On the Sunny Side of the Street

How to bring a storied San Francisco Victorian up to date for a young family? Embrace its surroundings

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WHEN YOUR NEIGHBORS INCLUDE SAN 

Francisco’s famous Painted Ladies, known by millennials as the Full House houses, the siren call of bold color is impossible to ignore. In steering the refresh of a 1900

Victorian down the road, Kelly Finley, principal of Joy Street Design, heard it loud and clear. “Our motto is no white kitchens,” says the designer, who splits her time between Oakland, California, and Atlanta. “Color is joy! Color is life!”