Long known as the heart of church-lady resale-shop finds, the Burnet Road shopping strip is the frontier of a new kind of funky Austin, a bit more discerning, a little less random, but no less authentic. One morning we went out to explore and, after grabbing a smoothie at Pacha, wandered into Home Girls to poke around. Falling in love with a 1950s Paul McCobb bar, we marveled at the very deliberate selection of both original and refurbished midcentury modern sofas, chairs, and end tables. A neighborly chat with the mother half of the mother-and-daughter owners revealed that the furniture is obtained mainly from estate sales, with a keen eye for construction, beautiful design, and affordability. The pieces may be precious, but the prices are not. So however you feel about what some have called a "cuteness afoot" on Burnet Road, Home Girls gives us faith that some torchbearers of unpretentiousness remain.
