People did have a certain amount of those Things!
It was not uncommon to see a blonde boomerang coffee table.Blonde furniture was very popular and boomerang couches.Unless you went the early american look,or colonial Williamsburg.Once in while someone had a jukebox in their rumpus room,an uncle or a friend might have been in the coin operated music business,78 player normally.Though breakfast nooks were just that,breakfast nooks!!! Young people or folks that bought newer houses had the modern look.Lots and Lots of kitchens were remodeled in the 50s,thats why there is so much of those appliances floating around today,they had such timeless styling.Look at many Womans Day,and magazines of that type would show you how to modernize your old furniture,cut off legs or what have you! Men had workshops in the forties and fifties,usually attached to their garage.I do and many people in my neighborhood do.Also in basements,folks had converted to oil or gas and the coal bins became great work areas.Color Tv was not something from outer-space,I can remember at least 3 different families that had them around 57 and 58.My set is a 56 and its from a local guy at NASA.You didnt have tons of murano glass or ten boomerang coffee tables or six Unimatics.Such wonderful tropical fabrics for slipcovers and drapes.In that time we changed curtains,rugs and slipcovers for the season.