I even had a Daisy doll (the slightly simpler version of Barbie in the 70s) and remember well, her fabulous chairs, orange boots and saliva-inducing condiments.
Well, I still have one of those orange blankets - the ones with the satin edging so the wool didn't scratch your neck in the night. It's on the spare bed in our 1970s house.
Before I moved up to Christchurch, I lived in my very own 1976 A-framed house on the Town Belt in Dunedin. God I loved that house.
The previous owners had built it as one of the very first McRaeway homes.
The wallpaper was 80 per cent original. The stairs - they were spiral and fabulous - covered in mustard loop-pile carpet. Yeah, I know - you can't help but be envious.
It appeared in NZ House and Garden magazine a few years back - here are some photos from the spread:
Anyway - that was then. Now - I still love orange.
And, am making some fab up-cycled cushions out of old blankets! I am yet to do my orange ones, but you get the idea. Loving it - what fun!
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Hi Genevieve, thanks for popping by my blog and glad you like my caravan.
ReplyDeleteI think I am going to enjoy your blog. Cushions, 1970s houses and doll furniture!! All right up my street.
I will look forward to reading more in the future.
Emma (Oooh Betty) x
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from New Zealand? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in New Zealand in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez