"I’m a 'born in the '70s' chick, and as the years have caught up with me, losing people I love and a longing for what used to be, I started collecting more and more vintage items," Heather writes. "My color palette is a cross between the traditional harvest gold, avocados, and warm browns as seen in most areas, with a risqué venture into space-age yellows and pinks upstairs." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
"The front room is a maximal vintage paradise. The flower power sectional is the second couch I’ve had in the space and lends a cozy conversion pit of sorts. I bought it at a local auction house. I’ve covered the walls in a super graphic design I hand-painted, plus a collection of artwork and mirrors and knickknacks from thrifting, auctions, and gifts. Not shown in this pic are the vintage TV, stereo console, and other elements that add to the '70s vibe." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
"This is the original kitchen. I ripped out the grey The Home Depot tile and found some repurposed carpet tiles from a local reclamation store. The original appliances work amazingly well and I accumulated a plethora of vintage dishes, knickknacks, and utensils to fill it!" Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
"The dinette area with a Cleo Baldon (Terra Furniture Company) dining set. The chrome steel, post-modern dining chairs feature an X-shaped leg stand with oak dowel armrests and feet. Very space-age-y to me." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
Most of the accessories in the space were bought at an estate sale. "The most interesting is the dish set, previously owned by a trendsetting pioneer woman named Dot Wilkinson (Google her!)." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
"The hallway upstairs is filled with more artwork and knickknacks. "I also found an old house across from our community being gutted for a renovation so I was able to buy an accordion door to place off the kitchen to laundry room, which instantly gave the space more '70s cred!" Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
The Green room features a velvet Elvis and Jerome from Brooklyn velvet artwork (Facebook Marketplace finds), a '70s princess phone (antique shop), and custom-made pink velvet Genie bed. Along with a handmade bedspread from her grandmother. Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
The "Yellow Room" has a "bright yellow, space-age vintage design, a floating Danish teak bed, and an assortment of vintage books and complete '70s National Geographic magazines. "The room is centered around music, and vintage posters decorate the walls, along with custom-created vinyl art pieces. This is my favorite room (and probably most visitors, too) as it’s an eclectic mix of all things '70s." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
The music wall in the Yellow Room. "The collage vinyl are projects I repurposed from broken records and old worn magazines. A friend bought me the Pink Floyd lunch box! Farrah Fawcett is a '70s icon, and of course had to have a spot in That '70s Pad!" Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
The vintage Drexel Plus One days of the week dresser was bought from a resale shop in Tucson, Arizona. "I love the Yellow room. It’s a happy place, and I love music so much it was fun to hunt for old posters and create an homage to Pink Floyd, AC/DC, and other bands that shaped my childhood. I repurposed damaged records and magazines into collage artwork, and amassed quite a few 8-track tapes." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
"I’m fond of my chalk art collectibles, old Judy Blume and S.E. Hinton books, the Breyer horses my sister gave me that she’d had in her basement for years. I could go on and on, but this room is full of happiness and it’s contagious with everyone who visits." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
The "grooviest wallpaper ever" can be found in the "Studio 54" powder room with a thrifted toilet lid cover. "The powder room has an amazing wall of foiled wallpaper that gives off Studio 54 vibes. It’s a groovy bathroom and a fun spot to do your business." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
Heather Lynn described the 1120-square-foot home, located in a 1960s Hallcraft townhome community, that she purchased three years ago as “dreary 30-shades-of greige style with only the kitchen and bathroom retaining some original pieces.”
Unlike some who may have thought to modernize the home, Heather instead leaned into what she now calls “That ’70s Pad.” “My place is like stepping into a vintage time capsule packed with fun, nostalgic items in a space full of color, and I gave her a name to pay homage to it,” she writes. To create her colorful space, she ripped out gray carpet and The Home Depot tiles, painted over grey walls with a soft ivory color, and added some accent colors of the 1970s period like gold, orange, avocado, and brown.
"If you love it, buy it," Heather advises. "You can always find a place for it. I’m amazed at how much I’ve packed into this cozy space without feeling cluttered. I’ve also changed out the green room bed twice, and updated some space configurations along the way. That '70s Pad is a continuous evolvement of space. Everything in my place has been gifted, thrifted, estate saled, curbside free, or dumpstered. The only thing new in my place was the carpet and some towels. I’m really proud of everything being previously loved." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
Her home’s maximalist style starts in a “cozy front room full of color, including a groovy flower power sofa, vintage Zenith stereo console, shag rug, and lots of old creative, vintage decor including an assortment of vintage catalogs and magazines from the ’70s.” Her home’s walls are covered in vintage artwork, and owls play a prominent role.
“The vintage kitchen is original, and I found carpet tile from a repurposing store to give its vintage look back,” she continues to describe of her groovy home. “The dinette area and kitchen were designed to include time capsule dishes, cutlery, pots/pans, bakeware, and vintage cookbooks. The cozy dinette area seats four with a cabinet full of vintage ’60s and ’70s board games and puzzles for endless hours of nostalgic entertainment. We spend much time here.”
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The Yellow Room has a Danish Teak bed and vintage bedding/curtains. Heather bought the headboard for "so cheap at an auction house." Credit: Heather LynnCredit: Heather Lynn
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Living Room Stripe — Lowe’s Valspar “Middle Earth” and “Brushed Orange”
