Last Saturday, I met up with local Atlanta bloggers for lunch out and some browsing in the Westside Urban market. That area is really up and coming and so many new stores are opening up down there in the last few years. Not far from Ikea, there are so many creative resources in the area now.
Starting with lunch at JCT Kitchen, always a treat, we had a great time catching up and doing a little shopping.
Here’s part of the group at lunch. JCT is a really good place to eat, fresh and great food.
We walked across the way to the Jonathan Adler store. I had been in here once. It’s an explosion of color.
From left to right: Sarah, Christina, me, Amy, Sally, Kelley, and Carrie.
The Jonathan Adler store is not exactly my taste, but it’s fun to look at all of this. Talk about mixing patterns. Anything goes these days.
White pottery on blue.
This chair is really cute, I do like it.
Round mirror and lots of owls. It totally cracks me up to see all the owls back in again. The 70’s are really trying to make a comeback.
This looks 70’s too, doesn’t it?
Orange and white.
If a peace sign pillow isn’t 70’s, I don’t know what is. I personally lived through it the first time, so I don’t want to relive the 70’s again.
This wall screams 70’s, loud and clear.
Loving the greens.
This marble topped table was pretty, but pretty pricey.
Vivid blue wall and a sectional sofa.
It’s very eclectic in here.
This cute traditional chair is a good one. Not so crazy about a pillow that says Anger. No thanks to that!
Brass is resurging again, as predicted. I like some more matte finish golds, but this is still a little screaming to me.
Not to mention, a big brass banana? Uhmmm, no thanks!
What do you think of the modern Jonathan Adler style? I like a few things, but for the most part it’s a little too contemporary and bright for me.
I’ve got more pics to share of a few other stores in the Westside Design District and I’ll get those up eventually!
I am with you. It looks like the Brady Bunches Living Room.
Goodness! I too prefer a more calm decor! A few pops of color is great but one of those wall papers on my walls would give me a constant headache, not to mention be out in about six months!
Do you recall the Home Interiors owl picture everyone had in the early 1970s? It’s fun to see others enjoying the 1970’s look again, but it is a ” been there…done that” for me!
Pleeeze I hope avocado green or harvest gold appliances stay away!
I was so happy when the avocado green refrigerator finally died! Of course you can’t get rid of a perfectly good appliance, can you? lol
Looks like a FUN time! LOVED the marble table…very nice!
Blessings,
Cindy
The day we closed on our house I took down some wallpaper very similar the orange, brown and green paper displayed! I’m with you girl, I had the Peace and Love signs in my room as a teen and all the beautiful appliances and then as an adult bought a house circa 1972. Done with the 70″s!
The Seventies are back Rhoda…oh my goodness, the knitted lion with the fringed mane!! Before we know it macrame will be back too. I have kept all my brass pieces and they are proudly being polished and put on display. I had so many brass candlesticks and resisted the urge to paint them as shown on pinterest. They are now on display on my buffet and look great.
The 70’s bring back fond memories except that ugly avacado green. I like the newer spin on it especially the owls since they were my always favorites.
I agree with you….I lived through the 70’s too and don’t want to go back. I am not a big fan of the total Jonathan Adler decor as a whole. Too stark or too way out there for me. However, some pieces would look good in a room with other items. A brass banana? Really?! I totally didn’t ‘get’ that!
seventies? any garage/estate sale! how does jonathan adler get those prices? are people just buying a designer name? an impressive label to me is goodwill! ha ha
Have to say that I wouldn’t be spending any money in the Jonathan Adler store. I’m wondering what the demographic market is for that store though…maybe people in their 20s and 30s? Not me.
Lived thru the 70’s once and it’s enough for me – the only thing I want from the 70’s is for disco dancing to come back!
I agree with you. I have no desire to go back to the 70’s!
I have a space that I rent in a local business that resells vintage finds. I have to say the things that sell the fastest are the midcentury modern and 1970s era items. Owls seem to fly out the door….no pun intended! Anything turquoise and orange sells. It’s those Brady Bunch items that the younger generation is after.
I work really hard to make my house look French, Italian, even Early American but the 70s…no. That’s where I draw the line!
Ashley Rane Sparks
http://www.makeitrane.com
Yikes! I would not shop there…….I guess I’m an old fuddy duddy. I’ll stick with my traditional style. Lunch looked like a great time…..always good to get together with friends.
I don’t think I would shop there at all. I do like that marble top table though. It looks like you had a fun time.
Cynthia
Not a fan of the seventies or Jonathan Adler! Quite frankly, society, including the design trade, would have been just fine without it!
Rhoda,
The only thing I’d like to bring back from the 70s would be my youthful body!!!
Ha, Jane! Ain’t that the truth!
Everything my parents had in the 70s was avacodo green, down to the car – and we had it all for 10 years. I was scared for life, not that I hated it, I just never choose the color for anything. And owls— I remember a lot of macramé Owls–everywhere. Why do we do these things? :).