Beachy Bohemian: Interior Designer Kimm Jones Brings Her Fashion Perception to San Clemente

By Norb Garrett

“Modern bohemian.”

Which is how innovative director and interior designer Kimm Jones describes her new dwelling furnishings store, Bungalow J, positioned in downtown San Clemente on Avenida Del Mar.

“San Clemente is the land of Boho,” said Jones, who initial opened her shop in Might 2020 up the road in the Arcade plaza, but then moved to the existing, avenue-facing place in March 2021. “But my take is different—more of a modern Bohemian style come to feel. We are pretty curated, with pieces from all above the globe. It is a ton of difficult do the job, but it feeds my soul.”

Jones is rather new to San Clemente, getting moved here three yrs ago with her husband, Chris, right after a small two years in Very long Seaside subsequent their transfer from Arizona. But she’s no newbie to interior style.

She invested additional than 40 several years in the field, initial in Minneapolis, wherever she attended style and design university and gained her AAA degree in Interior Style and design. She afterwards grew to become a professional member of A.S.I.D. (American Culture of Inside Designers) just before sooner or later transferring to Arizona.

Even though managing her prior inside layout small business and nevertheless dreaming of proudly owning her have retailer, it wasn’t until finally going to Southern California that she found the inspiration to shift ahead with her principle.

“I constantly wanted to open up a shop, but I understood Arizona was not the location,” reported Jones, who named their Very long Seaside household Bungalow J because they finally were close to the seashore. But they wouldn’t continue to be in Extensive Beach for lengthy.

“We randomly drove down (to San Clemente) just one working day, and as before long as we drove into the city, I felt this sense of peace, and I knew this was the location the place we were being likely to dwell and I was going to start out my business,” she extra.

Adopting the Bungalow J identify from their to start with dwelling in California, Jones mentioned it suits her eyesight for her retail store properly.

“A bungalow is cozy and evokes creative imagination,” she stated. “That’s what my store signifies.”

The quaint, about 700-sq.-foot keep functions house decorations, stoneware, glassware, candles, hand-woven baskets and classic, a single-of-a-sort gifts from neighborhood artisans, as effectively as designers from all around the earth. 

“I want everyone to have a attractive property,” stated Jones, whose business enterprise also consists of her get the job done as a innovative director giving her interior design providers for specific homeowners and tiny and large assignments. “It’s my enthusiasm to enable them be satisfied and stay nicely.”

Bungalow J is open Tuesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, noon-5 p.m. and Mondays by appointment.

Bungalow J is located 145 Avenida Del Mar, San Clemente and can be arrived at at 949.478.1780. Observe the shop at @bungalowjboutique. More information and facts can be observed at bungalowj.firm.web site.

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