Kermit the Frog coloured carpets, palm tree wallpaper and truly dreadful curtains: The stars' homes that prove the 70s really were decor's dire decade

Such frond memories: Joan Collins had palm trees on the walls, blinds and upholstery at her Beverly Hills home in 1978. And the carpet...

It makes you want to shout... no! And what's worse, Scottish singer and actress Lulu's dreadful curtains or her flared jeans?

I don't want to talk about it: And to be honest it really is not a suprise when Scottish singer Rod Stewart has a till in his kitchen

Sorry seems to be the hardest word if you're a decorator: Elton John with mother Shelia and stepfather Fred Farebrother in 1971

Faulty towers: Month Python comedian and actor John Cleese and wife Connie Booth are overwhelmed by greenery at their London home

Wonderful tonight? Not for singer and guitarist Eric Clapton and his grandmother Rose with those candles

A prime suspect: British actress Helen Mirren's orange walls and brown skirting boards clash with her green boots at her London home

Did he get that rug on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop? Noel Edmonds and his wife Helen with their dog at their home in 1978

They call it mellow yellow, but it ain't half grim: Singer Donovan with parents Donald and Winifred, all pictured together in 1971

And not a rocking chair in sight: irish singer and TV personality Val Doonican colour co-ordinates his young children with the curtains

Time now, please: American glam-rock singer Suzi Quatro and husband Len Tuckey at the naff bar in their living room, pictured in 1979