Plastic on Couches.

Ronni

Ronni

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Remember this?

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My Mum did this with one of our couches. I remember when I was little, going visiting and it was a very common habit. Also plastic runners down hallways, and plastic left on lamp shades.

These days, I can't even imagine doing such a thing! Back then, furniture was a major investment and you kept it for a long time. These days, furniture, at least with the younger folk, seems to be quite disposable. It doesn't cost anywhere near as much, so you might for example get a couch cleaned a time or two, but then you just get rid of it and get another one when it gets too shabby.
 

Yup!

The same with seat covers in a car to protect the resale value.

When I was a kid we never had nice furniture, matching dishes, glassware, etc... but I remember one friend that grew up in a perfect house with plastic-covered furniture and plastic runways across the carpets.

I was just as bad for many many years maintaining a museum living room that was only used a couple of times a year.

Different strokes for different folks.
 
ROFLMAO!

Boy, do I remember!

Protecting living room suits with plastic didn't start and stop there, I remember being driven by friends parents and there being plastic on the car seats.

I also remember everyone's homes had plastic runners in the halls.

What a fun walk down memory lane!
 

Never in my house, nor in my friend's or family's homes. I've seen it on TV, though.

We were quite proud of our boomerang ashtray however.
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My mother-in-law had plastic on the couch and chairs in The Parlor...a room we were only allowed into on very special occasions. I was first permitted entry on my wedding day, to take pictures. We would take the dreaded family picture there every Christmas. The furniture was so ornate and uncomfortable that none of us actually wanted to sit in there, but to her it was a shrine...
 
Autumn said:
My mother-in-law had plastic on the couch and chairs in The Parlor...a room we were only allowed into on very special occasions. I was first permitted entry on my wedding day, to take pictures. We would take the dreaded family picture there every Christmas. The furniture was so ornate and uncomfortable that none of us actually wanted to sit in there, but to her it was a shrine...
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We had Italian neighbours for years, and the upstairs of their home was through the roof fancy-schmancy. They entertained upstairs and lived downstairs.

The Mrs., did no cooking or baking upstairs. Everything was done downstairs in her self-sufficient, fully-finished basement.
 
The family’s neighbour had a white couch covered in plastic. It was uncomfortable to sit on and even worse in hot weather. Like that lady, she smoked constantly.
 
I remember peeling the back of my legs off the plastic-covered furniture as i was taken, properly attired in a dress, to visit elderly relatives.

There were always little china shephardesses and dogs and other figurines that I was NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH on pains of death.

There was, however, always a candy dish full of ancient dusty hard candies, which I was instructed to help myself to one. Unfortunately, they were always welded together into one large clump which would have taken a jackhammer to separate. No loss, though, as they were usually something nasty like butterscotch.
 
jujube said:
I remember peeling the back of my legs off the plastic-covered furniture as i was taken, properly attired in a dress, to visit elderly relatives.

There were always little china shephardesses and dogs and other figurines that I was NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH on pains of death.

There was, however, always a candy dish full of ancient dusty hard candies, which I was instructed to help myself to one. Unfortunately, they were always welded together into one large clump which would have taken a jackhammer to separate. No loss, though, as they were usually something nasty like butterscotch.
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ROFLMAO!

I swear the reason I loathe hard candy like I do today, is because of the les than enjoyable experiences I had as a child related to them.

You hit it right on the head, Ju! :)
 
When I was raising my kids, I tried to choose only furniture that was very kid friendly. Either that, or it was really inexpensive/second hand, because I knew it was going to get beat to hell and I didn't want to be constantly on the kids to be careful of the furniture. I mean, I wouldn't let them jump on the beds or eat meals on the couches, but it was their home too and I wanted them to be able to relax and not be constantly on pins that they were going to do something wrong!
 
Ronni said:
When I was raising my kids, I tried to choose only furniture that was very kid friendly. Either that, or it was really inexpensive/second hand, because I knew it was going to get beat to hell and I didn't want to be constantly on the kids to be careful of the furniture. I mean, I wouldn't let them jump on the beds or eat meals on the couches, but it was their home too and I wanted them to be able to relax and not be constantly on pins that they were going to do something wrong!
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ROFLMAO!

Gosh, Ronni, in you mentioning jumping on beds, I, along with my baby siblings were never allowed to do that either, and neither were my own kids, but I remember two of my kids going through a jumping in their cribs stage when they got older, and I lost count of how many rubber crib sheets I went through account of!

Used to rip and tear the sheets to smithereens.
 
When I was a kid (60s), I had these two elderly aunts, who lived together. They were rather well off. The aunts' home had all this big thick heavy furniture. For its time, it was expensive stuff. I guess the aunts thought of it as heirlooms to be handed down. I remember sitting in a round upholstered chair that had 2 foot thick sides. It's the furniture you see in 1930s movies. Well, nobody wanted that stuff in the 50s & 60s. My mom got rid off those hand me downs, and got all new boxy shaped 'modern" furniture. We didn't have plastic on the couch, but I had to sit on the floor. I didn't mind I was closer to the TV.
 
Ronni said:
Remember this? My Mum did this with one of our couches. I remember when I was little, going visiting and it was a very common habit. ..... oh yes I remember the plastic covered furnature, because in the summer one wouldliteraly stick to the plastic when watching TV..... guess thats why I always ended up watching TV while laying on the floor...
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