In the front entry, visitors are greeted by a 19th-century French barometer clock, a family heirloom. The whimsical goat-legged stool is from Myra Hoefer Design in Healdsburg.
In the living room, an inviting chair is wrapped in a Lee Jofa velvet. The CB2 concrete coffee table provides a contemporary counterpoint to the more traditional feel of the seating.
When the husband requested a flat screen television above the living room’s fireplace, Dhong enlisted Matthew MacCaul Turner to design an architectural element, complete with antiqued mirrors and iron hinges, to conceal it.
The home’s Craftsman-style architecture inspired the marriage of East and West Coast sensibilities in the interior.
The kitchen is awash in natural light thanks to the dramatic bank of windows. Visual Comfort sconces provide a soft ambient glow. The banquette is covered in family-friendly vinylized Christoper Farr yellow Ikat and faux white leather.
Calacatta Oro marble counters (above) exude a luxurious weightiness, while lemon-yellow Tolix Marais barstools from Design Within Reach add a light note at the island.
Silver-threaded wallpaper from Kneedler | Fauchère adds glamour to the master bedroom.
A girls’ room boasts eye-popping wallpaper in orange and pink toile from Manuel Canovas.
A farmhouse sideboard from the husband’s family presides over the second-floor landing.
In the powder room, the blue faux-bois wallpaper is from Nobilis; sconces are from Urban Electric.
This article appears in the May 2014 issue of SFC&G (San Francisco Cottages & Gardens).