My friend opK and I did a bit of time traveling last Friday.

It was a gorgeous, sunny spring day with temps near 60° F., so we headed slightly further afield than normal to an estate sale.

After first checking out a small shed and an even smaller little horse barn where we found plenty of spider webs, but not much else, we headed to the house.

Walking into the house felt a bit like going through some sort of magic portal and ending up back in 1976.

It was one of those places with multiple levels where the basement, a.k.a. the rec room, was on the lowest level.

The living room was half a floor up, and the kitchen and dining room were on yet another level.  Then there were three bedrooms and a bathroom on the uppermost level.  As you were coming up that last set of stairs and the floor was at about eye level, it was impossible to look away from the bright blue and green shag carpeting that was straight ahead.

That is, until you then spotted the wallpaper paired with the quintessential avocado green shag in the room next door.

It really felt surreal.  And by the way, is it just me or does that off-center basement style window above the bed seem really out of place?

No 1970’s boy’s bedroom was complete without orange and avocado football player wallpaper.

And I don’t know, but was a carpeted bathroom de rigueur in the 70’s?

Ew.

To really set the scene, I should also note that the former occupants of the home were very obviously smokers and everything was coated in a yellow haze of tobacco.  Yikes.

While the house itself was caught in a time warp, the prices were not.

You can always tell when someone has been looking up prices on the internet.

I did some quick research and was able to find that exact dresser on 1st Dibs for $1,500, but most of us know that the prices are 1st Dibs are always unrealistically high.

I did think these mid-mod pieces were pretty cool.

But there was a fairly deep scratch down the front of the low dresser that will be difficult to repair.

And the bigger problem really, as any of us furniture refinishers (or former furniture refinishers) know, is that it will be nearly impossible to eliminate the cigarette smell.

But hey, what do I know?  Maybe someone will be happy to shell out $2,100 for the complete set.  What do you think?  Would you buy it at that price?

As for me, I did find some things to buy and luckily the items I purchased aren’t going to be found on 1st Dibs so I got all three at rock bottom prices.

I brought home three metal boxes; a toolbox, a lunchbox and a small galvanized box, all for $10 total.  Not bad.