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Many of you have suggested interior designs, furnishings, and clever trends in your comments to my posts. I thought it high time to offer props and publish the following graphic representations of your ideas.  Keep posting! I get a chuckle out of your remarks and they spark up plenty of ideas.  If they ever start a Do-It-Your-Self Help Group, save me a seat!

Christmas Story Lamp

In response to my post about ugly and/or unusual lamps, Whit and Adam reminisced about the famous lamp from A Christmas Story. I’ve seen copies these lamps on the sets of talk shows for years.

Bath, Boating, and Beyond

I wrote about modern bathtubs recently and Whit recounted the time his friend made a boat into a home bathtub which, oddly enough, leaked.  The bath boat in the image, created by Dutch designer Wieki Somers, is from the design of a real boat–turned inside out and nested on its back. Look at all the images of this remarkable bathtub at Notcot.

A Shaggy Wall Story

In response to my post about trippin’ on 1960’s furniture, Randy brought up the recreational use of shag carpet on the walls of fashionable homes. Consequently, I found photos of a pink shag carpet wall that belonged to Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield (seen here in the tub). You can view the lot of them (mature audiences) on NY make-up artist Darian Darling’s blog.

Far Out, Man

RE: the post on the 60’s, Woplogic says he’s ready to put on his bell-bottomed baby-blue leisure suit, platform shoes with the Buster Brown buckle a-la-Ben Franklin, psychedelic purple paisley print polyester wide-collared, no-top button shirt, and of course, pick out his hair into his best Jimi Hendrix-style afro. Well, I found your shirt, Wop.  But let’s go for the whole thing!