Frances Merrill likes a challenge. So when her clients, a couple with four children, purchased a three-bedroom, 1929 Tudor-style home in the Silicon Valley enclave of Woodside, California, that sorely needed an overhaul, she couldn't resist. For Merrill-the Los Angeles-based founder of Reath Design who is known for her predilection for vibrant colors and for mixing patterns-it helped that her clients' purchase had charming, redwood-beamed ceilings and an enchanting cedar shake roof, among other details, and wasn't one of the soulless, newly built McMansions endemic to the area.
"I love the idea that they bought something impractical that had an innate history because they found it more interesting," says Merrill. The family wanted a house with authentic character and quirks that reflected the joyful chaos of their family life. Merrill compares her work to cooking, and for a project that required lots of reconfigurations, she went about gathering the ingredients for a family-friendly recipe with an elegant, muted palette inspired by the lovingly tended garden left behind by the previous owners. Merrill set out to bring that magic inside: "The blues, watery greens, and pale purples of the garden felt fresh, especially with all the browns of the wood in the house."
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