It may be a visual feast, but this house is also comfy

Not many people can pull off a vintage disco ball above their antique dining table and have it look like a brilliant idea.

In Kellie Haynam's funky-chic Arcadia home, the combo works.

So does her collection of vintage textiles - Art Deco and Moroccan rugs, Navajo blankets, needlepoint pillows - furniture spanning decades, paper lanterns, ceramic mushrooms and white pottery from Paris, not to mention dozens of other treasures that all seem effortlessly, elegantly arranged.

But let's go back for a minute to how the Haynams ended up here, ditching their roomier north Scottsdale digs for a modest-size - less than 2,000 square feet - Phoenix ranch.

Haynam was helping a friend house-hunt when they ended up in this neighborhood that once housed a date-palm grove and factory.

"We weren't even looking to buy a house," she said. "It was very unexpected."

She fell in love with the light pouring in from the courtyard, the three-bedroom home's easy layout for entertaining and the well-groomed neighborhood's laid-back feel.

Before long, she and husband Jeff, who works in the computer industry, were in a bidding war. They won, and Haynam began crafting her trademark vintage-chic vibe.

A Massachusetts native who grew up going to flea markets with antiques-loving parents, Haynam is a master of displaying one-of-a-kind treasures.

A stylist at Bungalow, a home-furnishings store in Scottsdale, she has helped clients and designers find unusual accessories.

Her home is global eclectic - Paris flea-market chic and vintage Hermes glamour with a lot of fun and whimsy.

For starters, there's the disco ball hardwired to spin above her rustic dining table reclaimed from a monastery. When she isn't entertaining, the disco ball is still and the table displays fun coffee-table books on fashion and design.

The kitchen is a mix of sleek blond cabinetry and plaster countertops that look like poured concrete. The floor is reclaimed concrete tile from a Paris apartment in what looks like a pattern straight from a Louis Vuitton bag.

Haynam brought in pops of color with an Hermes orange wall cabinet and a bright blue stove. She also displays her collection of Astier de Villatte white pottery on a vintage baker's rack.

It may be a visual feast, but this house is also comfy.

"I don't like pretentious places," she said. "I love different cultures wrapped up in a house."

"Junkin' " - Haynam's word for exploring estate sales, antiques stores and little-known shops to find quirky treasures - is still one of her favorite things to do.

She displays those finds along with gifts and mementos from family and friends.

"I'm really into sentimental value," she said. "I think a house void of that isn't a home."

That said, her vintage collection is well-edited.

"This is the smallest house I've been in, so you keep just what you love," she said.

In her den, she displays vinyl record albums, her grandfather's leather doctor's bag, a train-car chandelier, her father's Hopi basket collection and a lava lamp.

Her master bedroom holds one of her favorite sets: a gold-trimmed white Pierre Cardin platform bed from the 1970s with matching end tables.

"It's killer," she said.

The master bath is recently redone. Haynam gutted it, keeping all the pipes exposed, then covering the walls and floors in white penny tile. Even the copper piping to the rain showerhead is exposed.

"I wanted a New York/Paris raw space," she explained.

The vanity is an antique altar table holding a stone vessel sink from India. A glass-and-metal cabinet from Paris completes the look.

"It's not a normal house," Haynam said after a tour. "It's an expression of who I am and who my husband is."