The Southwestern Aesthetic of the 1990s

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MerryJanne@reddit

omg... As a kid born in 81, up here in Canada... My mom made our house look like this. Sooooo many of my friends had this decor in their houses. I'm getting nam flashbacks. ![gif](giphy|2hf0ufsIWT2lkXam5w)

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Sam_Porgins@reddit

Teal is a defining color of the early 90s. Furniture like this, Taco Bell, the Charlotte Hornets. What a time.

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attigirb@reddit

+ the Jazz cup. That was why I got a teal phone and a purple case.

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Humble_Cactus@reddit

This picture might as well be my actual living room. I’m not sure if it’s more or less weird that I grew up in Phoenix with this decor

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ZiaLadybird@reddit

My parents are from NM but we moved every couple of years for my dads job so it was their way of feeling at home??

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quietditchdigger@reddit

Reminds me of a friend's grandma's house. This was totally her style. I can still smell her house.

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sir_grumph@reddit

Sitting in New Mexico looking at these washed out pastel patterns… eesh. And not a single ristra. Pshaw.

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DengarLives66@reddit

My family has owned a ranch on the Arizona/Mexico border since the late 1800s, and my uncle was a Native American-Mexican painter and sculptor until he got too old to make art….this aesthetic was always nails on a chalkboard for me. Like someone constantly mispronouncing your name wrong by a syllable. Ugh thanks for dredging all that up, time to hit the bottle!

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djkidna@reddit

I don’t remember this one, but I do remember the Key West aesthetic of flora patterns and wicker everything. https://preview.redd.it/vo2yjgbo8phf1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4b41c7ee8d2aa17d67d7009beacc274bc87eb39

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Santos_L_Halper_II@reddit

"Finally, I can make my house in Michigan feel like Albuquerque!"

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ConfidentHouse@reddit

I think Albuquerque still looks like this last time I was there the freeways still use this color palette

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ladymonino@reddit

My mom in Michigan hasn't stopped with this aesthetic and has in the past few years gotten me to pick up large bronze Native American sculptures to add to the collection. I'm so lucky this is my inheritance!

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KinopioToad@reddit

"We can watch Bugs Bunny make a joke about not taking a left turn in Albuquerque!"

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gottarespondtothis@reddit

Literally. I lived in mid Michigan but my mom wanted it to feel a lil more *Navajo*

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Samarlynn@reddit

It's even weirder when you see it in actual Albuquerque.

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strongbob25@reddit

I grew up in MI and OP's photo could have been my childhood living room from '93-'97

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deowolf@reddit

This, but in Buffalo. I do recall those being the softest bath towels my mom every bought though.

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Grundle95@reddit

I bought into this when my parents mercifully decided that it was time to redecorate my room from the nursery theme it had had since I was born. I think I was 13 so it would have been 1991, possibly 1990? My room still bears the scars, and I still have a couple of those Navajo style throw blankets.

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FI-Engineer@reddit

Maybe I was just having a really good time at the time this was popular, but I have fairly positive associations with this aesthetic. My FIL had a condo in California decorated like this we’d use as a vacation jumping-off point when we were young and broke.

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KitnwtaWIP@reddit

It’s not BAD, it’s just weirdly specific.

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The_Nightscrawler@reddit

Wow. That...was not a thing where I come from 😂

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Aware_Policy_9174@reddit

This unlocked some memories. I feel like this was an evolution of the Miami aesthetic of the 80s somehow, like the same people/places went from that look to this look. A lot of waiting rooms had this look too. Personally, I secretly loved it but it didn’t fit with my various styles throughout the decade. I did wear some vintage turquoise jewelry from the 70s - since it was vintage it didn’t fuck with my street cred. I really wanted some bolero ties though. I still think they’re cool looking but have no idea what I’d wear them with.

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DudeCanNotAbide@reddit

Yeah this gives me strong "beach condo" vibes.

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Amy_Macadamia@reddit

My mom had this but more beachy. Whites and peach, seashells, wicker...

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agentmkultra666@reddit

Thisss. My mom also always have vases full of sticks for some reason. Some Pier 1 kinda shit.

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No_Play_8157@reddit

Denim Tuxedo

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Aware_Policy_9174@reddit

Damn too bad I’m done with weddings. Maybe once the second marriages start.

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SwampDiamonds@reddit

It seems like bolo ties are having a real moment right now. You should get some

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TimeTravelingPie@reddit

When they retired it transitioned into this.

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hop123hop223@reddit

For sure. If it’s the 1990s and you need a couch or chairs, this is what’s available to purchase in the stores. Knick-knacks, decor, etc all match this aesthetic until it doesn’t. Wash, rinse, repeat every 8-10 years. Try to keep something longer and you’re “out of style” and it’s all exhausting.

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Blackbird136@reddit

We had a couch in almost that exact pattern, bought in I believe 1993.

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medievalkitty2@reddit

We had an entire couch that looked like those pillows!

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Shankar_0@reddit

Absolutely, 100% yes. This was mom's esthetic.

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Quenzayne@reddit

Yea that’s more or less what Taco Bell looked like.

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GalaxyRedRanger@reddit

Yeah. I was going to say, this is totally what some 90s Taco Bell executive’s living room looked like.

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_ism_@reddit

actually my aunt still does this and takes it one step further by putting up pictures of indigenous people painted by white artists and collecting dolls in native dress and other material like that. but she's not really making sure the money goes to indigenous artists. she's just buying whatever was trendy (she's white, no connection to indigenous people in our family) and it's cringe af

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_ism_@reddit

we had this color scheme but it was "seashore" because we were on a coast. instead of like, western stuff it was seashells and whatnot. but it looked the same. Golden girls core.

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BuckyRainbowCat@reddit

Oh no. My parents living room north of the border in Canada looked exactly like this.

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sofritomcgee@reddit

My dentists office was decorated all like this and it was awesome. He retired last year and now the office is just all grey ☹️

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Enxer@reddit

This is every beach rental on the east coast as well.

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PocketGachnar@reddit

I live in SC, so this made me lol. Myrtle Beach, the shag capital of the world! So much pink and turquoise.

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therealmudslinger@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/bqqqa48culhf1.jpeg?width=1389&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8af56b031f996255a6b84bc614164838620d4991

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-piso_mojado-@reddit

Can confirm. Grew up going to the panhandle in FL. Didn’t matter what condo you rented in any of those giant towers. They all looked like this.

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joshuastar@reddit

yep, florida panhandle. not just condos! apartments and single family homes, too.

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mrbingpots@reddit

Why wait? I'm bringing it back now!

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-piso_mojado-@reddit

Bing Pot!

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PhoneJazz@reddit

Yup, 80s Coastal Condo Chic has the same color pallette.

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ThrowaWayneGretzky99@reddit

Nah, we have the "Live, Laugh, Love" version of "Beach, Birds, Driftwood" from Marshalls in Jersey.

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Professional_Bee7244@reddit

I'm planning on making my office/guest room an homage to this specific era. I live in Minnesota but absolutely love the Southwest

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MerryJanne@reddit

Omg.. my mom did this to our house in Canada!

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KayBeeToys@reddit

https://i.redd.it/v8vpchwq5lhf1.gif

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megatron1955@reddit

My neighbor had this aesthetic but my mom was more of the “white geese wearing blue bows next to baskets of fruit” type.

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90s-modem-noise@reddit

This photo smells like air conditioning, and I’m not sure how else to describe it

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rayofgoddamnsunshine@reddit

That goddamn teal 🤣

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Nonsenseinabag@reddit

They even made cars in that color. I'm weirdly nostalgic for that kind of thing since everything is neutral colors anymore.

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leicanthrope@reddit

I was living in the SF Bay Area back then, when the San Jose Sharks appeared. Even more teal!

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pixelpheasant@reddit

Hrmn. Maybe this explains the ubiquity of charlotte hornets. Teal and purple looked sharp in this aesthetic

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idle_isomorph@reddit

We play a road trip game where you look for cars in each of the seven colours of the rainbow, in sequence. Usually some colours are harder, but it has gotten super hard these days, driving in a sea of gray, black and white, peppered with the occasional red.

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rayofgoddamnsunshine@reddit

They did! I had a friend with a purple Dodge Neon back in the day, too.

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Nonsenseinabag@reddit

A buddy of mine bought a 2004 Pontiac GTO in purple with purple leather interior. That was a sweet ride.

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Soledad_Sequoia@reddit

In the 90s, it was EVERYWHERE. Cars, airport carpets, malls, clothes, furniture, etc.

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Mike9797@reddit

And the Dusty Rose

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XxDoXeDxX@reddit

NGL this is kinda disappointing as southwestern style goes. There aren't any howling coyotes with bandanas. No saguaro cactus motif. No Adobe building paintings. And no giant pot filled with sticks, you need a giant pot filled with sticks. Also the dream catcher goes in the window so the sunlight can burn away the evil dreams.

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pixelpheasant@reddit

That would be *too* southwest... the whitewashed version of anything always lacks a full commitment to the original

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Boring-Gas-8903@reddit

Ughhh the house we bought two years ago had the entire house like this. I wouldn’t mind except it was also permanently on the walls and floors. So. Much. Mauve.

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Cozy_Tomato_211@reddit

I lived in AZ at that time. I didn’t realize this wasn’t a regional thing. Ha!

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Sad-Cat8694@reddit

I lived in Arizona in the 90's (and the 2000s-2010s). And the Southwest drank its own Flavor-Aid on this one. Kokopelli everywhere. Saltillo tile with lil footprints in it throughout the whole house. Christmas lights on the cactus. Chili peppers hanging by the door. Flamenco guitar in every tourist trap shop. Margarita glasses with a cactus in the stem. Every other house in the 90's had one or more kitschy, tacky Southwest decor item. This was juxtaposed in very interesting ways with the sudden obsession 90's moms had with "Tuscan-inspired" kitchens. I still love the Southwest aesthetic. I miss it terribly. I'm gonna go self-soothe by eating my scorpion lollipop.

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Cel_Drow@reddit

I moved to Arizona 16 years ago so it never left.

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brilliantpants@reddit

Most definitely. My mom didn’t go in for this (she’s a whimsigoth lady) but one of my friends mom did. Their whole house looked like this, and you weren’t allowed to touch any thing. No children on the couch, no children at the glass-top dining room table, no food or drinks in the living room, no games or coloring on the coffee table…and those are just the rules I remember.

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idle_isomorph@reddit

Sounds awful. As a kid i hated those vibes and as an adult I choose to prioritize my kids playing over my possessions. Yes, my carpet got wrecked and my furniture has chips or stains, but I think enjoying life is more important than living in a showroom.

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WanderingMinx@reddit

Lived in the Southwest in the 90s and this feels like walking into so many people's homes. Like I definitely drank beer in this living room before

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tgbarbie@reddit

This is 100% Mindy St. Clair's house in the Medium Place.

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Phoniceau@reddit

My first thoughts!

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canisdirusarctos@reddit

This isn’t peak of this style. There was a comic (Far Side?) about being a casualty of the style that I remember from the era, but cannot find it.

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sureasyoureborn@reddit

My mom remarried and we moved to a new house in the mid/early 90’s. I chose teal carpet and a southwestern bed spread to tie together. It was the cool look at the time.

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lizziekap@reddit

Ugh this is so good.

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anonymoose_2048@reddit

Dude… core memory unlocked. Do you also remember those like painted peacock feathers?

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JYoForReal@reddit

I love this aesthetic so much

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NovelPepper8443@reddit

My parents' home still looks like this

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slamallamadingdong1@reddit

This is assthetic.

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PhilosophyOld6862@reddit

How did you get a photo of my aunt's condo?

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thr0waway_str82jail@reddit

I thought this was my parents' living room and had to do a double take

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thamajesticwun2@reddit

90s Palm Spring Vibes for me.

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The7alcon@reddit

I must have lived in a bubble. Didn’t even realize this was a thing, but the pic could actually be our living room from back then.

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TopRedacted@reddit

Miss you grandma.

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mattyag@reddit

![gif](giphy|KVZUIYlsEuzBwTeyxQ|downsized)

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

I remember this style. I sorta liked it, didn't seem as bad as the old 'everything brown, including the wooden wall paneling' phase that most people still had in the 80s.

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OtherlandGirl@reddit

Where’s the obligatory cow skull???

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a-ha_partridge@reddit

Suddenly craving $0.99 worth of ‘zona

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k10bford@reddit

In 1995, when I was in 5th grade, my mom let me design my “big girl room.” And I chose the Southwestern aesthetic with all the teal and dusty rose and geometric shapes. My grandma made me a quilt based on the wallpaper (!) I picked out and I still have it. Core memories unlocked, thank you for this!

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zoominzacks@reddit

It pairs well with yellow stained wood and brass hardware

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Flashy-Share8186@reddit

I thought it was the white “pickled” wash!

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KotzubueSailingClub@reddit

Turquoise and adobe, my friend

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WinnieTheEeyore@reddit

We had those couches! My mom decorated is this style. We had a store in our town called Southwest Style!

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the_kid1234@reddit

There was a store in my hometown dedicated solely to this aesthetic! I could go for a howling wolf in soft mauve and teal now.

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ilporcini@reddit

Arizona Iced Tea

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DotNervous7513@reddit

My parents were never this cool

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valleysally@reddit

Taco Bell Teal

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Upper-Error-3628@reddit

Omg my mom went to Arizona in the 90s and basically brought it back to MD with her

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Sea-Independence1089@reddit

I remember seeing this color scheme everywhere

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XennialBoomBoom@reddit

Arizona Tea. Taco Bell. Dixie cups. Pink and teal. Rewind five or ten years and it was all mirrors where they didn't belong, your friends' parents who didn't think you noticed the cocaine, and Robert Palmer and his sex robots.

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mfj182@reddit

Also beach house rentals at the Jersey Shore, Florida. all of them

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crispfactor@reddit

Having grown up in Phoenix, AZ, I saw this a lot! Old memory unlocked.

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kimness1982@reddit

My mom went all in on this. It was practically her whole personality. Our house AND our RV were all westerned up. I kept exactly one bowl from the china that was in the same color scheme as the furniture in this photo.

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katelynnsmom24@reddit

How did you get a picture of my childhood living room? /jk

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XFilesMind@reddit

lol everyone had that turquoise aesthetic

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otherpeoplesknees@reddit

Yep, looks like the 90's

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JuniorBarnes@reddit

The Southwest is one of my favourite regions.

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Own-Economy6208@reddit

I feel like we just talked about this on this sub because I distinctly remember bringing up Wildwood, NJ. Though, on further reflection, it’s more like Sea Isle City.

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IH8BART@reddit

I have an urge to look for Playboys in this house

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Jonestown_Juice@reddit (OP)

There's a weed tray under the couch. 100 percent.

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Independent-Win9088@reddit

This was my best friends house growing up. Right down to the coffee table. Her mom also collected soft pastel coyote statues to plunk around the living room. We did live in Arizona, so it fit the atmosphere more than most who were decorating like this? I still cringe to this day when I see some of these remnants in the thrift stores.

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zonie77@reddit

I remember it, and out here in Arizona, we had beige stucco houses with teal trim and red tile roofs to match.

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RoiVampire@reddit

Oh shit it’s my aunts living room

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spaceporter@reddit

I'm pretty sure we had the exact opposite L-sofa (the pillow cover for the sofa and the sofa cover for the pillows).

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2_trailerparkgirls@reddit

Hurricane Andrew leveled our house in Miami in ‘92. My mom got that insurance check and literally made our entire house pink & teal. White tile, black appliances, teal and pink everything else. She painted the outside of the house pink and the doors teal.

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Unusual_Plum_4630@reddit

My parents had this design as their master bathroom shower curtain! The rest of the house pretty much looked just like this too.

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MisRandomness@reddit

I always thought this was the Florida style. Kokopelli always reminds me of 90s southwestern style.

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flabergasterer@reddit

This picture is almost identical to my aunt and uncle's living room in 1993. I thought they were so rich. They didn't have a single piece of furniture with wagons on it.

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AdQuirky1318@reddit

I can smell the bowls of multicolored potpourri from here

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Cardboard_Robot@reddit

My mom turned our whole downstairs into this look. Total fad that we had to live with for years.

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Osprey31@reddit

My family moved to the southwest in the 90s, I thought that look was contained to the region.

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shameonyounancydrew@reddit

North-Easterner here. This style was not regional.

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imlegear@reddit

I hated this look as a kid and continue to hate it as an adult

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Tiny-Reading5982@reddit

My aunt in law lives in obx and I swear she still has this living room lol

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jessek@reddit

My aunt was super into this look, which in hindsight was hilarious since she lived on Long Island.

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fearless-penguin@reddit

It wasn’t any less ridiculous in San Diego either. And nobody did just a few do-dads… or even just a room… they were committed like it was crack… even the bathrooms were all southwest’ed up.

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jessek@reddit

Yeah I lived in Colorado, next door to New Mexico and this looked kind of odd there too

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ohio2az@reddit

My aunt from a tiny town in Ohio also had this look. This picture reminds me of cousins birthday parties in the 90s.

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fearless-penguin@reddit

My grandma and my aunt both went apeshit over southwest knick-knacks and decor. From dream catchers, to stick ladders stuck to the wall… it was fucking atrocious… and I’m the kind of person that doesn’t give too many shits about home decor. It was bad… like almost as if they were competing for “Most faux navajo bullshit and pastel in one house”. And then one day… poof… all gone.

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happy_nekko@reddit

How did you get this photo of my childhood living room? My parents still love the southwest theme, and decorated their new home in it (bought new place in 2020). The other theme is ocean fish, but poorly done. Their house is so tacky.

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Zraax@reddit

Also, swap the cow skulls and stuff for some lamps filled with little seashells and you have a rental condo at the beach

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HumbleAbbreviations@reddit

I find this esthetic kind of comforting. Weird but comforting.

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0sqs@reddit

I live near Denver still. My neighbor went so far as to mount clay howling coyotes on both sides of her garage door. There were coyotes all over the inside of her house too. Also Saguaro cactuses.

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MyNameIsNot_Molly@reddit

I live in Phoenix. This is everyone I know over 60's living room

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DiscoLibra@reddit

That looks almost identical to the condo furnishings we'd stay at in Breckenridge, CO for Spring Break.

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Basic-Biscotti-2375@reddit

My mom's pride and joy was a big ass sectional couch that took up a third of the room that was patterned like that chair along with a bunch of dried swamp plants decorating the walls

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znavy264@reddit

This was my grandma's condo in Fountain Hills.

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Suns_In_420@reddit

I'm from Arizona, this isn't a style, it's a way of life.

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thejunkmanadv@reddit

Reminds me of Lynette Jennings Design (or Home, idk she had a few shows over the years) on the Discovery Channel https://preview.redd.it/tsxobwv4uehf1.png?width=924&format=png&auto=webp&s=529a06fbae5319f5bfb6cd516b50748dd0bd6808

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FeralGinger@reddit

Whoa, that was a dusty old memory I didn't know was lurking back there! I used to love that show

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thejunkmanadv@reddit

I remember she pimped the Home Depot before they had their own "song" for their brand.

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Deep-Interest9947@reddit

There’s a throwback. My mom loved her.

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RetroRobB89@reddit

Everybody is saying Taco Bell, but what about Sizzler? All the Sizzler steak and buffet places around here remodeled in the early 90s to this Southwest motif.

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Repulsive_Tie_7941@reddit

We didn’t have this style, but I loved it.

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lemonylol@reddit

Never knew this was south western, always thought it was a Miami thing, especially because people would pair floral patterns with it.

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MihalysRevenge@reddit

Bahahahaha what? Being from the southwest (Albuquerque) we didn't decorate like this

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Did_I_Err@reddit

oh shit, memory of my best friend's place unlocked! wow.

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ethan__l2@reddit

I love that they went to all that trouble to make the decor match but didn't get rid of those Godawful vertical blinds.

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John_Timberly_Crisp@reddit

Man I’d eat the fuck out of some fruit snacks while watching sitcoms on that couch.

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brumac44@reddit

Looks like a mid price motel suite.

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Novitiatum_Aeternum@reddit

Oooh. This looks just like my friend’s house in the 90s 😂

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Jokierre@reddit

My parents leaned even harder into this after watching Dances With Wolves.

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Comfortable_Bird_340@reddit

This was every single one of my relatives’ houses

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0zzm0s1s@reddit

This is like the waiting room at a fancier Taco Bell.

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Deep-Interest9947@reddit

I grew up in the Southwest so this was normal. I’m not sure I realized people in non-southwestern states were into this.

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PrincessSarahHippo@reddit

My friend's grandparents near Atlanta had a living room that was very similar to that picture. The entire house was decorated by an interior designer-- the grandma was very proud of that. But it wasn't a style I saw super often.

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rememblem@reddit

I don't remember this as much in the south or midwest but it was a thing, especially east coast.

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guyako@reddit

My grandparents used to winter in Arizona. This is exactly what their place looked like.

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amyjrockstar@reddit

My brother & his wife lived in AZ. I swear OP took this picture in their house! Lol It's uncanny!

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Three4Anonimity@reddit

I'm suddenly in the mood for a Beefy Gordita Supreme and a Mexican Pizza.

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bakedveldtland@reddit

I still like to incorporate aspects of that vibe into my decor- I grew up going to Colorado and I still go there pretty frequently, so I can't help it haha

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fourofkeys@reddit

i grew up in phoenix and it didn't occur to me until now that this aesthetic was used anywhere outside of the southwest. i vowed to disown it as a teenager who got so sick of it, but who as an adult has become somewhat nostalgic for it. i am somewhat shook.

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Feisty_Factor_2694@reddit

My apartment in San Tee Ca!!! Oh! The memories.

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Twisting_Me@reddit

Mint and slamon

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pogulup@reddit

My hotel room at the Atlantis in the Bahamas looked exactly like this just a couple years ago.

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Gonna_do_this_again@reddit

Grew up in Colorado, had all this shit

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

That living room looks nearly exactly like my grand uncle and grand aunt's living room back in the 90s. Such fine memories!

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p8nt_junkie@reddit

I threw up in my mouth a little

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ThrowaWayneGretzky99@reddit

My parents couch looked like this minus the teal cushions.

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SchmeedsMcSchmeeds@reddit

Wow! My parents had a more “classic” style but this brings me back to some of my friend’s houses who had this exact aesthetic. I wanted my house decorated like this when I had my own place. The pink-ish-beige color and Native American motif, all of it. I feel like I failed myself for not following through. I guess it’s not too late.

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TIRACS@reddit

Same as McDonald’s in the 90s

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Mmmhmmjk@reddit

I’m looking for the matching pink lamps…

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chrisH82@reddit

My older sister hung southwestern rugs on the wall and acted like she invented it, even though I saw other people do the same thing

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VampireOnHoyt@reddit

This gives me flashbacks to when my parents would drag us to Sunday dinner with people they knew from church who didn't have Nintendos and didn't believe in watching TV on Sunday. And so after dinner I'd sit in a front living room like this one and look for interesting books on their bookshelf while my parents talked for seemingly forever at the kitchen table or on the back porch.

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Kade7596@reddit

Still seen in so many Zillow listings for houses that went from $20-50K to $200-500K. 😒

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mr_j_666@reddit

Replace the vase with that teal and pink wave disposable cup and it would really tie the room together.

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derango@reddit

This living room looks like a Taco Bell.

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cat_at_the_keyboard@reddit

Oh no I forgot about this and looking at the picture, I kinda love it? It looks very peaceful and comfy.

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Entire-Double-862@reddit

I feel like I have been in this exact living room before.

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Flimsy_Oven_7569@reddit

My dad had a timeshard decorated like this.

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kereso83@reddit

I genuinely liked this

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tgbarbie@reddit

Oh, hello my in-law's house in NJ before they downsized. My MIL loves teal

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Flashy-Share8186@reddit

My mom loved this! We had kokopellis and Indian pottery everywhere! It went so well with her 70s brown!

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Curiousone_78@reddit

I remember seeing these ugly things in Minnesota and thinking WTF.

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Jonestown_Juice@reddit (OP)

My dad and I lived in an apartment in Austin that had this aesthetic. The carpet was teal and there was an accent wall that had teal and orange Navajo geometric patterns. Lots of offices seemed to decorate in this style too.

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thejunkmanadv@reddit

Every dentist office ever.

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AotKT@reddit

We had it! But my family actually went on road trips in the southwest a lot and my parents have a ton of pottery, wall hangings, prints, etc from there beyond the pink furniture. They, like me, prefer the richer tones, not this washed out stuff.

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niiva_rainn@reddit

My room had a turquoise coyote howling at the moon lamp, classic mom decor choice back then

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PotentialPlum4945@reddit

My parents, who later got divorced, both went in for this ugly ass shit. So I got a double dose.

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