Am I the only one...(Warning: Blasphemous decor opinions

...who doesn't like busy, nostalgic 50s and 60s kitsch and nuclear Americana? And who didn't like it in the 60s either?

I don't mean the Liberace School Of Glamping graduates engrossed in their Pink Phase (shudder).

Nor do I mean using good old appliances and equipment that still works. A well-built fifty year-old lantern or stove is fantastic, just like old shovels and old rifles. Old tools have history that you can feel when you pick them up.

Nor do I mean subtle stuff like a vintage license plate.

I also offer an exemption to people who tow with a vintage car.

I mean the Naive-America, Good-Ole-Days stuff from between WW2 and say Bobby Kennedy's death. Old Route 66 signs, "We're The Hendersons, Y'all!" painted on the spare tire, "The Jetsons" dishes and glasses, and forgive me for the blasphemy, but boomerang Formica. It all strikes me kinda like this:


Although I do like Bakelite for some reason. And I might reconsider The Jetsons dishes if they have Astro on them.

Are there rules about how much kitsch is too much?

I was born in '61, I'm 10-15 years behind most Baby Boomers. The 60s were dead before I got to middle school and discovered society and culture. By then my brothers had been arguing with my father about Vietnam for years. Maybe I was just too late a boomer for the leftover innocent-Americana stuff to have much hold on me. Cynical by fourth grade? If I were to decorate from my youth I'd probably have tie-dye and pictures of The Who and The Beatles. But I don't much like to live in psychedelia, either.

Maybe I'm just introverted and boring because I like muted, solid colors, unobtrusive art, and not attracting attention?

Let the flaming begin!