Yesterland - Jennie Nunn

At home in the West
Obsessed with retro style, this
Arizona couple found a house to match
Next stop,
Yesterland
By jENnie Nunn | photographs by Thomas J. Story | Prop styling by Miranda jones
Matthew and Jennifer Hibbard’s house hunt started with
a coffee-table book. While flipping through Alan Hess’s The Ranch
House a few years ago, the Scottsdale couple were inspired to
explore the 1960s tracts of the city’s Village Grove neighborhood.
Driving around, they came upon a house for sale, nearly obscured
by overgrown shrubbery. “There was a huge dumpster in the driveway, and inside, junk everywhere—you could barely see the floor,”
Matthew says. The house turned out to be already under contract,
but when the deal fell through, the Hibbards stepped in. Being on a
tight budget, they did most of the rehab work themselves—redoing
floors, fixtures, walls, and ceilings—and then decorated with a mix
of new and secondhand pieces. The result? A storybook ending.
Living room/entry
“We wanted a 1960s vibe, but
with our own take on it,” says
Matthew, who painted an entry
wall lime green (above, Valspar
Ultra Premium City Chartreuse)
and installed indoor-outdoor
pebble floors. Jennifer found
the Danish-modern coffee table
on eBay, the Cado wall unit
(above) on Craigslist, and the
side table/planter at an antiques
mall for $40. New items include
a Crate and Barrel sofa and a
flock of Etsy pillows. >46
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At home in the West
Before
Kitchen/den/dining
Jennifer found the Silestone
quartz countertop (above, www.
silestoneusa.com) online, never
seeing it in person. It arrived a
perfect fit for the multiuse
room—literally and stylistically.
Though she says she’s “very
bargain-oriented,” the occasional splurge creeps in: for
instance, these new bubble
chairs for $995 each from Room
Service in Los Angeles (right,
roomservicestore.com). The seethrough Twilight II gas fireplace
from Heat & Glo (heatnglo.com)
helps keep the room bright.
Shopping the eBay (and Craigslist
and Etsy) way
stay in the know “I always sign up for mailing lists
at my favorite stores, so I know when new items are
available and on sale,” says Jennifer. She also searches
for online coupon websites to find coupons for items
she knows she wants to buy: “I’ve saved hundreds of
dollars.” Her preferred sites include couponing.about.
com, retailmenot.com, and fatwallet.com
pick go-to sources Jennifer shops etsy.com for
vintage glass vases and Cathrineholm enamel cookware. Her one-stop site for desk accessories, trays,
and cushions for outdoor furniture is westelm.com; she
likes cb2.com for mirrors and stools.
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Master bedroom
Aiming to avoid that furnitureshowroom effect, the Hibbards
combined art from HomeGoods
(homegoods.com) with West Elm
side tables and a vintage bench
from eBay (right). “I don’t like
the look of knowing exactly
where everything is from,”
Jennifer says. In place of a headboard, Matthew covered the wall
with an eco-friendly obechezebrawood composite from
Brookside Veneers (veneers.com).
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Before
Backyard
Matthew replaced the exterior
wall behind the original kitchen
sink with a series of large windows
and sliding glass doors, opening
the house to the outdoor space it
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