An Austin Home Embraces Authentic Midcentury Design

If you're going to go retro, you might as well have a sense of humor about it. To wit: This vintage salon hair dryer seat, which was found at Goodwill.

The team took full advantage of Austin's rich supply of antique shops, vintage stores, and estate auctions. The credenza comes courtesy of Rave On Vintage and the Margaret Keane print was found at Antique Marketplace. Of course, furnishing an entire house in vintage is tricky and costly, so QuarterLab also brought in accents from West Elm — like that funky plant stand.

From the living room, a retro-style Big Chill fridge is on view from behind the bright-blue sofa from Joybird.

In the dining room, a classic vintage Tulip table sits under a show-stopping Italian midcentury light fixture. The wallpaper, made by Scion Wallpapers, is called Lohko.

One of the more involved parts of the design was the custom-fabricated kitchen cabinetry by QuarterLab. The bottoms are made from solid walnut, and those polished chrome handles were actually purchased from Amazon. The backsplash features geometric tile from SomerTile, sourced from Overstock (we love a good deal!).

While you might assume that paneled ceiling to be an original detail, it was actually crafted by the team from cedar planks. The effect adds to the kitchen's eclectic mix of materials.

Talk about impressive IKEA hacking: The firm took a classic IKEA PS metal cabinet, painted it in a retro hue, and built a wood structure to create a completely unique bathroom vanity. (Even the legs were sourced from an old coffee table.) That fun tiger rug is from Urban Outfitters.