The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

ACRYLIC GRAPES HAVE ARRIVED!!!!!

This is one complete sculpture. This was $5.00. the smaller green cluster was $7.00. Wood sculptures, acrylic grapes and my Ipod docking sta...

September 22, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventure’s in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 19 – August 2010)

I have never seen so many fabulous S & P shakers. I used to have some good ones but the ones featured in these pics are out of this worl...

September 20, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 20 – August 2010)

Are those jellybeans in that canister sitting on the desk? This lunch box is an unbelievable piece of kitsch and I would absolutely jump at ...

by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 21 – August 2010)

I love it that this coffee mug is textured and that the handle is one gigantic pretzel. This is a larger coffee mug and thank god I drink de...

September 16, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 17 – August 2010)

This lady head is hanging in one of the bathrooms at “WW” and is one of my FAVORITE items. The design, the simplicity and the fa...

September 14, 2010 by denny

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My Parents’ Fridge

When I was a kid, whenever we went on vacation, my parents would bring back a magnet as a souvenir. Then, when I started road tripping on my...

September 12, 2010 by Nessa

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 14 – August 2010)

I love my movies and my tastes range from good to bad and back again! I love exploitation films of any kind and this film is full of tremend...

September 11, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 12 – August 2010)

Here are some close ups of the heavy duty linoleum flooring in that favorite room of mine. I’ve always loved singing sea creatures. I ...

September 9, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 11 – August 2010)

These chairs sit in one of my favorite rooms at “WW”. The comfort that these chairs provide causes one not to want to get up and...

September 8, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventure’s in Prudence Fenton’s “The House of Prudence” (Part 10 – August 2010)

One of the most beautiful door stops ever! I’ve seen many types of door stops before but don’t ever recall seeing one of a bulld...

by denny

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Denny’s Adventure’s in Prudence Fenton’s “The House of Prudence” (Part 9 – August 2010)

I’m a huge fan of tourism souvenirs and what’s not love about any vintage kitsch representing the state of Florida? Some of the ...

September 6, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventure’s in Prudence Fenton’s “The House of Prudence” (Part 8 – August 2010)

This lamp stands about 20 inches tall and is one of the many fabulous lamps that can be found at “The House of Prudence”. I love...

September 5, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Willis Wonderland – Part 1 (August 2010)

I have no idea what it is about these purple chairs. It’s nice that not only do I gawk at them when I’m here, it’s the com...

by denny

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Tucson Vintage Neon

Back in the 1950’s and 60’s when the automobile was king, Tucson’s old road into town, Miracle Mile along with Oracle Road...

by Michael Ely

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 8 – August 2010)

The smoke of whatever is resting in this ashtray billows out of the top of the volcano. I don’t know the company that made this or the...

September 4, 2010 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Prudence Fenton’s “The House of Prudence” (Part 7 – August 2010)

I don’t care if the tip of his tail is missing, I would gladly display this fish anywhere in my house. This is a planter, white in col...

by denny

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My yiddishe grand-momele, and her tchochkes

last in the series from my grandmother’s house, the items around the house that weren’t easily categorized by theme or location....

by MeshuggaMel

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Denny’s Adventures in Prudence Fenton’s “The House of Prudence” (Part 6 – August 2010)

BEAUTIFUL! I’m a huge fan of TV lamps and this ceramic lamp sits on a long cabinet with a few other pieces featured in this post. I lo...

September 3, 2010 by denny

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60’s Revisited….

More from the fun estate sale. Stacks and stacks of comics, coloring books and games…everywhere. If you grew up in the 60’s, man...

by MyFunCloset

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Denny’s Adventure’s in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 5 – August 2010)

I have always been fascinated by the Mr. Peanut man and to this day can’t figure out why this image (and all the kitsch it covers) is ...

September 1, 2010 by denny

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mom’s paintings

not kitsch, but from a very kitsch heavy era – my mom was a prolific artist from when she was a young girl, creating many paintings. S...

by MeshuggaMel

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Denny’s Adventures in Prudence Fentons’ “The House of Prudence” (Part 4 – August 2010)

These incredibly framed creations were a gift to Prudence from her friend Paul. I believe these are 3-dimensional in design and are made of ...

by denny

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Yogi Bear and his pals…

No expense spared for the kids in this house. This was part of a recent fun estate sale. Bought nothing…I just snapped away....

by MyFunCloset

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” – (Part 4 – August 2010)

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 h...

August 31, 2010 by denny

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The Jungle Room

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...

by MeshuggaMel

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