Flipping Out

Tall Husband and I are flipping out. We are so excited that The Bunny Bungalow and the garage/studio are to be on the Houston Heights 2011 Spring Home & Garden Tour...but as you can see...the bungalow is not yet ready. The kitchen (above) shows promise,

the old clawfoot tub is waiting in the dining room.

The Stickley bed has been under wraps for awhile,

and from the upstairs screened porch of the studio, Scooter is keeping a worried watch on the progress. Stay tuned to see if we make the April 2, 2011 deadline! We may have to hand out hard hats.

A Really Good Shoe

Scooter is loosing his baby teeth and cutting new ones. Guess we'll have to go barefoot!

In Pursuit of Childhood Memories

Replica of a 1940 toy airplane...

now hanging 10 feet above the stairwell in the studio apartment...

retired after giving young grandchildren magical rides around the neighborhood.

This little plane holds a lot of childhood memories.

Tall Husband had told me about the little boy who lived down the street from him when he was five; the boy who had a pedal plane; the boy who would let no one ride in this plane. Tall Husband's parents knew he longed to have that plane...so they bought him a used, pedal station wagon! Not a cool ride.

Days after Tall Husband shared this memory with me, a new catalog arrived in the mail. As I thumbed through it, this little airplane flew off the page into my imagination...I could see Tall Husband as a little boy finally flying his little plane. When the plane arrived in time for our anniversary, I thought his heart would burst with happiness.

Each time a grandchild visited, Tall Husband carried the little plane outside for each child to ride, to imagine that they could fly if only they pedaled fast enough. Now that the little craft has been outgrown, it will hang in our stairwell for all to see.

So you can have a happy childhood, even if it does come late in life!

Note: Thank you Don, for hanging this piece of happiness for us today!

This Silver Pursuit is from Airflow Collectibles and was purchased years ago from Vivre.

Window Seat

Mine!

Still mine!

Nap time now!

The purpose of this post was to show all of you our new white denim window seat cushion; however, Scooter refused to get out of the picture. You see, he thinks every package that arrives at the Bungalow is his. While guarding his window seat, he was leaping to the floor, attacking my camera and tripod.

Note: Scooter, our Maltipoo, was four-months old yesterday. We got his window-seat cushion at Cushions By Design via the Internet.

Scooter and the Family Portrait Pillow

Before Scooter, our Maltipoo puppy, came into our lives, we ordered a family portrait pillow for The Bunny Bungalow's new studio apartment.

The pillow arrived after Scooter was part of our family...he noticed. We tried to convince him that the artist had misunderstood our instruction, "Long tail and short ears," and reversed the image. But he wasn't buying that.

So, we ordered a second pillow with a likeness of Scooter proudly displayed!

Scooter is quite happy now...look at that smile.

Note: We got our pillows from: K studio.

Bungalow Report

Here's an almost-after shot of the back of The Bunny Bungalow remodel.

During...

and before (after the garage/studio apartment was completed and after the tacky deck was removed from the bungalow.)

Our Gang:

Rogers+Labarthe Architects

DD&L Enterprises

Gregory/Henry Landscape

A Bunny in the Hood

Street art is by Coolidge, in the Houston Heights, on Rutland Street at West 19th.

Ralphie from the movie A Christmas Story.

The first day of the New Year, Tall Husband, Cute Dog and I hit the pavement to check out a new piece of Houston Street Art here in the Houston Heights. We find it a sweet coincidence that a boy in a pink bunny costume has been left on a corner, just two blocks from The Bunny Bungalow. Thanks, Coolidge...what a wonderful surprise.