Ultra-tacky, over-the-top, gaudy, wacky, bizarre home in Palm Springs, California. Built in 1965 and owned by someone with questionable taste. You won’t believe your eyes. [disclaimer: this blog is not responsible for nightmares, flashbacks, or other mental trauma resulting from viewing these photos.]
Let’s first hang out at the wet bar/lounge. It looks like an old casino.
Family room with ugly couches and a full wall of mirrors.
Original and now outdated kitchen. Check out the velvet & wood window blinds!
One of several bedrooms with padded headboards. Chartreuse is such a pretty color.
The red room. How many lines of coke were sniffed from that coffee table?
Very unique candelabras flanking the fireplace.
Everything’s red or orange. It’s like a vampire hang-out.
Gaudy bathroom with sunken Roman tub, pink carpet, pink velour wallpaper, & orange drapes. Look how high the back is on the make-up chair!
The formal dining room.
A game room for playing poker? Pink velour swivel chairs! A scale on the table for weighing out pills and cocaine?
A very pink vanity area for putting on make-up and perfume. Chanel No. 5, anyone?
And finally, another delightful bedroom. Sweet dreams.
30 responses so far ↓
1 Melissa // Jul 12, 2009 at 11:27 am
Wow. That’s a LOT of velvet. And that super-pink vanity looks like someone hosed it down with Pepto Bismol.
2 WildCard45 // Jul 12, 2009 at 11:33 am
Lol~ I was thinking the a great place to film Vampire movies!
3 VWgal // Jul 12, 2009 at 4:10 pm
omg I love it!
4 Jigglypuff // Jul 12, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Looks like a 1960s psychedelic partyhouse for college kids.
5 jimmybeverage // Jul 12, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I, personally sniffed about 40 lines off that coffee table.
6 Dandeelioness // Jul 12, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I would so rent that place out for a party- 60’s themed of course! As much as I could never live in a house like that, I am pretty impressed with how well everything in that house has been preserved over the years- guady or not, that 60’s furniture sure seems like it was made to last. And you have to wonder whether this “in” decor might have graced the pages of a home magazine 44 years ago.
7 violet // Jul 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm
OMG I love that velvet sectional. Have you ever been to lileks.com? look for the link to the grooviest hotel in wisconsin, the gobbler. You will love it.
8 melbee // Jul 12, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Funny how pristine it all is. I suppose crushed velvet disguises wear, but still, it looks “new.”
9 shawnee // Jul 13, 2009 at 8:52 am
The first blog posting on this site that made me scream out loud with EVERY photo! AH!
10 Leif // Jul 13, 2009 at 10:08 am
Violet, Thanks for mentioning the Gobbler.
I found the direct lileks.com link for the Gobbler Hotel & supper club:
http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/index.html
It’s fun to take a tour of the hotel rooms from that link. Crazy decor!
I also found this blog that shows the Gobbler as it looked in 2008:
http://gobblermotel.blogspot.com
11 Joe in Indiana // Jul 13, 2009 at 12:30 pm
MY EYES! OH, MY EYES, OH THE HUMANITY……..
12 WildCard45 // Jul 13, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Wild Baby~ Cool link…Thanks~
13 El // Jul 14, 2009 at 8:45 am
I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I’d buy it if the furnishings were included. I bet someone paid a lot for the furniture, back in the day…
14 Glenda In Toronto // Jul 14, 2009 at 9:50 am
It wasn’t a house - it was a bordello!
15 laurie // Jul 14, 2009 at 10:11 am
I LOVE IT. I would totally live there.
16 e619 // Jul 22, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I admire this, I really do. I mean, it’s obviously someone’s personal idea of luxury living. I’d rather die having built something like this than be boring and safe for the rest of my life.
17 Denise // Aug 2, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I SOOOOOOOOO Love this……this is awesome. It reminds me of a pinky Graceland…..I totally love it…
18 LadyPac // Aug 28, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Is this for sale? If so, what’s the asking price?
19 Bronwyn // Oct 5, 2009 at 9:23 am
Hi Lady Pac, yes, this house is for sale - my husband and I toured it not long ago and we hated it. Glad you like it. It does come with all the furniture, but the asking price is beyond outrageous - 3,000 sqft for $769,000. Not bad for LA (where we are from) but we just bought a house with the same sq ft for 380,000 in a nice neighborhood, only 10 years old with a pool and spa.
If you want it, it’s listed here:
http://www.californiamoves.com/property/propertydetails.aspx?propertyguid=f3b3cfa3-b9ca-4473-b05c-70366a25f88a&WT.MC_ID=201810000000000
20 N. Lawrence // Nov 11, 2009 at 12:56 pm
If there was a Hall-of-Fame for worst decor, this house would have to make it in the top three! I am old enough to recall the days of flocked foil wallpaper and crushed velvet upholstery, but never before have I seen photos that can top this!
21 Dan M // Nov 11, 2009 at 7:03 pm
This is what happens to design tastes when Quaaludes are involved. This would make a really good psa.
22 Jodie // Nov 21, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Honestly I love this place. Pink Crushed Velvet Swivel Chairs! Oooooooo yeah baby I’m totally into it.
23 Reya // Dec 22, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Oh, dear.
24 David // Jan 15, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Suddenly, I have this tremendous pain behind my eyeball!
25 Chrissy // Apr 9, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Oh dear LORD! It’s so tacky! It’s so ugly! It’s so ORANGE! I LOVE IT! I would kill your mom to own this.
26 Gloob // May 6, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Er…..there’s no such thing as “very unique”. Something is either unique or it isn’t.
27 Six // May 27, 2010 at 12:06 pm
lol.kool!
28 Joeygoat // Jun 2, 2010 at 1:36 am
I would pay full list price IF they left all the furniture house. I would even pay fair market value for the furniture, too. This is so over the top, but I LOVE it.
29 Joeygoat // Jul 18, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I would pay list price plus to get all the furniture too. I love it.
30 jake // Jul 27, 2010 at 1:38 am
I don’t see why people are doging this. I personal love the design of that house. If i was shitting gold bars i would buy it untouched, and i would live there til the day i died.
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