A Very Vintage Christmas: Betty Crafter's Handmade Holiday Home Tour

If wood paneling is on your wish list, you've come to the right place: Explore collector and creative maker Andee Cooper's retro 1967 Austin, Texas, home full of handmade decor and vintage finds. While you're there, make sure to say hello to her cute and creepy Santa collection.

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November 20, 2020

By: Jennifer Perkins

Show: HGTV Handmade

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A Crafty Christmas in Austin, Texas

Andee Cooper sometimes goes by the moniker Betty Crafter Vintage, which fits her aesthetic perfectly. She and her daughter live in Austin, Texas. Their 1967 home is a festive feast for the eyes all year long, but especially during the holidays.

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Christmas on the Coffee Table

Equal parts vintage collector and creative maker, Andee often combines her two passions into making vintage-inspired crafts.

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Keep on Trucking

An elementary school teacher by day, Andee has been an avid antique collector for years. Many of her treasures, like this small vintage truck, get fun holiday makeovers.

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God Bless Our Pad

Andee also collects pieces of crewel embroidery, a form of embroidery done with wool. Some of the classic designs in her collection were purchased complete and others were kits she finished herself.

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Santa Baby

Small vignettes full of vintage holiday collections are displayed throughout the house. This mix of plush and plastic Santas sits atop a corner of her living room. Also, Andee says the Santas in her collection range from creepy to cute.

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Happiness Is Handmade

Under the name Betty Crafter Vintage, Andee has been designing and selling her own retro-inspired crewel kits with designs people can make themselves. This “Happiness is Homemade” sampler is one of her patterns.

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Vintage-Inspired Crewel Kit

The More Wreaths, the Merrier

True Christmas enthusiasts not only have multiple trees, they have multiple wreaths. The cluster of shiny ornament wreaths Andee made herself hangs above her collection of vintage ceramic peg trees.

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Come and Sit for a Spell

Andee’s aesthetic gravitates toward midcentury designs. Many of the furniture inside the home is either antique or very close reproductions of vintage styles.

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Cheers and Jolly

Andee and her cat, McLovin, lounge in the cheery wood paneled back room of the home that opens up onto a deck and large backyard. Above the fireplace hangs a sign that says: “Deck the halls with cheers and jolly” — an inside family joke and tribute to her daughter.

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The Handmade Stockings Were Hung

Andee made two of the stockings hanging from the fireplace. One day she dreams of replacing them all with her beloved crewel, but for now they look perfect with the rest of her holiday decor.

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Plants and Pinecone People

A collection of antique gnomes made from pinecones, chenille pipe cleaners and felt sit merrily around a houseplant. If plants were considered a collection they would also be on Andee’s list; her planters often come complete with a kitschy figurine or mini diorama right inside.

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All for Aluminum Christmas Trees

The four-legged residents of the home curl up near the vintage aluminum Christmas tree. This silver tree is covered with vintage elves, and the scene includes a spinning color wheel off to the side that bounces light off the metallic branches.

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Boho for Good Measure

Andee is not tied to any one decade when it comes to decorating. Peacock chairs, zebra print rattan sofas and macramé are all part of the eclectic mix.

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Ceramic Tile to Die For

The tile in the bathroom is original to the home. When Andee bought the house she had a clause written into the contract that she also got to keep a matching green scale in the bathroom.

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Transported With Tropical Details

Andee wallpapered the bathroom herself. Though the paper is new, the large leaf pattern reflects the tropical ambiance of the original bathroom decor.

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Tropical Trinkets

Through years of vintage picking and miles walked at flea markets, Andee has amassed several diﬀerent collections. The tropical vibes of southern Florida abound in this green bathroom.

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Enid Collins Collector

Andee has been collecting Enid Collins purses for more than 15 years. Enid Collins was a designer from Texas known for her kitschy handbags covered in gemstones.

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Collins of Texas Gallery Wall

The walls of her spare bedroom, which also doubles as her sewing studio, are covered with several Enid Collins handbags from the '60s.

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More Is More Decor

Another wall in the spare bedroom is home to even more pieces of crewel embroidery. Vintage barkcloth curtains, '60s ceramics and an elaborate chenille bedspread complete the room.

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She Sews, Too

The spare bedroom is also home to Andee’s vintage sewing machine from the '60s. Stacks of vintage patterns and kitschy pincushions decorate the area.

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Seek and Find Sewing Shelf

Above the sewing machine hangs shelving bursting with things to look at – more Enid Collins purses, toys, trinkets and other sentimental items. You see something different each time you look.

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Swinging '60s Sewing Machine

This vintage sewing machine is perfect for Andee and her love of retro needle arts. She's even designed her own clothes.

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Knotty Pine Paneling

Andee says the wood paneling in her home was not something she had "pined" for all her life. But, she kept the paneling after she bought the home, and now says the knotty pine wood has really grown on her and is one of her favorite features of the home.

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Championship Rodeo

The home has three living areas. This center room opens to the kitchen and another living room. On the wall hangs a large, hand-painted rodeo billboard Andee picked up at a barn sale for $40.

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Dreaming of a White Kitschmas

The large white tree in the family room is where all the sentimental and handmade ornaments call home. Andee, a self-proclaimed diorama obsessive, has made many of the balls and baubles herself or with her daughter.

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Holidays With the Family

The center room is where Andee and her family spend the most time during the holidays, watching Christmas movies and drinking hot cocoa. Santa also delivers the gifts to this tree.

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Think Pink

Some people would move into a house like this and immediately start to gut and remove kitschy touches like pink bathroom tile, but not Andee – these are exactly the things that sold her on this house. Andee wallpapered the bathroom herself with reproduction vintage paper she found on Etsy.

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Happy Place

Andee says she knew this was the home for her when she first saw the aqua formica counters and playful knotty pine cabinets.

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Pull Up a Chair

When Andee purchased the home, she asked for the kitchen bar chairs to be included with the sale. The vintage chrome and vinyl chairs are the perfect height and color.

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Meant to Be

As fate would have it, Andee once previously owned the exact style aqua stove in her kitchen. She never found the right place for it and eventually sold it, so imagine how delighted she was to find her new home came with a model of her beloved stove.

A Very Vintage Christmas: Betty Crafter's Handmade Holiday Home Tour

Related To:

Shop This Look

A Crafty Christmas in Austin, Texas

Christmas on the Coffee Table

Keep on Trucking

God Bless Our Pad

Santa Baby

Happiness Is Handmade

Shop This Look

Vintage-Inspired Crewel Kit

The More Wreaths, the Merrier

Come and Sit for a Spell

Cheers and Jolly

The Handmade Stockings Were Hung

Plants and Pinecone People

All for Aluminum Christmas Trees

Boho for Good Measure

Ceramic Tile to Die For

Transported With Tropical Details

Tropical Trinkets

Enid Collins Collector

Collins of Texas Gallery Wall

More Is More Decor

She Sews, Too

Seek and Find Sewing Shelf

Swinging '60s Sewing Machine

Knotty Pine Paneling

Championship Rodeo

Dreaming of a White Kitschmas

Holidays With the Family

Think Pink

Happy Place

Pull Up a Chair

Meant to Be

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