From the neon pink Cadillac stationed in the driveway to the fluorescent orange kitchen chairs and brightly painted walls, everything about this Preston Hollow home makes it seem stuck in a time warp.
Known as the Smith House, the mid-century modern home at 11016 Pinocchio Drive was designed by Dallas architect Gordon Nichols. Construction was completed in 1954, and it was purchased by Edna and Darrell Smith, a district manager for Joy Manufacturing Company. 
Pinocchio Drive was the first street in what is now the Disney streets. The homes on the block were featured in the 1954 Parade of Homes, and it didn’t take long for the neighborhood to expand.
“You could visit one of these homes, and if you liked the style, you could have one built in the streets around it,” current homeowner Carlos Cardoza says.
Cardoza has owned the Smith House for the past 22 years, but now it’s back on the market since he is relocating to Palm Springs, Fla. The 2,240-square-foot, four-bedroom home went up for sale in September and is now listed at $648,000 (see all the photos here).
In case the abstract art and vintage toys throughout the house aren’t a dead giveaway, Cardoza is fascinated with the 1950s and ’60s, as well as mid-century modern architecture.
“Today people build big homes. Then you go inside, and they’re just boring,” Cardoza says. “Mid-century modern homes were very discrete and modest in front, but then you walk inside, and you have the ‘wow’ elements … People were impressed when they walked in, not from the streets.”
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Cardoza says he never thought he’d move out of the house, although there is comfort in knowing Palm Springs is the mecca of mid-century modern architecture.
“I grew up as a kid watching ‘The Jetsons’ on TV. I always wanted to live in a house that was that style — totally modern space age,” he says.
