tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post1585247497220728726..comments2023-08-04T08:12:10.643-07:00Comments on Philip Mershon's Felix In Hollywood: What, Exactly, Is Chemstrand?Philip Mershonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05641146738422887485noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-4586388838319331052010-07-23T19:47:18.646-07:002010-07-23T19:47:18.646-07:00Hi Debs welcome aboard.
With that color scheme it ...Hi Debs welcome aboard.<br />With that color scheme it must have been like a year round Hanukkah celebration!Philip Mershonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641146738422887485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-65125701650817552152010-07-23T19:37:53.147-07:002010-07-23T19:37:53.147-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Debbie W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04325077873353493124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-19927431093206875932010-07-23T19:37:51.277-07:002010-07-23T19:37:51.277-07:00I was 10. My mother did our ranch house in shades...I was 10. My mother did our ranch house in shades of blue, white and silver. Including a bed spread and chair cover she made out of some sort of white fiber glass fabric. And the silver bamboo print wallpaper. In retribution, she died shortly thereafter. Were they related?Debbie W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04325077873353493124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-43472815783147674972010-07-22T16:13:15.883-07:002010-07-22T16:13:15.883-07:00I was 16 years old, & it was just after watchi...I was 16 years old, & it was just after watching- ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967985806955115917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-29012064356279445042010-07-21T09:12:34.444-07:002010-07-21T09:12:34.444-07:00This room could be radically improved by removing ...This room could be radically improved by removing the children.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-49222608281045715332010-07-21T00:11:55.213-07:002010-07-21T00:11:55.213-07:00nice post!! I really like old magazines and the ad...nice post!! I really like old magazines and the advertisements sometimes look hilarious nowadays!<br /><br />I'll be following you!* R e N a *https://www.blogger.com/profile/00077712763577778564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-5629959372980009812010-07-20T17:00:13.505-07:002010-07-20T17:00:13.505-07:00My Aunt had the "One arm" sofa, and chai...My Aunt had the "One arm" sofa, and chair, that Lucy and Ricky had on some of their shows. It had that "fabric", so modern.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903150759996794753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-16291254654589112092010-07-20T16:55:13.984-07:002010-07-20T16:55:13.984-07:00I just want to SINK into one of those rockers, snu...I just want to SINK into one of those rockers, snuggle up with an afghan and watch Laverne And Shirley!AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084216883655540363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-32621403187911357722010-07-20T14:09:15.435-07:002010-07-20T14:09:15.435-07:00chemstrand was obviously a petroleum by-product, a...chemstrand was obviously a petroleum by-product, as I am sure Herculon was. But does kabuki still crave a 'herculon barcalounger'? Hell yes, just as long as I don't have to touch it. kabuki's beloved auntie went directly from early american to spanish meditteranean. EEEECCCHHH. you just can't make that kind of selection by mistake. it was a deliberate action,and kabuki is still scarred.kabuki zerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986034897018304468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-39062679376846900422010-07-20T05:49:44.874-07:002010-07-20T05:49:44.874-07:00Remember that white french roccoco shit that adorn...Remember that white french roccoco shit that adorned every 1960s little girl's bedroom? All dust ruffles and boudoir chairs... Uuuuggghh! I taste something bad in the back of my throat.Lil' Eva in DCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-8893737192217102722010-07-20T01:58:48.916-07:002010-07-20T01:58:48.916-07:00alas, we never had any colonial wing back stuff......alas, we never had any colonial wing back stuff....but we sold it! i ended up selling it too...lots in herculon. my favorite part? sticking a pencil thru the fabric and into the cushion and exclaiming, "look, you can stab this shit all day and it won't hurt it a bit!"<br /><br />my best friend's home was a shrine to everything early american, with little glass bottles sitting atop the double hung windows, glass balls ensconced in netting, dangling from the center of the curtain rods, eagles everyplace you looked and a beautiful RCA color TV that matched the tables (and the wood on the upholstery)....in gleaming rock maple. i don't know why there hasn't been a revisiting of this stuff, well, i guess i do know. the nostalgia factor is zero as y'all are pointing out.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-85526005294091786992010-07-19T23:25:31.339-07:002010-07-19T23:25:31.339-07:00We had a Monsanto plant for years here in town and...We had a Monsanto plant for years here in town and nearby is a Chemstrand road. I can only imagine what kind of hideous furniture lurks behind the windows of the houses on Chemstrand road.ayeM8yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258615853099164514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6122748807806187067.post-18477386713444637242010-07-19T22:05:52.755-07:002010-07-19T22:05:52.755-07:00O dear god sweetie, we had it also, right down to ...O dear god sweetie, we had it also, right down to the stiff little ruffles. And it never wore out or broke down. Ours was the color of the layer of grease in a can of chili when you first open it. Top that.mrpeeneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206554819014030083noreply@blogger.com