Bungalow JAX

Friday, August 26, 2011

Pretty Paper...

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye.
But only a few will catch your heart.... "

+ Ben Crenshaw

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RECENTLY, I have heard a lot of CHATTER about
GOOD ol' wallpaper.

ORIGINALLY, my thought was...
WHY in the world has this "TREND" resurfaced?

WALLPAPER is about as "trendy" as
DARK wall paneling,
SHAG carpet, avocado GREEN appliances, and
BRASS light fixtures...

BUT...

UPON further RESEARCH....

I have had a CHANGE of heart!

THERE is a lot to be SAID for just the right
bold accent of PRETTY wallpaper.

DONE correctly...
wallpaper can be a charming little surprise.

DONE poorly...
wallpaper can look like bad TIME WARP!

SoOo...take NOTE and be CAREFUL out there!

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Want a MILLION dollar wallpaper without the BUDGET?

BUY just enough for one WALL!

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PLAYFUL, graphic wallpaper
in a NURSERY adds an eye catching POP!

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SoOo...who actually LIKES to do LAUNDRY?

SOLUTION: CHEERY wallpaper and MAYBE just
maybe it will PUT you in the MOOD!

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This MONOCHROMATIC paper is
ELEGANT and GLAMOROUS!

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Have a NOT so CUTE piece of FURNITURE?

SOLUTION: Add a GRAPHIC, FUN paper and maybe

a coat of PAINT for an instant REVAMP!

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For a POLISHED look...

mimic the PATTERN of the wallpaper with
other design
ELEMENTS in the room.

(i.e.the wallpaper PATTERN
and chandelier design, in this PIC)

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CHECK out this hipster METALLIC paper!

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CLASSIC stripes still LOOK

clean and FUN in this BATH!

(disregard the corny PUN, please)

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A BOLD wallpaper makes a STATEMENT in

small POWDER rooms!

THIS pattern makes me want to go to

Palm Springs!

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WHERE to BUY cool WALLPAPER?

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HAPPY wallpapering!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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1) via elledecor.com 2) via decorpad.com 3) via thedecorista.com

4) + 5) + 6) via decorpad.com 6) via michaelanoelledesigns.blogspot.com

7) + 8) via elledecor.com

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Hello Gorgeous...

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"You’re walking down the street and it’s a good day for you; good self-esteem day.You’re happy with your outfit, happy with your hair, feeling really good about yourself. It just takes that one tiny trip to suck the coolness right out of you."

+ Ellen Degeneres

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HERE'S to EVERYDAY

be a good HAIR DAY!

LOVE it? Here's the HOW TO!

HAPPY THURSDAY!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

SWING Low...

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"This is my swing set. This is my sand box.
I'm not allowed to go in the deep end."

-Ralph Wiggum

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SUMMER is officially UPON us.
And
it is HOT, HOT, hot here in the South!

AND
There is just NO way to ENJOY the outside
right NOW without
getting sweaty or getting CREATIVE.

So it had me THINKING...

Back in the DAY,
on the ol' PLAYGROUND,
we used to HIT the SWING set
to get a BREEZE flowing through the AIR.

Oh the fun...

Not to mention the TIRE swing
(a.k.a. step BROTHER to the original SWING)....

Which created A BIT more of a RISKIER
endeavour for the POTENTIAL SUMMER cool Down...

(i.e. getting stuck in the HOLE and/or
BARFING from SPINNING in circles)

ALL things CONSIDERED,
the SWING has now BECOME a TRENDY and functional
FIXTURE for the HOME

Check out these TRADITIONAL and
NOT so traditional uses...

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NESHOBA county FAIR swing?

NO...BUT a SUPER stylish PORCH indeed!

(and if YOU have NO idea what I'm talking about...

CHECK out the Neshoba County FAIR!
A MISSISSIPPI tradition!)

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GLAM swing!!!

This looks LIKE a JONATHAN adler

"HAPPY CHIC" room!

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MY most FAVORITE swing... It is HUGE!

AND Who's the CHICK on the SWING?

The Nashville, Tennessee DESIGNER,

Rachel Halvorson.

Check out her BLOG... NEST EGG.

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OH MY...HOW cool??? A SWING table! AH!

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THESE kids have the COOLEST parents EVER!

INDOOR swing AND a HUGE BEAN bag??

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a SWINGING BED? LOVE it!

I wonder if THERE is a WEIGHT limit?

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PATRIOTIC and CLASSIC!

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WHAT I would DO to be on this

BEACH SWING right NOW!

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ADORABLE!

MY heart is SMILING!

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OH to be a CHILD again!

GUESS I will just HAVE to PRETEND!

HAPPY SWINGING!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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1) via http://www.scoutforthehome.com/ 2) via http://pinkwallpaper.blogspot.com/

3) via http://nestegg.typepad.com/ 4) via http://keltainentalorannalla.blogspot.com

5) via http://frenchbydesign.blogspot.com/ 6) via http://acidgypsy.tumblr.com/

7) via pinterest 8) via pinterest 9) via http://crushculdesac.tumblr.com

Sunday, July 24, 2011

MOMA marathon...

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“The strangeness will wear off and I think we
will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”

+ Jackson POLLACK

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WE just returned from a VERY quick trip to NEW YORK...

TRYING to do New York in TWO days was CRAZY...

Among "our" (not so much, JEREMY's)
priorities was MY favorite place on EARTH!

MOMA a.k.a. The MUSEUM of MODERN art!

NOTHING gets me more EXCITED than
entering into a
MECCA of ARTISTIC wonders!

WE had APPROXIMATELY TWO hours before we
were leaving NYC
and I insisted we take a QUICK gander inside!

HERE are a FEW of my most
FAVORITE art pieces from
our WILD and CRAZY MOMA marathon!

ENJOY!

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Bell-47D1 Helicopter

Arthur Young (American, 1905-1995)

SUSPENDED over the entry STAIRcase...

IF it was going to FALL... I would have

been HONORED for it to fall on me!

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This GIANT airport departure SIGN cracked me up.

HERE'S to air travel!

Check it out in MOTION here.

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This POOL lounge has PALM SPRINGS written all over IT!

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TURNTABLE

David Gammon (British, 1933-2005)

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Le Corbusier LOUNGE from 1928!

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CHARLES and RAY EAMES chairs!!

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I LOVE Jasper John's Target PAINTINGS!

Target with Four Faces

Jasper Johns

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BEAUTIFUL OIL painting!

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Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)

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LOOK close...These are PAINT BRUSHES!!!

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This was MIND blowing... ANDY Warhol is GENIUS!

Double Elvis

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

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This made me LAUGH...

so SIMPLE and creative!

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This PAINTING has a CIGAR sticking out of it!

LOOK closely for JEREMY's REFLECTION!

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HAPPY Sunday Funday!

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Bye YA'LL!

Katie Nelson

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Time WARP...

"It becomes increasingly easy,
as you get older, to drown in nostalgia."

+Ted Koppel

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The RECENT, sad NEWS of Sherwood Schwartz passing
(The creator of the BRADY BUNCH,
and Gilligan's Island, duh!);
had me THINKING of my FAVORITE
childhood TV SHOWS and movies.

SOoO...I thought I would SPARK your memory with a FEW
of the FAMOUS houses from these SITCOMS and MOVIES...

SEE if you can guess what HOUSE the show is on...

AHHHH the memories...

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