A Turn-Of-The-Century Home Flourishes Once Again

Architect Ken Linsteadt enlivened a turn-of-the-century Atherton house with an updated floor plan and new millwork, including a vertical-plank wall treatment in the entry. Designer Marie Turner Carson appointed the space with a pedestal table by Demiurge New York and an antique Gustavian chest. The Brand van Egmond pendant was chosen by designers Carol Knorpp and Kerry Bogardus.

Knorpp and Bogardus suspended a Masiero chandelier from Lunaria in the dining room, where Carson paired a custom walnut table with Simplified Crillon chairs by Soane Britain. The green hue of the Ashbury Hides leather covering the chairs gives a nod to the gardens.

Linsteadt created a breezeway to join the house with a new garage, which he designed to resemble a carriage house. The volume, illuminated by a tapered Lerou lantern in an oil-rubbed bronze finish, also opens to connect the gardens in the front and back of the house.

In the living room, Carson paired the owners' sofa with chairs by Howe, featuring seats covered in a Claremont silk, and custom armchairs upholstered with a Loro Piana fabric. A tufted bench upholstered with a Cowtan & Tout blue mohair faces a scalloped Mattaliano coffee table. The artwork above the fireplace is by Miya Ando.

A breakfast area just off the kitchen features a custom, bleached-oak table by Sawkille Co. with a curved, four-arm base. Light-oak Michele Bonan for Chelini side chairs, with rush seats and backs, encircle the table, and a Pelle chandelier from Lunaria hangs above.

Cabinetry executed by Anderson's Quality Woodwork is matched with countertops of Statuary white marble from Da Vinci Marble in the light-filled kitchen. Howe barstools feature beechwood frames painted metallic gray and seats upholstered with fabric by Holly Hunt Great Outdoors.

Landscape designer Janell Denler Hobart created what she calls a "jewel garden," where boxwood hedges frame green zinnias, magenta peonies and other gem-toned plantings. The stone armillary was shipped from England.

Linsteadt added a new pergola located off of the dining room, and Denler Hobart furnished the alfresco space with a dining table and chairs by McKinnon and Harris. The hanging lantern is by Jasper from Shears & Window.