1970s Furniture

Monica recently commented that she loved some of the furniture we had in our family room and how she has recently looked for it online. I confessed that I had recently referenced it and hoped we could amass some individual photos that might have them in the pictures, so as to get a look as a whole. I want to say that mom said they were Scandinavian. As I remember, there were 3-4 pieces to them made out of wood about 8 inches from the floor. They were deep set so that a 3 inch black cushion could fit in the crevice as pictured in the photo of Darron and Tony. The unique thing about them was that they were completely versatile so black mats, orange chairs or aqua blue chairs could go in any given space. So mixing and matching colors or one black cushion and one chair could be arranged next to each other. We could also take out the chair part and place on the floor and sit there to watch tv. May seem trivial, but these were pretty slick at the time, almost like our modern day Ikea furniture. Hoping others have photos of our furniture and can add.

In the picture entitled Darron 3 you can see the white table with matching white swivel orange space aged chairs. The table was one piece of hard white space aged material. This matched the family room set of benches.

Corrections to Darron's "Firsts- Standing Room Only"

I have two corrections to this article:

1. Jackson 5 who????? ...It's the Santa 5 now!
Darron, you are not wearing pajamas- you are wearing a santa costume. Mom made these
for the following kids: Monica, Tony, Loni, Darron, and Kurt. We wore these in a ward Christmas program. You're right, the boy's tops did not have buttons or clasps. They wrapped around
you and then were held together by a big black belt. I remember spending evenings practicing
singing the song and dance. If I remember correctly, and I may not- but I'm sure Loni will correct me if I'm wrong, we sang "Up On the Housetops." Mom taught us a dance that involved doing these motions in the following order: Jump up with hands over head, jump to your belly, do a push up, and then return to our feet. This was repeated several times during the chorus. I can't remember anything after the push-up... probably because I was so out of breath by then... We were a huge hit at the show. It was all an attempt by mom to turn us into the Mormon version of the Jackson 5! (Dad wasn't the only one dreaming of hitting it big one day!)

2. The True Creator

I am the unequivocal creator of Goblins and Goodguys... the best game on Earth! Although I have no witness to my setting the game up for the first time as Darron and Loni claim, I, as the eldest, always did everything first and best... and lead the family in all cool things- so it stands to reason that I was the creator of this game. However, please let me set the record straight. Having fun with the debate over who created the game is not equivalent to being sensitive to its origination. For the sake of family peace, let me just say that I don't really care who invented
it, I just want it to live on. One of my bucketlist items is to play it again with my brothers and sisters and have my kids there as well. Anyone interested? We need a house with access
to the backyard from both sides!