My apartment in grad school was "lime green", with green shag carpet. Thinking back, it was pretty hideous, but it was pretty cheap, and had a bedroom and small kitchen.
Of the issues I had at the time, that was low on any list. I recall I had a 13" color TV with a rotary dial that was kind of high end for the time. It was $135 a month.
My wife sent me an article before we redid our kitchen in Cincy about stainless being "out". I ignored it, stainless is still pretty much the thing, I think.