When Kirk Ferguson asked Sara Story to design the interiors of his new house in Austin, Texas, his request was unlike any she had heard before. “He wanted something like an opium den,” said Ms. Story, who spent much of her childhood in Texas but is now based in New York. “He really wanted a place with a ’70s vibe, and groovy.”Mr. Ferguson and Ms. Story had been friends for years, and after talking more about what the house could become, they arrived at a design concept. “It sounds a little silly,” said Mr. Ferguson, 55. “But it was Lenny Kravitz meets Italian ’60s meets ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.’”

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Persons: Kirk Ferguson, Sara, “, ”, Mr, Ferguson, Lenny Kravitz, ’ Organizations: Italian Locations: Austin , Texas, Texas, New York, Hollywood