Jeremy says the room was inspired by the Max — the diner in Saved by the Bell — and by the work of the Memphis Design Group, the Italians who conceived that look. Kelsey says the color palette came from a vintage Trapper Keeper — a device familiar to anyone of the era who ever had loose-leaf paper to bind. (It now holds the Airbnb's guest information.)
Kelsey, who spoke by phone, says the hunt for items was fun, but it took discretion. "There's a lot of stuff that you wouldn't dare put in an Airbnb," she says. "People would try to offer us really ugly things. And we were like, 'No! Not that! Thank you!'"
Kelsey also had to serve as a check on certain plans, such as Jeremy's unrealized (so far) dream of putting an Officer Big Mac jail from a McDonald's playground on the property. Somehow.
"I feel like he just sees the final product — the vision in his head," she says. "He doesn't think of all the steps of getting it there. I think I'm a little more practical."
Partnership
The Turners have been married eight years (and are parents of two children, ages 5 and 3). During that time, Jeremy has executed a couple of attention-grabbing ideas.
The Vintagemobile was a bus they converted to sell vintage clothes. It's no longer operating, but they'll be back in November with the Ugly Christmas Sweater Shop, which will have locations at Mockingbird Station and Frisco's Centre at Preston Ridge starting Nov. 15.
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