ABSTRACT CONCEPTS

An owner’s vibrant wardrobe inspired a punchy, perfectly personalized home.

- Elyse Moody

KITCHEN

To update the existing cabinetry, Kevin Sawyers had it painted in Snowy Shadow and Mysterious Blue from Dunn-Edwards-and the hardware powder-coated to match. Backsplash: Wow. Pendants: Louis Poulsen. Stools: Design Public.

ENTRY

The 3D wall mural by The Meticulous Handyman, who did all the home’s custom woodwork, depicts Swiss mountains. Trim paint: OK Coral, Dunn-Edwards. Cushion fabric: Designers Guild. Pegs: Finnish Design Shop.

“SHE WEARS THIS HOUSE IN HER CLOTHES.”

That’s how designer Kevin Sawyers describes the woman who lives in this 1915 San Francisco home with her husband and two kids, explaining, “If you looked in her closet, it would very much reflect these colors.” The house had been owned by an architect and was in great condition, but it was lacking something, “It was nice, but it didn’t have personality,” Sawyers says. “And the colors were not cohesive.” So he aligned it with her personal aesthetic.

Dramatic, refined versions of colors and shapes the owner loves compose a palette Sawyers describes as “lip-smacking and playful, but certainly sophisticated.” It manages to be all those things at once because he stuck to a very tight edit of colors. The deep red of the wallpaper in the dining room reappears on the kitchen backsplash, the family room rug, and as the guest bathroom’s wall paint. The peachy orange of the kitchen island pops up again in the primary suite. Multiple doses of each strong color give the house the cohesion and whimsy it had been missing.