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My parents moved into their current house in 1989 when I was a young'n. It was built that year so it was on the tail-end of most '80s trends. It's actually aged quite well and been remodeled/redecorated periodically. However, it still has the vestigial glass block shower in the master bath (with brass fixtures and huge mirrors).

We were a pastel family: seafoam living room, teal family room, peach game room, mauve master bedroom, all with super-white carpet that was so thick you left footprints in it. The furniture was mostly traditional looking stuff done in pastel colors.

Some other recollections from friends'/neighbors' houses:
- Neighbors who were very into the Asian trend: their living room had black lacquer furniture and silk wall hangings and the bathrooms had black sinks and toilets.
- Family friends whose dining room walls were padded and upholstered with Laura Ashley-type floral fabric (and the same fabric covered the dining room chairs).
- Everyone's formal living room seemed to have dark-stained coffered wood paneling (though ours didn't).
- Neighbors with a master bath with an enormous Roman tub in the dead center of the room.
- Southwest/Navajo/Arizona-looking decor (which in Houston was somewhat of a stretch given the climate and surroundings).
- Driveways paved with those really tiny pebbles that you never wanted to walk on without wearing shoes.
- A very wealthy friend whose late-'80s home had a staircase with clear plexiglass balusters and handrails and steps covered in super-thick black carpet.