. In the 1950's most people were quite poor so they had radio's and only a few people had TV's which were black and white. In the late 70's technology improved so TV's were in colour and were larger, also since then TV's keep on improving every year because now most people have flat screen TV's and there are a range of different sizes available. HD TV's are also available now. In the 1950's everyone had a coal fire but now people either have Gas/Electric fires and central heating. Everyone used to have a mantle piece surrounding the fire to make it look fancy but now it's fashion to have your living room plain. It was also fashionable to have flowered/patterned wallpaper, different patterned carpets, curtains and nets. Since then the fashion has changed because a lot of living rooms are ow plain, so the walls are painted instead of decorated in patterned wallpaper. Most people also usually have plain carpets or wooden/laminated floors and blinds instead of curtains. The fashion back in the 1950's was to also have a single standard lamp or ceiling light. Now there are many different sorts of light for living rooms including wall lights and down lights. A lot of furniture in the 1970's was made out of dark wood and most living rooms had a large sideboard and dining table. Many living rooms do not have dining tables as they have seperate dining rooms or have large kitchens where food is eated as well as prepared. The only furniture in living rooms now might just include 'chests' that store DVD's, photographs etc and a corner unit to stand the television on. Even the television corner unit is slowly disapppearing as more televisions are being fastened directly to the wall using brackets.




1950's Living Room








Modern Living Room

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