This Riverside County midcentury modern gem hit the open market with a $1.299 million ask on Christmas Eve, and was gone before New Year’s Eve. It is likely that the offer exceeded the asking price.

Even a cursory look at the home reveals why. The midcentury style remains hotter than hot, and this Rancho Mirage home has been transformed into a faithfully engineered and comprehensive representation of the style. It is, in fact, a residential time-travel machine set to 1958.

The interiors of the home feature the decorative style of the era, with muted burnt tones in the living room, ebullient blues and yellows in the kitchen, subdued colors in the bedrooms, and an occasional dash of vividly patterned wall covering.

Antique fixtures and appliances dating from the era are used throughout, right down to entertainment: console stereo playing Les Baxter, B&W television broadcasting ‘Maverick’.

The single-level ranch contains four bedrooms and four baths in its 3,288 sq. ft. of interiors. The .55-acre lot is largely given over to a large, tightly-groomed lawn dotted with towering palms and desert flora; an angular swimming pool and patio put the finishing touches on the living style.