Decor trends of '70s among the ugliest

Need a good laugh? Check out the "Top 10 Worst Home Decorating Trends of All Time" on butterflylister.com. (Not that we ever did anything on this list, right?)

• First: Popcorn ceilings, which were pretty popular 40 years ago. They were used to help eliminate echoes and reflective sounds, but, according to the site, often contained asbestos and were prone to dirt, grime and smoke stains. Some even had gold glitter!

• Second: Shag carpets (also trendy in the 1970s), which came in pale yellow, red, lime green and even orange.

• Third: Foil wallpaper, often used in bathrooms, again in the '70s. Makes you wonder what home decorators were thinking that decade, doesn't it?

• Fourth: Pink bathrooms (either pink tiles, pink countertops, pink walls, pink decor, or, better yet, an all-pink combo). Now, if we could just figure out how and why that trend came to be.

• Fifth: Orange Formica, a design disaster of - once again - the '70s. It's seen in kitchens, bathrooms and bar countertops all over the place. Any shade of orange (hamburger, burnt, bright) was cool ( Not!).

• Sixth: Wood paneling. No one (not even me, thanks to my mom) got away from this ugly trend. It originated in the '50s but somehow survived through the '80s. It could be seen on living-room, bedroom and bathroom walls and later in cars, station wagons, vans and even boats. Wait, I think wood paneling is still around, isn't it?

• Seventh: Beanbag chairs. They're actually making a comeback in alternative fabrics, fillings and colors. Don't these remind you of your college years?

• Eighth: Patterned linoleum and vinyl flooring. These were cheap trends of the 1960s and '70s. Patterns were usually busy and either brown, pale yellow, orange, green or all of the above. Removing linoleum, by the way, was almost impossible.

• Ninth: The velour animal-print fad of the '80s and '90s. Animal prints were everywhere, from couches to carpets to gym shorts. The cheetah, leopard and zebra prints were popular in velvet and velour fabrics.

• Tenth: Bathroom carpeting. This is just gross. Just think of how often the bathroom floor gets wet. Then it attracts mold and mildew, and the carpet absorbs it all. Need I say more?