Motel Porn

Wood paneling, crushed velvet chairs and a water bed? Yes please.

It's not often that I come across a postcard from the 1980s. Most motel postcards usually to date anywhere from the 1950s through the 1970s but the postcard-sending craze seemed almost outdated by the 80s. This interior shot is postmarked 1983, though the sender (named Ginny) notes that this is an old postcard and she's not actually staying at this motel.

So it could have been from the 1970s afterall. Who knows.

The motel that this room was located in was called Ye Olde Colonial Motor Inn and was located in Yakima, Washington. It still exists and from the 1990s until 2022, it operated as a Budget Inn (pictured in the 2nd photo). Today, it's a Red Lion Inn. In the Budget Inn photo, you can still see remnants of how it looked in the 70s/80s - the wood paneling had been painted over, but was still there.

Today, the paneling is gone, the carpet is gone and it has been fully modernized.