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JohnnyRingo

(21,079 posts)
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:17 AM 1 hr ago

Home Interiors and Gifts was a collection of tacky decor in the '80s.

They had parties like Avon or Tupperware. Generally speaking, housewives looking to make a few dollars could host their friends and decorate the mobile home at the same time. Of course it was mostly cheap gold painted plaster, but they sold a ton to women looking for something to do after the kids left for school that also involved box wine.

By the turn of the century most of it could be found in second hand shops, garage sales, dumpsters and The Oval Office.

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Home Interiors and Gifts was a collection of tacky decor in the '80s. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo 1 hr ago OP
Those things would fit in perfectly with Trump's redecoration of the Oval Office. Ocelot II 1 hr ago #1
Just looking at this stuff makes my skin itch . . . hatrack 1 hr ago #2
It was pretty at the time. Better than the heavy old stuff from the 40s and 50s. 🤣🤣🤣 Srkdqltr 1 hr ago #3
Here's the difference. Gold was supposed to be a subtle accent... haele 1 hr ago #4

Ocelot II

(131,728 posts)
1. Those things would fit in perfectly with Trump's redecoration of the Oval Office.
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:20 AM
1 hr ago

In fact, maybe that's where he got that crap.

Srkdqltr

(10,099 posts)
3. It was pretty at the time. Better than the heavy old stuff from the 40s and 50s. 🤣🤣🤣
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:37 AM
1 hr ago

And junk from the 60s and 70s. 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 😂 😹

haele

(15,694 posts)
4. Here's the difference. Gold was supposed to be a subtle accent...
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:42 AM
1 hr ago

Even in the 70's and 80's, too much gold and shiny bling was considered to declasse and only appropriate for a bordello or night club dance floor.

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