Sacramento Mid-Century Modern Home Tour

Yesterday marked the first-ever mid-century modern home tour in Sacramento…and it was awesome. The tour featured a very small vintage car show, screenings of Scopitone films from the ’60s (my favorite was “Femininity” by Donna Theodore), an 11-home tour and several local points of interest. Photography was forbidden in most of the homes – with the exception of a few, including my two favorite homes on the tour. Yay!

One of my favorite homes on the tour was this two-story custom home designed by Robert N. Hill in 1963. The home features floor-to-ceiling windows, a floating staircase and a front-yard pool – what?!! Can you say “amazing”?!!

{love, love, love the floating stairs}

{By the way, this is the front yard! This is the first front-yard pool I’ve ever seen – love!}

{the doors lead into the living room and there’s also small window for easy access to the bar – brilliant!}

{the kitchen featured tiles by Heath Ceramics – specifically “oval” from the dimensional collection}

{Darcey & me – look how cute Darcey is! She told me she was channelling Joan from Mad Men while getting dressed that morning}

Perhaps my favorite home on the tour was a two-bedroom designed by George W. Haggert back in 1964. The home featured a dropped living room, shag carpeting and some truly swoon-worthy furnishings and decor.

{many of the homes featured vintage & quality pieces mixed in with items from the likes of IKEA, like this sofa}

{knitted lab rat – available from Etsy seller Crafty Hedgehog, $125}

Another home that I adored, was that of tour co-coordinator Gretchen Steinberg (who I interview here). Built in 1961, the home was designed for a semi-retired pear farmer by the name of T.B. McCormack. Gretchen shares the home with her husband and children. The home features a mixture of quirky retro pieces and mid-century modern furniture.

{The above George Nelson Sunburst Clock was in several of the homes on the tour}

{large RCA dog aka “Nipper” and Eames Armchair}

{a pear pillow by Jonathan Adler pays homage to the original owner}

{the family’s quirky sensibilities are evident from this vintage toy gun display}