What's not to like? KIDDING!!! That is every single excess of the era all done to excess! I need to take a shower now.

Thanks for trip down memory lane! Ooh-- the stuff we thought was cool back then...

I absolutely love it. The Memphis furniture and designs from Milan in the mid 1980s are very collectible now, and I wish I could have afforded to buy them back then. They are so much more interesting than most of what we see today, which is characterless and mindless. In the 1980s people were adventurous and had a good sense of color, which has been lost since the turn of the century. I loved Bette Midler's furniture in Ruthless People, which way mainly Memphis design, but I am not otherwise a Bette Midler fan.
I was in design school from 1985 to 1989, and I did many student projects with Memphis furniture or other Italian designs. I felt like I should be living in Italy, and I took Italian language classes so that I could read the Italian design magazines, but then I realized that there would be far too much competition for me to find work in Italy, as there were so many talented designers there. My favorite was Ettore Sottsass, and I did one of my research papers on him, but I liked the rest of the Memphis designers also. I also liked Michael Graves, but I found his personality somewhat lacking when he came to our university to speak to the architecture students. Still, I wrote a paper on him, but it was somewhat more critical.

Eventually the 1980s will be back, but people will have to get over their fear of color before that can happen.

In 1988 we moved from a double-wide rental on acreage to a rental house on more acreage. I still have and am using plenty of furniture from that very year. It looks nothing like that house. I'll admit most of the stuff is not from 1988 proper, but OMG, that place is terrible.

1988 was an embarrassingly defining year for me. This brings it ALL back, and it's horrifying.

OMG, that purple and gold window treatment. Go Huskies! Or Vikings! Or East Carolina! LSU! Yay team!

It actually wasn't as bad as I expected--but maybe I'm just numb from turret house. ;) Lose those awful edge-rounded built-ins/furniture/fireplace pieces (I have always hated those, even in 1988). Edit the color pieces tacked to the walls. The kitchen island and pillar lights. LR ceiling. Do some painting. Refurnish. Lose the white kitchen. Brass-colored trim yanked. Hmmm. Maybe not liking it so much. But I don't mind the banister, general layout, windows/natural light, exterior, kitchen tile design. I could make the basics of the house work for me, which is more than I can say for some places I have seen in HD!

I like this better than ducks with bonnets. I remember them well. Seems like there were rabbits, too?? Mauve. Blue. Everything.

Wow, any word on who the people were who owned it, occupation, etc. The exterior and patio are really nice and don't really indicate what's inside. Truly 80's, that's for sure.

I dislike most of the 80s decorating. I grew up late 70s/early 80s in a dated house with 50s - 70s decor (sort of, my mom wasn't really into decorating she was into function). I love MCM, my grandmother's house was in that style, and Sunset magazine often featured MCM stuff.

When grey paint for walls became popular, it reminded me of the 80s.

Gosh, I thought I remembered that year quite well. It certainly didn't look at all like this!

I prefer the Early AmericanColonial 80s over this!

I love the 80s, the purple couch and multicolored bar chairs are fantastic. Not so sure about the stone countertop. Did we have those in the 80s?

I noticed the mirrored closet door. We looked at a house with that and my 15 year old son wanted it SO bad.

Artwork meet the Jetsons. It's the artwork that throws me for a loop - was that 1988 as well? I like the bones of the house and remember some of furniture but the artwork and the fireplaces - nope.

The year I graduated from high school. Funny. I wonder if we left this for another twenty-five years, would it seem classic? Timeless? How long until it is vintage?

I see a lot of art deco elements in this house. I love art deco, but this all seems wrong. I agree with Linelle. No one I knew had this type of decor in the 80's. Something more like this was typical.

I grew up not to far from Williamsville.The style isnt for me but it is very well maintained.

I got married in 1988--so I think I would remember, and I do have memories of some of these pieces existing but there is no way for me to believe someone actually did an entire house with faddish accessories. I am thinking most people would have MAYBE one..just 'cuz but certainly not an entire room let alone home done up like that!! The ottoman around the fireplace--just can't believe that!! Huge disconnect inside and out.

The more I look at it the more I remember that rounded furniture and those fabrics. The artwork is more over the top than other homes I've seen in the 80's or early 90's. I too had geese with bonnets.

linelle & emmarene, it could be a very regional thing. The one print on a couch I feel like I have seen 1000's of times. The photo emmarene posted I would never think of the 80's. This is leading to a new thread.

FYI I didn't post to laugh at the owner, (none of you said I did), while I don't particularly like the style I do think they totally embraced it. The colors are fun and I do think most homes now are too plain. Everyone wants soothing colors, no fun.

Thank you all for posting! I wasn't expecting so many comments!

the things that really remind me of the 80's are the black patterned couch and all the valances... interesting valances of all types were very popular then! the triangular 'valances' remind me of a mod version of the dried/silk floral swags and twig swags that were popular then too, sometimes hung over windows as a window treatment... and the house's exterior was very much like all the houses being built in central oh where we were at that time...

my parents had the same exact mauve patterned pillow shams and spread as the one bedroom has...they even had some type of window treatment that coordinated... was never a big fan of it--- i never liked some of those odd 80's colors like mauve and that minty green!!

I never had an 80's/early 90's country look of the dressed up geese and have never been very trendy in general, but I still have my 2 mauve wing chairs (with slip covers for past 10 yrs!) which I wonder 'what was I thinking' every time I look at them! I never loved the color, but they looked nice with a clearanced floral loveseat floor model that I bought!

Oh, my "funny" was at the coincidence of the year being the year I graduated, not laughing at the house.

Wow. I'd say that patterned couch and the valances. However, because I was poor, my furniture was quite different as were the window treatments. I do remember having reproduction cane Breuer chairs, though, with a small ash farm table, which we still have.

I'm happy that the majority of people in my area hate 80's furniture because I can buy it up cheap on my local craigslist. While I do not care for most of 80's art work or things that are mauve and seafood green there are many treasures that can easily be blended into today's trends. Love my eighties Romweber patch burl credenza $400, brass and glass cocktail tables (2) $140 and my sculptural base with glass top oval dining table $100. If you can manage to look a each piece as a separate entity there are some very cool individual furniture pieces to consider.

The slavish adherence to the post modernist form was parodied in the movie Ruthless People (1986) so I think it was understood even then that this look was a bit much. It's still seen here in real estate from New Jersey and certain suburbs.

Ruthless People wasn't a documentary!?!?

I realize that I envy these home sellers, if they still enjoy their decor. How wonderful to go all out with a certain look and create such a strong statement-- and be content with it for so long! It's one thing to just follow trends,but another to latch on and stay put.

I think mostly the rooms where just over the top back in the eighties but I do like many pieces individually. These are but a few you can get on my craigslist cheap today. While a whole room of the deco coffee tables in this $300 set (3) in my mind would be too much ... just the coffee table or just the side tables with the right mix could look nice. One could probably get just the coffee table for $75. And these chairs would be easy to recover. They might look nice in white fabric mixed with a wood modern table,$35 each asking price! If this brass dining table for $50 is only in need of polishing it sure would look nice with the right chairs.

I actually kind of like the house. There is something bright and cheerful about it.

Debrak - Only in Buffalo :) I too saw the article in the News. Can't believe they didn't change one thing from 1989 until now! What a time capsule!

Circular neon lights, on columns, on a curved island, with a mauve counter.....oh my! I think the only thing missing is a disco ball, but I guess that would have been out of date in '88. And the faux painting...doubt that fireplace is marble. Well, the backyard is nice.

I think there's some cool stuff there -- that stained glass window is fantastic. The house is coherent and well thought out, and a huge cut above what passed for decorating in most people's houses of that era. the plastic and chrome looking built ins make me cringe, though.

I like that white coffee table.