This cozy area off the living room shows a custom sofa by Dave’s Interiors covered in Lee Jofa Fabric. Art work is from Kelsey Michaels Fine Art.
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The breakfast room’s table is custom by Gina B and the chairs are from Janus et Cie. Seats are in Perennials Fabric, which is highly durable and easy to clean. All window coverings in the house are by Jeanne Candler designs.
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of Oatman Architects Inc, remembers when he first met with the young couple whose house he was to design. “They wanted a home to raise their two young boys in, a real family home. They didn’t want a monument to their eg os.” Because of this, there is no gaudy staircase or hotel lobby feel to the house. Instead when you enter your eyes are drawn to the spectacular view and the soft calming colors of the sky and ocean. Working with Oatman, interior designer Errol Dejager of Dejager Design, Inc. and Rick Henricksen of Pridemark Contractors on a bi-weekly basis, the owners saw their vision fulfilled. “Homer Oatman has an amazing eye for detail, which worked in perfect harmony with our
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particularities. He understood what we were going for and helped us execute it down to the smallest subtleties in design,” says the house’s owner. “I call the architecture Santa Barbara Spanish Revival,” continues Oatman. There are many Mexican influences in the tiles, balcony, arches as well as the massive mahogany front doors, designed artfully by Oatman. “The entry doors are based on traditional Mexican designs as is the stone surround. It was inspired by the entry to the Ganna Walska estate at Lotusland in Montecito,” he says. He created the other exterior doors in the house as well, including doors to the separate guest cabana and gates to the entry courtyard. Oatman also designed all the wrought iron on the project. The colors for the house were chosen with care. The European oak and limestone flooring compliment the soft color palette of the walls, furniture and area rugs with their taupe, grey-blue and seafoam green palette. They in turn echo the ocean and sky. The effect is to add depth to the space as well as a cool calmness to the light, open areas. “The owner chose the color