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to go for a major gut job, with one proviso: they said it had to be ready
by Thanksgiving. That was less than three months away.
‘Kathryn had recently returned from a trip to Morocco,’ says the
owner, ‘and the house’s inherent hacienda style suggested we should
go with a colourful mix of the two. We very much had a shared vision.’
And that was to bring it back – albeit with a healthy shot of vibrant
colour – to its roots as a stuccoed abode ranch house.
A wide covered veranda wraps itself around two sides of the singlestorey building, which is essentially a series of interconnecting rooms
that look onto the courtyard. ‘The house,’ says Kathryn, ‘though well
built, had not been taken to the next step by the previous owners.’
They were fortunate in having architect Marc Appleton – who had
worked with the
many years he has been a respected authority on the local vernacular,
renovating just this style of building. ‘Marc was integral to the project,’
says Kathryn, ‘and his seal of approval essential.’
corridor going directly through to the courtyard. Archways were

TOP: The Indian bedcover harmonises with Raoul Textiles ‘Kashmir India’ curtain
fabric. Orlando Harris of Blanchard found Kathryn the 19th-century colonial fourposter in a palace in Rajasthan. The Ghanaian stools at the foot of the bed are from
Ernie Wolfe Gallery. While the lamps made from Tibetan horns were found at Pat
Mcgann. Kathryn M. Ireland supplied the rug

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