The girliest vintage home you’ll ever see
Behind this Rolling Meadows, Illinois home is EXACTLY what I would imagine every famous Hollywood starlets’ home looked like. So let’s don our sheer pink nighties, fluffy mules, and take a trip back in time to the girliest home (and OMG, bathroom!) I’ve ever seen.
Color blocked, Mondrian-style, Skittles-paletted mid-century home decor
I am losing my shit over this impeccably restored period home in Denver, Colorado. Not only is the home a mid-century modern dream, but it’s been decorated — inside AND out — in color-blocked, Mondrian-style, using a Skittles palette colors of bright reds, yellows, greens, and oranges.
If you’d like to be schooled on color-block decor, come drool all the fuck over this 1952 ranch home.
This 1955 “boathouse” has me delighted and confused
As you have probably noticed by now, I have a raging vintage home boner that keeps me searching the internet for “homes with original details” porn. I got excited when I first glimpsed this spectacular boathouse built by renowned architect Harry Gesner in 1955. >But then, upon further investigation, I see that it’s actually super tricked out with modern accents, in, um… interesting ways.
Want to spice up your retro 1960s house? Put a bowling alley in the basement and fun will come to you
You know how you make a mostly boring house TOTALLY FASCINATING? Put a bowling alley in downstairs. That’s right: there’s a fucking bowling alley in the basement. Who’s moving in?
Monday Moment: vintage radio-infused color makes me want to dance
The moments in your home don’t have to be a large area (a la my living room moment or Caroline’s vanity). They can be just a small grouping of objects that, when placed together, make each object even more special.
Vintage 1955 cottage in the Hollywood Hills
I recently went to the open house for this adorable Robert Byrd-style cottage built in 1955 and kept in incredible original condition tucked away in the Hollywood Hills. There are wonderful little vintage surprises all over this amazing home. Hidden lazy Susans in an unexpected location, beyond unusual doorframes, and the coolest/most dangerous bathtub I’ve ever seen.
A retro dining room & kitchen makeover with ’50s style & chalkboard paint
You often see home makeovers going from retro to more traditional upgrades. Which often makes me sad, because I’m BIG into retro kitchens and living rooms. But Jenn Fletcher from BlondeShot Creative took her dining room and kitchen from “perfectly fine” to “perfectly AWESOME” with retro makeovers.
Monday Moment: vintage Wurlitzers and floating doors
This is my favorite moment in my home. And it’s a good thing too, because it’s the very first thing you see when you walk in the door. It’s kind of a great combo of me and that guy I married — a mixture of musician, vintage, and a really weird place to put a door.