Matchy Matchy! WIth your fridge!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Before everything became stainless (and before harvest gold and avocado), there was FABRIC!

International Harvester, 1950s



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Just pick a pattern!



Which is your favorite?

These gals chose plaid!



A fashion first!  No disputing that.

And it was not just for refrigerators.

Comments

[splix.livejournal.com]

Betty bought seventeen and a half yards of calico, and she's going to use it, even if she has to make cozies for every Fiestaware and Pyrex dish sitting in that god damn fridge.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Oh Betty, it only takes 1 3/4 yards!

[splix.livejournal.com]

Well, Bill's fishing tackle box is in for the floral treatment now. And his picnic cooler, and his briefcase that always smells like the cheap perfume that hotsie-totsie secretary of his wears.

[bernthewitch.livejournal.com]

I would cover my freaking disgusting old mashed white crappy fridge in a SECOND if this was available now! Wow. Ok, maybe not the overdose on curtains and air con and and and, but definitely the fridge.

[fj.livejournal.com]

Have you looked into metal foils designed for this situation?

[mschilepepper.livejournal.com]

On the Craftster.org message board, I saw a fantastic mini-fridge someone covered with scrapbook paper and Mod Podge. It looked incredible. You could use just about anything, really: wallpaper, Sunday newspaper comics, wrapping paper. Wallpaper would hold up really well, I'm thinking.

Beyond that, you can spray-paint that sucker with appliance paint. The door will come off and you can do it outside. Saw it done fantastically on a decorating TV show a while ago.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah! Why should smart phones and laptops be the only ones to get cool skins? Okay, some aren't so cool, but I dig some of them.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

i'd cover the icebox in a SECOND. not plaid, though. *shudders*

i think the window air conditioner cover is cool, too. makes it blend in more with the curtains, and i like that.

[moonpupy.livejournal.com]

I cannot lie, I flinched when I saw the fridge. Gah!

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

All I can think about is how stained and disgusting that fabric would be within days.

[kartusch.livejournal.com]

yeah I like the idea but clothe...egads the stains! Now in something wipe cleanable I would be all over that

[whoseline_wlsc]

Plaid covers? Sweet! I love it!

[dubhain.livejournal.com]

Actually, oilcloth would've done it just fine, and it would've been both readily available in those days and washable.

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

I love this idea so much. I would totally do it, if I knew how to properly finish the edges. There's so many gorgeous patterns out there in wipeable fabrics.

Hmmm, spell check says that "wipeable" is not a word. I beg to differ!

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

My mother still covers everything with fabric. UGH.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

While I have a distressing amount of plaid in my wardrobe, I wouldn't inflict it on my appliances. Plus, the cleanup! All that fabric to wash!