Coco Palms Resort Hawaii

Coco Palms Resort on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, is famous for being the beautiful backdrop and shooting location for part of the 1961 Elvis Film Blue Hawaii.
 Elvis Presley stayed at the resort (Bungalow 56 if Internet info is correct!) while filming took place.

The resort boomed as a tourist destination after the films release and became one of the number one venues in Hawaii for weddings and honeymoons.

In 1992, a Hurricane Iniki ripped through the island and the damage to the resort was catastrophic. 

Many insurance companies in Hawaii went bankrupt, and with no finances to rebuild and restore the resort, the Coco Palms went to ruins and has remained that way for over 20 years.

The property was reportedly acquired by Investors in 2013, who have plans 

to redevelop, restore and reconstruct the resort to it's former glory for reopening in 2017.

"Our endeavour is to revitalize the grounds and rebuild, while preserving the soul of the iconic resort". - Tyler Greene Manager of Coco Palms Hui.(source)

But while finalising my post to publish this evening, I found an online report and TV news broadcast of a fire that occurred at the Coco Palms Resort this weekend just gone 5th July 2014. 

According to the report, many of the remaining original buildings and rooms have been

 destroyed in the fire. Very sad indeed.

Coco Palms Fire News Report July 2014

Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL

- Donna x


All images via messynessychic.
There are many images of the Coco Palms resort online, but whilst searching, I discovered
Messy Nessy Chic's post about the Coco Palms in her 'Abandoned Hotel' series. The pics on messynessychic were great in that they had a real sense of 'then' and 'now' about them.
I picked a few of my favourites to share here, but if you would like to see many more great photographs (with original image source info) and read more about the resort, please head on over to the awesome messynessychic here. : )

Hey! Homewrecker's Retro Home

 Linda of Hey! Homewrecker is a Belfast based blogger, crafter and vintage lover. 

A while back, Linda took part in a Link In where we shared a retro and vintage corner of our home.

I have found myself going time and time again back to view Linda's photographs from the link in, and have scoured her blog for more pics of her cool, vintage inspired home.

I love Linda's vintage print wall in the lounge room, the ultra cool movie poster wall,
and the orange colours in the kitchen which is currently undergoing a makeover.

You can check out more from Linda over at her blog Hey! Homewrecker HERE, Facebook HERE

and visit her Etsy store full of gorgeous handmade cushions made from vintage fabrics and retro trinkets and wares HERE!

Many thanks to Linda for allowing me to share her photograph of her home.
Kitchen shots were taken by Kat Mervyn Photography.

Now you can drool along with me!

 Another angle of the print wall - love it.

Blog Link In Day - Retro & Vintage Inspired Corner of My Home

The day has arrived!

Kylie of Lucy Violet Vintage and I put out the call 2 weeks ago to see if people might be willing to share snapshot of their favourite Retro & Vintage Inspired Corner of their Home.

If you would like to share your link, please see the bottom of this post to add your image and blog link. Then please head over to Kylie's blog at Lucy Violet Vintage to add your link there as well (things work better in pairs...Twix Chocolate bars, Laverne & Shirley, Bert & Ernie...), 

and/or check out the photographs that may have been submitted to Kylie.

I can't wait to pop over and check them out!!

So let's kick it off with my favourite corner of my home.

Retro & Vintage Inspired Corner of my Home

After the fun Kylie of Lucy Violet Vintage and I had with the Retro Food Blog Link In -
we thought it was time to team up again for some link in fun!

We would love you to share a photograph of your favourite 

Retro & Vintage Inspired Corner of your home.

A spot that perhaps houses your favourite pieces of furniture, 

thrifted wares, or just a corner of your home that you love.

I love nothing better than gaining decorating inspiration from magazines and blogs - seeing how people put rooms together and successfully mix retro pieces into their home. 

And with Kylie ploughing through her Interior Design course and sharing some of her styling shots along the way, we thought we might put the call out to see if our other blogging, thrifting, retro, vintage & industrial loving friends might be willing to share a corner of their home too!

This is part of my favourite corner of my home in the pic above (I needed the white wall to lay the text on for the poster). It has my record player and albums, orange Braemore jug, cane magazine rack (all thrifted from 'the man'), and of course Pippa's Ouchflower tassels to add some za za zoo.
I'll post an expanded photograph to show more of my favourite corner of my home on the day. (My photography skills are clearly limited...but we'll give it a red hot whirl!)

No blog? No worries!
Please email through your photograph to either Kylie or
myself before the link in, and we will post your photographs in our blog posts
on 'link in' day (we'll list your first name only, and State or Country with the pic).

We hope you'll join in the fun 12pm Midday, Sat 11th May 2013.

- Donna : )

Marianne's home of Esme and the Laneway

I was so excited to come across Marianne's vintage home on Apartment Therapy,

and even more excited when Marianne agreed to let me share some of these
beautiful photos of her home on the blog.

Marianne is a Vintage Style blogger based in Melbourne.

Her beautiful blog Esme and the Laneway covers everything from Vintage Dresses
& Fashion, Vintage Hair and Make up, to everyday goings on in Marianne's life.

Hope you enjoy having a peek into Marianne's home and her lovely vintage wares, 

and get a chance to pop over to her beautiful blog Esme and the Laneway.

Full Apartment Therapy story, interview with Marianne and tonnes more photos over here.

Big thanks to Marianne for allowing me to share these photographs of her beautiful home!

The beautiful Marianne!

Retro Metro Houseboat

Quick update - Tracy Metro herself popped in to say hello in the comments : ) !

To say I am excited about this post is an understatement!

The 'Retro Metro' Houseboat belongs to US Designer & TV Presenter Tracy Metro & Marty Metro.
I instantly fell in love with the boat when I found it online.

The retro design and decor is fantastic, and Tracy has made incredible use of such limited space.
Almost everything used to furnish the boat was thrifted, secondhand, or a vintage eBay find.
Such a fun, colourful, amazingly cool houseboat - the ultimate retro weekend getaway!

These fantastic photographs of the 'Retro Metro' were taken by Marcia Prentice.

Marcia is an Interior Designer and Design Curator, and regular blogger and contributor for top design site Apartment Therapy. For more information on the 'Retro Metro', & to read Marcia's full article on the
'Retro Metro' on Apartment Therapy, please click here.

Big shout out & many thanks to Marcia Prentice for allowing me to share some her wonderful photographs of the 'Retro Metro' here : )

I also found this great YouTube clip featuring Tracy Metro on the 'Retro Metro' for SpacesTV.

I love Tracy - ("It's retro baby!") and her reference to Mork & Mindy.