Circus Fun House~Bountiful Part Two

 

 

 

If you missed part one of my trip to Bountiful in Venice, California, here's the link.    

 

 

 

 

And here's a couple of reminder photos to carry you forward. 

 

 When I think of my visits to Bountiful, the experience seems not unlike a circus fun house. For sure you will find the unexpected each time.  And you can't predict what will pop out next to delight you.

 

 

 

 

 The front rooms of the shop are shown here, and in my earlier post. But the whole place is an enormous warehouse with rooms on different levels. Snaking through the labyrinthine rooms is a vintage junkies' ultimate adventure. And I'm not at all exaggerating.

 

The path to the back of the shop is that skinny space to the far left in the photo above. If you didn't know it was there you might not find it.

 

 

 

 

 

 Through the looking glass, down the rabbit hole, or beyond the magic wardrobe. . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The circus poster in the center space is so apropos. In the space of two hours I took over two hundred photos of  Bountiful,  Pop Pom Interiors, and Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Couture.  LA is not my neighborhood, but I try to stop by maybe once a year. And what a wild side show it always is!

 

So fun that you came along too!

 

 Jacqueline

 

 

My Visit to Bountiful

 

You have to know exactly where you're going on Abbot Kinney Blvd. to find Sue Balmforth's shop, Bountiful, in Venice, CA.

 

 

 

That's because she doesn't hang a sign with her shop name outside. But she doesn't have to. Her steady clients, sometimes famous, know the way well.

 

 

 

 

But if you're searching for Bountiful, the artful piles of vintage out front serve as a beakon. Sign enough. It's been a hot summer in LA. Too sunny for my point and shoot the day I visited.

 

 

 

 

 

But that's okay too, because it gets you ready for something even more dazzling inside! That . . . and a dizzy pill . . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your eyes are not deceiving you . . .

The shop girl told us the cake stand inventory was low. We were only worried about what might happen if we were to sneeze suddenly! (Maybe that's what the vintage hard hat is for!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whatever you are in need of, you will need to look high. . . and low. The inventory is jam packed beneath tables, and even hanging from the ceilings. 

 

 

 

 

 

And oh what lovely stuff!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh bountiful, Bountiful!

 

 I dare you not to look back over your shoulder when you finally tumble back out onto the street!

 

 But believe it or not, there's more to come. . . .

 Part two follows soon!

 

Hope you're havin' a great day!

 

Jacqueline