Southern Living [the magazine of the modern south] : 1979 : trends + furnishings + entertainment + beyond
Publisher: Progressive Farmer Company
820 Shades Creek Parkway
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
Magazine Subject Features:
* The Future of the South
* Travel and Recreation
* Homes and Building
* Garden and Landscape
* Foods and Entertainment
* Directories (travel, classified, school, gardening, shopping, etc.)
- The Magazine offers decorating tips such as twig art, ceramic tile flooring, punch tin, and other natural like decor.
- Energy efficiency becomes a large part of design and appliances through 1979. Its interesting that even though they were considering sustainability, our world is STILL in the shape its in today. That says a lot about people.
- The appliances are fashionable and cost effective as well as "energy efficient."
- Another common theme was reusing items other than a simple function. [old doors as room dividers, shutters to shade deck, table instead of desk, etc.]
- Arbors are a reoccurring theme in porches throughout 1979.
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