80 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {home & design} The couple display their contemporary art pieces from the custom picture rail in the dining room. There, and in bedrooms, antique-style tassels hang from vintage-inspired draperies from textile masters Zack + Fox. Customdesigned rods and finials, with a hand-hammered finish, harmonize with the home’s native hardware. In the courtyard, a custom Talavera tile mural, based on a 1930s picture of the house, resides over the potting bench, with the current family dog added to the timeless image. Below the mural, an old stone sink sits on the salvaged-wood bench itself, which will grey with time, adding to the “always been there” effect. the top down and inserting steel pins through the adobe bricks. No question, the 1937 terra cotta roof had to come off, Olivia says, but “We reused the old tiles as much as possible, placing the historic tiles at the front to be seen street-side.” Solar panels now bask discreetly on the roof’s back slope. Cath says one of the greatest challenges lay in the more subtle craft of creating adequate lighting. “We wanted to cut into the adobe as little as possible.” Illuminating client-architect conversations prompted a balance of sconces and lamps with natural light. In various rooms, artisan-crafted light fixtures complement the old. The clients loved crossing eras and styles while staying true to the house, so Olivia and Cath engaged local and Mexican artisans to create new pieces and replicate the home’s non-salvageable ones. Painted cabinets bear brush marks, “charming imperfections,” as Olivia calls them. A Napa artist hand-painted a kitchen island and built-in hutch with flowers, highlighting its carved features. They also restored an interior mural depicting an ancestor panning for gold.
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