And the sofa with the sleek straight lines. Very nice looking and very modern. But all that straight furniture was not so easy to curl up on as a child. Seems like everything was plastic or straight or flat. Lots of plastic in the 50's.
I also remember furniture with plastic covers. We didn't have the plastic covers at our house, but I remember sitting on them at someone else's house with shorts on and the plastic sticking to my legs when I got up.
I was amazed to find these listed in a funky catalog, and then found a Detroit company on line that actually makes custom fitted plastic slipcovers, like the ones I stuck to as a child.
I did make some plastic covers for a very nice lady. They were for her vintage beauty-shop chairs though, not her living room furniture. THAT I will never do. Sorry.
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I never warmed up to those hip modern chairs either... some of my friends had them. My aunt had a plastic covered sofa. You're right -- modern and plastic are not "curl-able" friendly. You just don't sit in a straight plastic covered chair, snuggle under blankets and read trashy novels on a cold day...
Jenny
I had an aunt, actually my mom's cousin, who not only covered ALL of her white living room furinture in plastic, but did the same for the lampshades. Talk about about a warm inviting room! Not!
I grew up with Early American maple. Comfy - yes. Attractive? N-O.
Gross, plastic.
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