Betty's Bungalow

I went on a fabulous home tour yesterday with my sister and friends and we had the BEST time touring wonderful historic homes and meeting the nicest homeowners.  I will share more about those homes later on, but first I wanted to share with you the bungalow that we all fell in love with as soon as we saw it...

 

This bungalow belongs to Betty, who kindly allowed me to take some photos to share with you.  The colors she used to decorate her home inside and out are delicious and I think you will agree that Betty has created a delightful home that one would never want to leave.

So let's start our tour with her adorable front porch ...

 

 

 

 

 

And now let's go inside Betty's beautiful home ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And now let's go out back to enjoy Betty's back porch and gardens ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wasn't that a treat for our eyes?  I hope you enjoyed the tour of Betty's bungalow as much as we did.  Poor Betty .. she couldn't get rid of us as we didn't want to leave!  We invited her to come visit us one day and hopefully she will because we would love to have her and she is a real sweetheart.

Thank you Betty so much for your hospitality and for sharing your dreamy home with all of us.

 

Love,

Kim

Comments

[Patti]

very cute home, I love little chairs hanging on a wall, and the many pots on the wall and trees, great idea. thanks for sharing

[Rita Larson]

Kim,
So glad you are feeling better! Loved this cottage...What a fun place. Looking forward to more. Thanks for sharing
ritad

[bj]

This is a sweet cottage, filled with cuteness!! Loved seeing it.
Being a born, bred and died in the wool Texan...out on the plains of dusty, dry West Texas, I can never get over the beautiful, tropical look of the lawns and flowers there. I love it all...I am always amazed at how you can keep your patio doors open...we could NEVER do that here....:)

[Jan]

Hi Kim, Love the cottage. . . Hopefully, Ida will NOT come visit us, Betty has a lot to bring in!! Just sayin'
I can visualize the inside of the little house out back, is that the 'guest residence' I could certainly see myself in that one. :) Blessings, Janet

[Sherri S]

Beautiful! How fun! Love all the chippy stuff. Cool basket with the TV trays in it. Oh my, I just love it ALL. LOL

[Susan]

Loved our Historic Kenwood Bungalowfest tour this year! I was hoping I'm bump into you taking pictures and enjoying the day. Bettys bungalow was probably my favorite.

Enjoy your Sunday ( my feet kinda hurt ) but it was all worth it!

[Claudia]

Love this cottage, Kim! Thanks so much for sharing it with us! Betty has so many wonderful vignettes - too many to mention, but I especially love the stack of toy pianos - so whimsical and fun!

[Penny @ Lavender Hill Studio & The Comforts of Home]

What a wonderful home! I loved all the little touches like the stacked pianos, the doggie tail towel holder...all of the beautiful colors. Fabulous!
Hugs,
Penny

[Sheila]

Kim, I loved this. The bright colors of the interior and cute furnishings just are so happy! Love it! Thanks for the tour.

XO,

Sheila :-)

[Sheila]

And I loved all the exterior shots, too... so cozy and fun!

[Leslie]

Writing from the chilly high mountain desert of Idaho...I imagine sitting in Betty's back yard drinking lemonade. I loved all the charming collections throughout her home, porch and garden. Thank you both, Kim and Betty, for sharing. Could we perhaps return for a visit when the wall of potted orchids is in bloom? xxoo

[Peggy]

Kim
Betty's house is so cute!
I love the little piano's display.
Thanks for sharing.
Peggy
http://www.thevintagebuttonjar.etys.com

[dale]

Lovely home, so cosy!

[Erin]

Hi Kim and Betty,

Oh my goodness -gracious - what a darling home. Betty's use of color and texture is just fabulous. So much "eye candy" to look at - love her use of greens. The little pianos stacked up are adorable - what a fun way to display them.
Thank you for sharing.
Have a wonderful week.
Blessings,
Erin

[Jackie]

Thanks for sharing! That bungalow is so cozy and adorable. She has done a fantastic job with it!

[Jen@thecottagenest]

What a beautiful home. There are way too many things to choose from for a favorite. I enjoyed every moment of the tour.

[Drawn to the Sea]

Dear Betty,
I LOVE YOU!

Dear Kim,
This one really gets me... big time :-)

Warmest regards,
~Julia

[Pat]

Adorable...and so homey. I love all the plants and flowers too.

[Leigh, Tales from Bloggeritaville]

KIm,
Its positivly charming!
For my Monday post I am featuring a couple books that I read this weekend. I will also be chatting up your equally charming blog. Stop by if you can.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Leigh
Tales from Bloggeritaville
www.lbratina.blogspot.com

[Diane]

What a sweet and funfilled house. It's fun looking at all the little details, and please tell me - how in the world did she hang those clay pots? I LOVE that!!

[Rhondi]

Thanks for the tour Kim

[Katherine Ann]

Kim,
Your photographs are just lovely! What a warm, sunny treat!

[Debbie from Vancouver Island Canada]

I love the home tours you share with us...thank you so much for doing so.
This is such a cute cottage...the colours are lovely...so many ideas.I really love the stack of little pianos.
Thanks again Kim...love your blog!!

[Debra @Bungalow]

So Nice! I love the stack of pianos. Thank you for sharing!

[Sharon]

Thanks for the picture tour. Very cute house. love the stacked pianos!!!

[Joy]

Wow, wonderful, she has such a cute, light and airy spot there. One room after another has the cutest of displays. Thanks for sharing and the tour.

[Kelly]

Such a beautiful bungalow tour. Thank you for sharing. ~Kelly

unDeniably Domestic

[Debb]

I love it... thanks for the tour... but; in the garden on the wall ?? what are in the clay pots.. also hanging from trees... is it just me a little ol' northern girl that doesn't know?? Thank you so much for letting me be there.... very relaxing and tranquil... love the porch.. the large, poofy ottoman... oh, the mirror on the night table... love it all... thanks

[sondra]

Charming! I love the breakfast nook, the stacked piano's, and the orchids!

[Cindy]

What a wonderful charming and cozy home that Betty has!! Thanks for sharing it with us.
~Cindy~

[debi]

Oooooh what an adorable, cozy, and charming home! You did a beautiful job photographing Betty's lovelies. tfs

[Daisy Cottage]

Thank you everyone!
I hope you are having a beautiful Sunday..

xo,
Me

[sara@augustfields]

what a fun home to tour! thanks betty :)

[bettyann]

oh thanks for the tour..so many goodies to see..

[maría cecilia]

Hi Kim, Betty´s house is amazing!!! Thank you very much for this lovely tour and thanks to Betty for allowing us to know her home. Your pictures are quite outstanding!!
Muchos cariños
María Cecilia

[Mary Lou]

Hi, Kim! Glad you are feeling better. Those pictures are wonderful, and I just love the vibrancy of color down your way. I think those little pianos stacked were so cute!
Thanks for sharing with us.
Mary Lou

[Kim Carroll]

Thank you for sharing, we have a wonderful garden tour week in Virginia that includes the inside of beautiful homes. I love touring homes like this.

[Fay Marie]

Kim & Betty,

Thanks for sharing. Betty, I will guess that green is one of your favourite colours, and what pretty greens. I'm so jealous. I was outside today putting away all my garden ornaments etc. before the winter comes. I really enjoyed the tour Kim. Glad that you are feeling better.

Fay Marie

[Kat]

Betty really had a "knack" for making her home have that "I'm at home" feeling. Thanks Kim for taking us on the tour with you. Beautiful...just beautiful.

Hugs!
Kat

[cobaltcindyh@gmail.com]

How much fun is this getting to tour Betty's home two days in a row!! Thanks again Betty and Kim,,we all had a great time yesterday.Your home had that "warm and fuzzy "feeling we all love !!
Hope you can join us in our bungalow heaven in March.
((Hugs))
Cindy @ Happinest

[Josephine Tale Pedder]

All adorable. I love Betty's collection of palm prints in the bathroom. The colours are both soothing and visually exciting everywhere! Lovely post, Kim! xx

[Jennifer Hayslip]

Goooorgeous Tour Kim!!!! I LOVE the adorable doggie wall towel holder in the kitchen. The stacked pianos are adorable. Betty's home is so lovely and very charming. Thanks for taking us along with you! Hugs!! XO,Jenn

[Ronda]

Kim,
I love love love your home tours!! Bettys home was beautiful. I wish I could have met her. I am sure she is just as beautiful. Keep the tours coming they so calm me at the end of a busy day!!!

[chris mohnasky]

Such a cute home! I love the idea of making a bird cage into a hanging candle holder, I'll have to steal, oh-I mean borrow, that idea!
Your blog is better than a magazine, I also Love the music.
Take me away moon river...

[Brenda Kula]

Oh Kim, you KNOW I LOVE that garden space! WOW! Her house and yard is just phenomenal. So glad you featured all this for me to drool over.
Brenda

[Tracie~My Petite Maison]

This was so much fun, Kim. I started out looking this morning and finished off this evening. This is one of the cutest house I've seen in a long time. Our home is very small and I absolutely love seeing others ideas on how best to utilize their small spaces too. Betty has so many great ideas, I thank both of you for sharing them with us all here. Happy night and keep the home tours coming, it's such fun taking a look inside nice people's homes. Thanks, Betty!
xo~Tracie

[Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality]

Oh, Kim, how adorable that home is! Felt like we were right there with you. You tropical FL girls know how to play up that color just right. I love the blues & greens! So pretty, thanks for sharing.

[Jenny]

Love this adorable home. It is gorgeous and a fabulous home tour is just what I needed to end a great weekend. I got so many ideas from these pictures. Thank you!

[Lucy]

Gorgeous, simply gorgeous. Thanks for sharing and thank you Betty.

Lucy

[Kathy]

Hi Kim,

I thought of you when I toured that bungalow! The bright colors, the eclectic decor....it was wonderful! And that yard...I wanted to move right in!

Kathy from Clearwater

[loree]

Totally cute and adorable. I especially loved the stack of old toy pianos. How creative!

[Richele @ Studio D]

Kim,

I am in awe of Betty's Bungelow. Please give her a thank you from your fans!! Her attention to detail and flow in her home is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure to see. I wonder what her place looks like at Christmastime?

Thank you Kim, for sharing this with us. It is such a treat to view these lovely photos and think, how can I take this inspiration and improve my home life!!

[Daisy Cottage]

Good Morning!

You are all sooooo welcome! I love sharing with you and believe me I love being inspired too! Betty's home definitely inspired me - so many wonderful ideas. I shared my site link with her so maybe she will drop by and I am sure she will be so appreciative of your kind words.

xo,
Me

[Connie]

Dear Kim,
Please thank Betty for allowing you to show us the photos of her home. Each room just draws you in and you don't want to leave. The outside is just as neat. So many unique ideas - I love them all. I can't wait to visit the unique thrift store in Lakeland - such a beautiful place to live.
Hugs,
Connie

[Shannon Venable]

Now that's the way it's done!

[Trish]

Dear Kim & Betty,

Thank you both for sharing. My favorites are the breakfast nook table and the red awning over the door. Of course everything else was beautiful as well.
Trish

[Trish]

Dear Kim & Betty,

Thank you both for sharing. My favorites are the breakfast nook table and the red awning over the door. Of course everything else was beautiful as well.
Trish

[Brenda]

ohhhh! Everywhere you look....beautiful color! So much to take in!

[Elizabeth Marchus]

Hi Kim,
I Love Betty's home it's not only beautiful but its "homey" and "comfortable", I could live there for sure.
Thank you for sharing this one of kind home with us.
I have enjoyed your post very much.
Elizabeth

[Rose - The Center of My Self]

How were you able to tear yourself away from this delightful, happy, wonderful space? Betty must have a grand time collecting and displaying her finds and treasures so wonderfully. The hanging orchids is something I've never seen before - wow! The dog towel holder in the kitchen, the fish table outside - every little thing is personal and works. I loved every single inch!

[rue]

Hi sweet Kim :)

Betty's home is absolutely darling! No wonder you didn't want to leave. Everything is wonderful, but that sweet bathroom of hers really caught my eye :)

I hope you're feeling better. There's nothing worse than getting sick. Make sure you eat chicken soup and wash it down with 7-up :)

love you,
rue

[Tracy @ Comfort and Luxury]

What a wonderful little place! And so many good ideas to borrow. A stack of pianos? So cute! Thanks for sharing this.

[Lallee]

That was a wonderful feast for the eye. So many beautiful vintage things displayed so cleverly. I loved Betty's Florida paintings and shell art in the bathroom. The little doggie towel holder in the kitchen~a.dor.a.ble! I know editing photos can be so time consuming, so thank you for giving us such an extensive tour.
XO to you and Maggie, dear Kim.
Lallee

[Deb]

I love the cottage tours you post Kim & Betty's home is just gorgeous! Love all the little details ~pumpkins in the birdcage, the big B hanging outside ...lovely ♥

[Anne]

I LOVE her bathroom with the palm tree paintings. And the little dog whose tail holds a kitchen towel? I recently found a similar one at a thrift and just love it, but didn't know what exactly it was meant for. Thanks for the inspiration!

[Stacey]

Betty's bungalow is delightful! I especially love the stack of little pianos. The colors are beautiful.

[Maggie Mallard]

I love this home and especially the way you did the photographs. Very nice tour and I am not sure what I liked the most it was all so sweet.
Hope you have been doing good.
Thanks for sharing these pictures
Always
Maggie

[Betty @ She's Sew Pretty]

Her home looks so happy and pretty! I love her color combination of blues and greens.

[Michele]

DELIGHTFUL!!!!

Thanks so much to you both for sharing!

[Betty]

Dear Kim ..I wrote you a long email but could not get it to you for some reason ..I just want to thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us as well as Betty's .. I love all the beautiful colors, the flower gardens, the music .. everything .. and most of all I love the 'love letter' you wrote to your house .. It brought a tear to my eye because I 'felt' every word ..I feel the same way about my old bongalow .. she is like an old friend and a family member ..God Bless you and your family with many,many years of health and happyness in your beautiful home.
Hugz ..Betty

[Cindy S]

Delightful! I can see why you didn't want ot leave. Thank you for the tour! Hugs, Cindy S.

[Sue]

Betty's bungalow is a feast for the eyes..I love it! And Kim, your photos are SO professional! Your blog just keeps getting better and better. Hugs...Sue

[iola]

How wonderful it has been to view this beautiful, cozy home. WOW...I just found your blog but I look forward to more. Thank you I feel inspired!!

[Donna, The Decorated House]

Hello Sweet Kim~
A huge Thank You to Betty for the kindness of sharing her home with all of us.
It was fabulous!

Darn, I really meant to find out when the tour was this year. Maybe next time :)
Hugs, Donna

[jennifer]

I am charmed by the bungalow. Something stood out in every picture! My favorite photo was of the stack of children's pianos. What fun!

[Kathi]

This is one of the cutest cottages I have ever seen. She uses color perfectly. The flow of decore is enchanting and restful; very pleaseing for the soul. I wish I could be as bold with color. I'm going to try getting my courage up. Thank you. Kathi

[Judie]

Oh Kim, another beautiful picture show! You do a wonderful job and so many things say Florida to me... Staghorn ferns, bromeliads and all the ferns under the oak. Loved the flowers in front of the bungalow also. Please thank Betty for allowing you to share her home with us. I, too, love the little chairs and the children's piano display.

[Suzy]

Green has never been my favorite color, but this cottage would make just about anybody a lover of green! The bathroom was my favorite. I also loved her little knickknack shelf with the vintage glasses. I could go on and on..but everybody above has said it all. Thanks for sharing with us!

[sweet cottage dreams]

Betty's home is like walking through happy land! I love the pianos, that doggy towel rack and her bathroom with all of the palm tree pictures! Ohhh..and that green chandelier...I am swooning........

Thank you, Betty, for sharing your adorable abode with all of us! It is so charming!!!

xo
becky