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This is one of the areas in "Willis Wonderland" that just makes me nuts. I forgot to include the stairs in a previous post, so here they are in all their kitschified glory. These open air steps lead to the...
August 31st, 2010 by denny
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Inexplicable flea market find of the weekend, this overly cute bank that is made to look like a Japanese-style toilet. My mom called me over to the flea market booth and said "look at this cute bank!" I...
August 31st, 2010 by Nessa
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I got this squirrel planter last week when I was up in Sonoma recording. At least I think it's a squirrel. Maybe it's a gopher, or even a beaver. I'm not that up on my animals with buck teeth but whatever it...
August 31st, 2010 by Allee Willis
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Snapped at a street fair yesterday. In front of a branch library, this 12 foot high frog, made from reclaimed steel, with hubcaps for eyes was created by a a local artist P.R. Miller. Everything he creates...
August 31st, 2010 by MyFunCloset
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For those of us who found traveling/packing a hoop skirt a chore???... now the "Hoop-La"....smile
Took a photo of this at the Allegan Michigan Antique Market this weekend... The complete package is about...
August 31st, 2010 by k2dtw
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I snapped this photo in the lounge at the Country House of the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills-- the "Old Actor's Home." It's an original oil painting of famed costume designer Edith Head....
August 31st, 2010 by Douglas Wood
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NOTE: My grandparents built their house in the mid 1960s. They decorated it well, then pretty much kept it as is. So, my grandmother, now 94, has one of the koolest pads around. I think it affected my sense...
August 31st, 2010 by MeshuggaMel
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My dad remembers being really creeped out by this when he was growing up in the sixties. I found this in my grandmother's house after she died. No one really wanted to keep it, I found it too kitschy to give...
August 30th, 2010 by Lo
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A few pictures from my grandmother's house. Her house is so groovy even the bathrooms are cool! First, the master bath. Note the silver wallpaper with fuzzy flocked yellow flowers to match the yellow tiles...
August 30th, 2010 by MeshuggaMel
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I wanted to do a proper post featuring "Childstar" instead of showing it in a mix of other things.
These shots were taken in my favorite room where these formats of the lp and 8 track are on display....
August 30th, 2010 by denny
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I can only imagine the era of when Sophie Tucker lived here. I'm not familiar with her work and am only now researching her after visiting "The House of Prudence" but this framed print is a loving tribute...
August 30th, 2010 by denny
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So many comments...so inappropriate.
August 30th, 2010 by kookykitsch
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This was a fun estate sale filled with kids toys that filled the rec room. Nothing was cheap and photos seemed the way to capture these treasures from years gone by.
Wow this must have been a really...
August 30th, 2010 by MyFunCloset
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At the Modernism Show in Denver there were many booths displaying vendor's merchandise. This human- like sculpture stood guard over one of them.
This sculpture is mixed-media, but the skin covering is of...
August 30th, 2010 by Markydoodle
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By the number of post-its that I've stuck in this book, 41 to be exact, it's obvious that I'm as much a fan of the recipes in this hallowed hors d'oeuvres bible as the typical housewife was in 1958 when it...
August 29th, 2010 by Allee Willis
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When I was at the "House of Prudence" I was unprepared for such a whirlwind tour of this fabulous house that was once home to Sophie Tucker. I also wasn't ready for the incredible collection of ceramic and...
August 29th, 2010 by denny
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This was a gift from a friend. It once belonged to his grandmother who lived most of her life in the old Mexican barrio neighborhood here in Tucson. Sadly, much of the old barrio neighborhood was torn down...
August 29th, 2010 by Michael Ely
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The stairs you see here lead to one of my favorite rooms here at Willis Wonderland. It's like walking into a treasure chest of kitsch. An eye-popping, jaw dropping excursion into a room that can take you...
August 29th, 2010 by denny
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A gift ya really don't want to see again. I doubt if anyone has EVER bought something like this for themselves.
August 29th, 2010 by MyFunCloset
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Even growing up, I knew my grandparents where sophisticated. They're house was decorated like no other I'd ever seen, or, frankly, have ever seen since. My grandmother, now 94, doesn't host functions any...
August 29th, 2010 by MeshuggaMel
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