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Blogging California Home+Design: Family Reunion

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Contrary to what Thomas Wolfe said, you can go home again. Jeanice Skvaril did. When her childhood home went up for sale, she and her husband, Jason Fuchs, bought it. Architect Anne Laird-Blanton helped the furniture designer/graphic artist update the Greenbrae ranch house, while still preserving its character.

 
 

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Changes included an orange front door, a new top-floor master suite, complete with steel and walnut staircase, and the addition of a wall of windows to the kitchen. Accordion glass doors in the living room open up completely to a large patio, where friends and family gather for meals.

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The changes to the home also inspired Skvaril to start Boodalee, a line of modern kid's bedding.

Erin Feher's article is here (on the website of its sister publication, 7x7).

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LOVE everything about it. great feeling house.

posted by dougdavis on 2007-12-17 21:09:45
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would love to kick back in that living room

posted by Sassy in SF on 2007-12-17 21:51:51
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE the color of the bedroom. It's pretty much everything good in this world rolled up into a hue. I would marry it.

posted by Garrett on 2007-12-17 22:40:16
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I'd love to see more of this place...

posted by monika1 on 2007-12-18 09:00:59
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Garrett, I agree. The bedroom color is fantastic. Anyone have any guesses as to the color?

posted by Lexo on 2007-12-18 12:18:45
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Thanks, guys! The color of the master bedroom is Benjamin Moore's 'Nocturnal Gray 2135-30'. You can see more images in the December issue of California Home Design Magazine.

posted by boodalee mama on 2007-12-18 13:56:29
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I love the kid rooms, they have so much personality and color. They have some great modern furniture in their living room, like the arco lamp and barcelona chairs. Retro Furniture

posted by reginaregina on 2007-12-18 14:43:52
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Great post. Except the name of the CH D writer is misspelled. It's actually Erin Feher. Thanks!

posted by red on 2008-01-22 15:28:56
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