1945: TV Sets Change Home Styles

December 14, 1945

With home television sets becoming more and more popular throughout the country, an entirely new school of furniture design has made its appearance. Purposes of the new television designs is to make a video showing as convenient and comfortable as possible for either, a one-man audience or an overflow crowd.

A visit to your local stores will reveal chairs, sectionals, and tables that glide easily on wheels or casters - chairs that look like ordinary armchairs but swivel around in any direction – enormous ottomans that conceal four little ottomans under their oversized, upholstered tops – tables and cabinets with swivel tops so that the television set may be turned to face any part of the room.

There are also cabinets that hold folding chairs which are handy to have when all the neighbors descend upon your living room to see an especially popular program – lightweight armless chars with cutout back rails so that they may be easily moved around – and many curved sectional sofas which are designed to seat six or seven television fans.

You’ll find small, individual folding tables to hold food and beverages, and many of these may be stacked together when not in use. All of these innovations are brand new – smartly styled in modern, 18th Century, or Provincial designs – and wonderfully practical for television fans.

Many of the stores are showing model television rooms featuring this exciting new merchandise and illustrating proper room arrangements for greater television enjoyment

Comments

[Unbekannt]

Very cool look at how times changed. Thanks!