On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 3:01:05 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> In article >, sf says...
> >
> > On Sat, 17 Dec 2016 17:13:43 -0500, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 12/14/2016 1:52 AM, sf wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 03:06:28 -0000, Janet > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Everything 1950's is back in fashion; the clothes, hair, furniture,
> > > >> colours. People pay a fortune on Ebay for retro kitchen stuff.
> > > >
> > > > Even the ugly, characterless homes and furniture (like Danish modern)
> > > > from the 50's early 60's. It's called mid-century modern.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > You can thank Ikea for a lot of that bland furniture.
> > >
> > Maybe today. Back then Danish modern was a furniture trend that even
> > people in the sticks of Michigan bought and nobody had heard of IKEA.
> > I didn't like it then and I don't like it today.
>
> Americans seem to be more into bling and complicated non matching
> patterns. They may find the Scandinavian simplicity boring.

Perhaps in general. My taste tends toward simple, although not as
simple as Mid-Century Modern. I like Arts and Crafts style. Wish
I could afford this:

<https://stickley.com/>

Cindy Hamilton