>>> ALL RIGHT.
TODAY.
EVERYBODY.
THE '70s ARE KNOWN FOR A LOT
OF FUNKY DESIGN TRENDS.
THINK BRIGHT COLORS, BOLD
PRINTS, SHAG CARPETING, OF
COURSE.
WE ALWAYS KNOW THAT WHAT IS OLD
IS NEW AGAIN AND HERE TO EXPLAIN
WHAT FATS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK,
PAULOKMAN.
-- PAUL BROCKMAN.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD, THANKS.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
RETRO, WE LIVE IN THE NOW.
BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE
AVERAGE HOME OR A DESIGNER HOME,
THERE ARE SO MANY NODS TO THIS
DECADE.
SO YOU BROUGHT A FEW ITEMS THAT
WILL HELP US ILLUSTRATE THAT
>> EXACTLY.
AND I THINK THE '70s SORT OF
GOT A BAD RAP WHEN PEOPLE THINK
ABOUT THE TRENDS, BUT WE TAKE A
NOD TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN
THE '70s AND WE -- SOME OF THE
DESIGNERS HAVE DONE A REALLY
GOOD JOB OF --
WELL.
>> -- '70s DID WELL.
>> YES.
>> BECAUSE THAT WAS THE HARVEST
APPLIANCES?
>> YES.
AND NOW WE DO THEM WITH SOME
ACCESSORIES.
>> THESE ARE ACTUAL VINTAGE
PHOTOS OF WHAT A KITCHEN WOULD
LOOK LIKE IN THE '70s.
>> WOW!
THAT BEDSPREAD IS REALLY
>> RIGHT.
THAT.
>> BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S INSPIRED.
PEOPLE WERE TAKING CHANCES.
THEY WERE REALLY GOING ALL OUT.
AND SO THAT WAS SORT OF AN
INTERESTING PART OF IT.
>> WELL, MAYBE AFTER WE TALK
ABOUT THE GOOD STUFF YOU LOVE,
YOU CAN SHARE WITH US THE THINGS
THAT YOU HOPE NEVER COME BACK
FROM THE '70s.
LET'S START WITH SOME OF THESE
ACCESSORIES FROM JONATHAN ADLER.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE -- WESTHEIMER
AND KIRBY, RIGHT?
>> YES.
WEST AV.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
THE '70s WITHOUT BRINGING UP
JONATHAN ADLER, BECAUSE H
ENCAPSULATEDDED WHAT WAS GREAT
ABOUT THE '70s.
AND THEY'RE JOYFUL AND COLORFUL.
ADDING SOME OF THESE TO YOUR
DECOR CAN REALLY BE A LOT OF
FUN.
AND I LOVE THESE VICE JAR THAT
IS HE HAS.
THIS IS CALLED PUPPY UPPERS FOR
>> PUPPY UPPERS.
THAT'S FUNNY.
AND HE HAS ALL KINDS OF THESE
CANISTERS WITH VARIOUS COLORS
>> YEAH.
THEY'RE FUN.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, THIS
BEAUTIFUL TRAY IS FROM THERE,
TOO.
IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL STORE
AND -- I ALWAYS SAY YOU CAN'T GO
INTO A JONATHAN ADLER STORE AND
NOT BE HAPPY.
IT WILL MAKE YOU SMILE.
>> IT IS A LITTLE PRICEY, BUT
THEY DID SALES.
>> MOST OF THESE ACCESSORIES ARE
UNDER A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO ADD A FEW
THINGS IN, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO
ADD A POP OF COLOR.
>> I'M NOTICING A COLLECTION OF
>> YEAH.
>> EXPLAIN WHY THAT WAS SO
SIGNIFICANT IN THE '70s.
>> YOU KNOW, THE OWL, IT WAS A
'70s.
IN 1971 THE PARK SERVICE ADOPTED
WOODSY AS THEIR MASCOT.
AND SO IT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL
AND IT WAS THE VOGGAN I THINK
POLLUTE.
SO THE OWL BECAME A MONIKER FOR
THE '70s AND YOU SAW IT A LOT.
>> YOU SEE IT SOME SO MANY
STORES TODAY WHETHER IT'S WEST
ELM, CRATEE AND BARREL, THEY ALL
>> RIGHT.
TO ADD A NOD TO AD IN YOUR
DECOR, AND THEY'RE HANDCRAFTED
THEM.
OF FUN.
>> THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
LET'S MOVE OVER TO OUR LIVING
ROOM SETUP OVER HERE, BECAUSE
YOU'VE GORT SOME GREAT
FURNITURE.
I LOVE THAT CHAIR.
STUFF.
>> THIS IS AGAIN A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF -- YOU KNOW, A NOD TO A PAST
DECADE.
BUT IT'S BEEN MODERNIZED.
SO THIS IS A GREAT CHAIR.
THIS IS FROM MITCHELL GOLD.
AND --
>> HIGHLAND VIG ON WESTHEIMER --
>> YES.
I PARTNER WITH THEM FOR A LOT OF
MY JOBS.
BUT LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THIS
CHAIR IS THE SUPER NOVA CHAIR
AND IT'S GOT A PLATFORM BASE.
SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU THIS
NOD TO THE 'SENSE, BUT IT'S --
'70s, BUT IT'S A MODERN COOL
PIECE AND IT'S A SWIVEL CHAIR,
WHICH IS ALSO A LITTLE NOD.
>> I LOVE THAT.
A LITTLE FOOTSTOOL.
THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO KICK
FOLKS.
IS THIS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT
IS SO OFF THE WALL THAT IT WOULD
ONLY WORK IN A HOME THAT HAS
SORT OF THAT LIKE -- YOU KNOW,
VIBE?
ACCESSORIES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GROUP
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
JUST PICK OUT A FEW PIECES THAT
ARE WHIMSICAL AND INSPIRED AND
IT'S A GREAT QUAY TO ADD COLOR
AND -- WAY TO ADD COLOR AND
ESPECIALLY SOME CONTRAST WITH
THESE BEAUTIFUL BLOWN GLASS
VASES FROM JOE IS THE DESIGNER.
YOU CAN GET THESE AT MITCHELL
GOLD.
BUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THESE
DANDELION SCULPTURES AND THESE
BOLD COLORS THAT YOU STAY IN THE
'70s, AND THIS ORANGE THAT WAS
EVERYWHERE.
SO JUST SORT OF PEPPER THESE
INTO YO DECOR CAN BEMAN YOU
KNOW, A GREAT -- BE, YOU KNOW, A
FUN.
OVERBEARING.
>> THIS SHAG RUG.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> THEY'RE IN PEOPLE'S HOMES
EVERYWHERE TODAY.
>> WE WERE RAKING IT BEFORE,
BECAUSE REMEMBER YOU HAD TO RAKE
YOUR SHAG CARPETS.
>> DO YOU?
>> YEAH, OR YOU GET THE PILE UP.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THIS.
IT.
SO INSTEAD OF DOING
RUGS.
THEY'RE FUN, SOFT, I LOVE TO PUT
THEM UNDER BEDS OR IN LIVING
>> A GORGEOUS ROOM.
>> THESE ARE MADE OUT OF
POLYESTER, SO THEY WEAR WELL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
PETH.
THEY CLEAN UP.
>> YES.
TRENDS.
THIS TRAY THAT YOU POINTED OUT
EARLIER, THIS CLEAR MATERIAL IS
CALLED LUCITE.
AND PACK IN THE '70s, TABLES
AND FURNITURE WERE MADE.
>> WE STILL USE IT TODAY, BUT I
BROUGHT THAT TRAY IN BECAUSE
IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE THE
BRASS AND THE LUCITE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
SUCCESSFUL.
AGAIN, IN TODAY'S DECOR.
>> ALSO SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING A
LOT OF TODAY, THE GRASS CLOTH
AND FOIL WALLPAPER.
>> I JUST DID A POWDER ROOM.
I EVENING RATED THE FOIL --
EVENING RATED THE FOIL WALLPAPER
AND THAT'S GRASS CLOTH.
WE DO IT IN DIFFERENT COLORS.
THE '70s YOU DID THE BROWNS,
THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER
THING THAT'S METALLIC WALLPAPER
WE'RE USING A LOT OF.
AND THAT'S FROM THE '70s.
>> I DID NOT REALIZE.
BRINGING NATURE, BRINGING
OUTSIDE INTO THE HOME, THAT'S A
NOD TO THE '70s.
HAPPENED.
IT WAS THE COUNTERCULTURE AND
HIPPIE MOVEMENT OF THE '70s.
PEOPLE WERE EMBRACING NATURE.
THIS IS A HOUSE I DID IN
MEMORIAL WHERE WE DID THIS
BEAUTIFUL ATRIUM AND YOU KNOW,
THERE IT IS.
THE OUTSIDE IN.
PAUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IDEAS.
WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN OR TO