Today Bethany Herwegh is here to share her bright and fun vacation home with us! 
"This is our family's vacation home located in Redondo Beach, CA. The overall theme of the home is 'Palm Springs' with heavy influences from Jonathan Adler and The Novogratz. I adore color and pattern, which can be seen in the overuse of wallpaper. The main colors of the home are orange, green, and grey. I am a modern vintage fanatic which means I adore the vintage aesthetic, but with a modern touch. For example there are almost no vintage pieces in the home, but everything has a sort of mid-century modern feel about it." 
"When we first purchased the home it hadn't been touched since it was built in the early 1950s. We tore down a wall between the kitchen and family room which really opened up the whole space. We also added a second set of sliding glass doors to the family room making everything very bright and cheery. I purposely wallpapered both the family room and kitchen with the birds and butterfly motif because I wanted the two rooms to feel like one large room. Plus that wallpaper is seriously the most amazingly beautiful paper I have ever seen and wanted it in abundance. We also replaced all the kitchen cabinets with ones we purchased at Ikea. I like the bright white, which isn't practical in most homes, but for a vacation home is just fine." 
"My favorite piece of furniture is the Thomas Wold cabinet in our dining room. It is the one with the different colored doors which I use to store all of my stemware. I am totally obsessed with Mr. Wold and I think his furniture is divine. He was selling this as a prototype on his website and I snatched it up. My second favorite item is the dining room chandelier from the 1950s which we purchased in Palm Springs. I saw it in a window and yelled at my husband to "pull over" because I knew we had to have it. My husband is used to my antics and I love him because he lets me decorate to my hearts content. Most husbands wouldn't necessarily be keen on such crazy wallpaper but he loves it." 
"If I had to give only one piece of decorating advice it would be to always buy what you adore. If you follow this rule you will always be pleased when you walk into any room in your home, because you will love everything in it." 
Thank you so much for sharing your cheerful space with us, Bethany! You can find more of Bethany over at her blog The Glamorous Housewife.
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Such a creative use of wallpaper! I am searching for some for my dining room. Would love to know where she sourced such interesting finds.
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So colourful and fun! Love it. Thanks for sharing these inspiring home tours. 🙂
those orange shelves!!!! anyone know where they are from?
We love, love, love the bir-wallpaper and the overall 60ies look of that!
We just moved and are in awe!
Love,
Birdy and Bambi
PS: the coolest house ever:
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I am usually not a fan of wallpaper, but I actually love the way the wallpaper was used in this home. The kitchen and living room wallpaper was especially beautiful! I’m so jealous, and I think it really does make the space look unique and cheery.
-Jen
yourstrulyjen.com
Love Bethany’s beautiful home and her fabulous website!! Thanks for having her on ABM.
I fell in love with wallpaper…how crazy is that!! I need to know where she got the bird paper from!
Melinda
Cuuuuuuute! I just adore retro-futuristic stuff! I especially love that bright orange shelving unit!
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Wow! This is such a gorgeous home! The wallpaper in the kitchen is just stunning, love it! x
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what a bright and colorful home!! xo
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Such a great space! I will put the tip of making two rooms feel like one with the help of wallpaper into my mind!
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So happy you like the wallpaper! I used Walnut Wallpaper in Los Angeles to help me pick and order the paper. I can’t remember what I used in the dining room, but the bird and butterfly paper is Schumacher “Birds and Butterflies”. But I have to warn you, the paper in ridiculously expensive.
Thanks doll,
Bethany Herwegh
The Glamorous Housewife
That wallpaper is Schumacher and can be seen here: http://www.fschumacher.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=2704420
Thanks doll,
Bethany Herwegh
The Glamorous Housewife
What a gorgeous colourful space, finally someone who isn’t afraid to step away from neutrals! haha
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They are from Room & Board and they come in quite a few bright colors: http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=7576&catalog=room&category=rm_kids&subcategory=kid_bookcase_shelves
Thanks doll,
Bethany Herwegh
The Glamorous Housewife
I die for that console and the De Stijl-esque shelving unit.
Wow, I love the red wallpaper with the retro lighting fixture in the dining room. Good work.
Where are those quirky folk-artsy paintings from??? I’m dying to know
Love Bethany and love her Blog…and I also just love her style – fashion and home decor.
Great feature!
So great to see some wall color and pizazz on this feature! I was growing tired of white walls. This home is fantastic! Thank you for sharing!
What a darling home! Bright colors are such a fun touch to a vacation home. Just lovely. 🙂
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I love this home – it’s so colourful, and there are so many beautiful patterns 🙂 I do like a good white wall and wood floor, but sometimes more colourful means more homey.
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They are vintage Israeli promotional posters from the 1960’s. They show life in Israel- like on a farm, in a school, etc. I found them on eBay.
Thanks doll,
Bethany Herwegh
The Glamorous Housewife
Holy moly, she is one brave decorator! Love it! So over the top and different. Can’t believe nothing is vintage.
Cathy
Turquoise Flamingo
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This home is so incredibly color. How can you not be happy living there? 🙂 I love that wallpaper is back.
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Billy Balls are my favourite!! They add so much character to a room
Sam // samanthaheather.blogspot.com
I LOVE the white cabinet!!!! May I ask where you got it from??
This house is crazy!! I love how it all comes together though.
That orange wallpaper is the shit! I need it SOMEWHERE.
xo Ashley
Where to begin?? This is fantastic! I love the colors, the light fixture over the table, the wallpaper….
I’m not normally a wallpaper person, but I absolutely love the butterfly/bird/tree wallpaper!
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That bird and butterfly wallpaper is GORGEOUS. I’m not usually a wallpaper fan, but I would totally go for that.
All of that wallpaper is amazing!!!
Oh these wallpapers! I’m dying over them!
-Becca
http://ladyfaceblog.blogspot.com
Everything is so beautiful. And to think you did it all yourself. What a job that must have been. I love the colors, and the white in the kitchen.
I adore Bethany’s vacation home!
Such a beautiful home! I love how consistent the colour orange is throughout 🙂
It’s an orange lovers dream!!!
It is really fantastic. People just like to use these types of home for living a better life than others.
What a fabulous home! I actually just discovered the Glamorous Housewife YESTERDAY, now here she is on ABM! Love it. http://coffeeandlemonade.typepad.com/
The wallpaper is FANTASTIC…I love the frenzy and cheeriness of all the color!! What a fun space. Can’t wait to check out her blog.
Her dining room set is perfect. Where is it from? Searching her blog hoping to find something, but to no avail!!!
this is amazing! the wall paper is so fun!
xxoo,
nikki
http://www.dreaminneon.blogspot.com
My favorite home ever featured! Absolute mid century paradise, faux or not! All the orange is to die for! I just wanna climb in through my screen! 🙂
Bethany’s house is crazy cool! Such an inspiration.
I am so in love with this home. So creative with the walls and colors. You should follow my fashion blog mywhiteT.com
What a beautiful quirky home!
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what a gorgeous space – I love the bird & butterfly wallpaper 🙂
nice and awesome sharing… its very amazing one you have provided just aright thing which i am search… so colorful and fun! Love it. Thanks for sharing these inspiring home tours. http://www.technolgyexplores.com
That wallpaper!! Oh maaaaaaan! I want, I need, I want, I need….
Gemma
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oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! The bird wallpaper. OMG!
What a lovely home. So colorful and fun 🙂
I need that wallpaper in my life!
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So jealous of your orange Kenwood, I have a very orange kitchen and would love one. Big fan of orange it is the best colour, beautiful.
Such a beautiful space, I love how the colours chosen aren’t necessarily girly but the space is beautifully feminine!
Rosie x | Every Word Handwritten
What a happy nest!!!!
I have never thought that orange could be so cute!
I wasn’t expecting that retro kibbutz poster. amazing!
Bethany…where did you get the gorgeous light?
Is it a Sputnik from DWR…
oh my gosh! i could not be more in love with that butterfly/bird wallpaper!! sooo pretty!!
Obsessed with all of that orange! Such a great space.
xx
youngmildandfree.wordpress.com
They are such a unique addition !! I’ll have to keep an eye out for something similar.
Thanks for getting back to me! 🙂
what a stunning home! i adore the use of wallpaper and the colour orange!
xx
I LOVE THIS! Everything in it is amazing!
Hi,
This is such a nice blog and It is really helpful for me, But i am looking for the Contemporary kitchen cabinets related post,So please suggest and share if you have.
Thanks
It’s really nice! I also like your blog!
The wallpaper in the kitchen is just lovely! Where is wallpaper came from?
Thank you for sharing!
OH MY GOSH! By far my favorite ‘At home with’ post you’ve ever done!!
To clarify, there are a few vintage pieces, like the light fixture and some of the artwork. But most is new.
Thanks doll,
Bethany Herwegh
The Glamorous Housewife
It is vintage and I found it online from a store in Orange, California.
Thanks doll,
Bethany Herwegh
The Glamorous Housewife
The dining room set is from Ikea! It is at least 6 years old, but I am sure you can find something similar there.
Thanks doll,
Bethany Herwegh
The Glamorous Housewife
Love. All. Of. The. Wallpaper!!!
On the walls there is just a bit too much noise and mess for my taste. But i loved the picture with little blue bird. Such small elements can make the inside of your flat a better place to live:)
I love seeing inside people’s homes and seeing individual character. Thanks for sharing your personal space!
I just feel so happy looking at this space!!
Never thought I would say that I like wallpaper with lots of birds on it, but this stuff is kinda cool and I like it alot!
I enjoy your blog to Glamarous Housewife 🙂
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beautiful decor..especially love that beautiful butterfly wallpaper nook!
Bethany, I’d love to have the source for the splendid white/orange/gray wallpaper, if possible? It makes me happy. (Your whole home does!)
Ok, I have to know where the orange print above the sofa is from!
oh my…i absolutely love the bird-butterfly-wallpaper!