1960’s Retro Elegance in Leawood South is My Home of the Week
This stately, elegant, retro home in Leawood South is my home of the week. 
Sometimes you see a house that you love for the oddest reasons, such as a light fixture. This house in Leawood South was like that for me, and actually so was the house I live in now. When I was house hunting for my current home (way back in 2004), I walked in and saw purple carpet, teal curtains, and horrid wallpaper – but then I saw the dining room. The exposed hardwoods were gleaming underneath one of the coolest light fixtures I had ever seen. Fast forward to today, and I feel similarly about this Leawood South home. As you’ll see in the dining room photo below, it has a circular white retro chandelier – reminiscent of an upside down version of the famous Tulip table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. I probably shouldn’t, but I also love the wallpaper in this house. The patterns are bold and colorful – right up my alley.
A photo collage showing the dining room light fixture next to the Saarinen Tulip Table
My mom had that entire Euro Saarinen table and chairs set. It had black cushions instead of red though. I think they threw it out just a couple of years ago because the chairs were starting to break… the fluted part had started to fatigue and warp. They had it in storage for almost 30 years (no idea where), and then they brought it out one day when they were in between moves and had to temporarily live in an apartment while their retirement home was being built. Pretty sure it’s gone, but what a shame, it was very cool.
Very much the styling of Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia.