Add cool seventies stuff, remove weeds

It should be "add cool seventies stuff, remove ugly naughties stuff"—but removing ugly naughties bits from this house (pukesome tiles [see third picture below] and light-fittings, curtains etc.) will be a lot more difficult and expensive than removing weeds, so we have started with the weeds.

So, what cool seventies stuff? How about this jump-suit? M. got this outstanding flower-motif orange jumpsuit from our local retro-Atomic cafe: The Soda Tree Cafe

[M. was reluctant to model her new outfit, so I suggested that she photograph me in it … a suggestion that amused her greatly]

This will be perfect for a house-warming party …

Below is a 1972 toilet set that we discovered when we moved into our last place (which was almost pure 60s, but had had a few things added in the 70s, like this).

[1972 Selfix Inc. toilet-paper roller]

We—very kindly I thought—replaced it with a brand new set when we moved, and got to bring this gem with us. And the hole it left in the toilet door really wasn't that big …

[1972? Caroma toilet brush]

The brush and stand were made in Australia by Caroma; the toilet-paper roller was made in the USA is by Selfix Inc., but if they were not designed to go together I'd eat my head.

And here are a few sadly-necessary bits of 2010 ugliness that we had to add …

[a compromise between 70s purity … and death by asphyxiation (if you are lucky)]