This beautiful home has been remodeled four times, but it looks like it’s always been just the way it is, situated so perfectly on a Saratoga hilltop. From the living room, you look out upon tree tops. From the dining room behind it, floor-to-ceiling windows look on the lovely — and level — back lawn. And the kitchen area opens to a charming courtyard.
What started as a simple ranch house built in 1954 has been transformed over the past 20 years by the Kenny family into a French Chateuu in the country manor style. And Linda Floyd of Linda L. Floyd Interior Design has been with the homeowners every step of the way. The home decor is French inspired with trims and tassels and elegance. Linda also decorated the living room for the holidays and the Summit League Homes for the Holidays tour.
The dining room was spectacular for the tour, as Sharon Watts of Peony created an astonishing table display.
David Stonesifer of David Stonesifer Interior Design and Decoration appointed the family room, including a couple of oil paintings he created himself.
Debi Campbell of Cover Story on Main Street in Los Altos added sparked to the kitchen and bath.
Upstairs, the daughter’s bedroom was decorated by Wahlberg Designs, The Duke & The Duchess of Morgan Hill. Saffron and Genevieve in Santa Cruz created the boy’s room with wonderful linen bed spreads and the master bedroom and bath received the special touch of Warmth Company from Aptos. Tiffany and Co. created a special display in the upper hallway.
Lulu Pom of Los Gatos appointed the study; La Jardiniere brought whiteness and light to the backyard and Color in the Garden from San Jose created an inviting front entrance.
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So far, out of all the areas in my home that I’m decking out for the holidays—I’m loving how my dining room turned out! Keeping with the green walls and my silver candle holder that’s mounted to the wall—I decided to do everything in silver, glass and mirrors with touches of green. I took an old wreath frame and wrapped a white boa around it. I finished it off with a string of very tiny silver jingle bells.
The large vases were from my husband’s company function years ago. I filled them with different sized silver jingle bells. I purchased the bleached dried flowers and the greenery was from the bottom of our tree—love the zero cost there! Then I gathered all my frames that were either silver or mirrored and added old holiday or winter photos. I loved putting this room together.
I’m not sure where I’d put them if not on the stairs. Now, it’s time to put all the empty boxes back in the attic until January.
My favorite room in my home is the living room. From the shape of the barrel ceiling to the Hand Craft Tile on the fireplace, I love spending time in there. Thanks to my handy laptop—I do spend a lot of time in there—working or enjoying a glass of wine. But, at Christmastime the time spent in my living room quadruples. When we remodeled this was the only room left standing. I told the architect to build around this room and he did a perfect job. That’s how much I love this room.
Now you can see all the stockings are hung on the bar with care. Let’s face it I’m a mom to four boys! And, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring in a little holiday staging cheer.
The Sparkling Wine is compliments of my sister—It pays to know someone in the wine biz. I added a teaspoon of Clementine juice and one slice. They were so delicious! The little clock niche above the fireplace isn’t large enough to hold 8 stockings. Yes, 8. 2 parents, 4 kids, 1 dog and 1 for the cats to share = 8.
The tree is definitely the center piece. And, after 25 Christmas trees—all Douglas firs—this year we got a white fir. It smells heavenly, has long needles and is much less bushy than the Douglas. I used to do the multi-colored lights, but about 12 years ago I switched to all white and haven’t looked back.
I’ve been collecting ornaments since I was 6. I’d get one every year. Now, of course some have seen better days and some are gone completely, but my oldest ornament is from 1972. My gray little mouse with his Santa outfit—he’s missing an eye, but I can’t imagine my tree without him. This year we cut way back on ornaments because of Fiona. This will be her first Christmas—and let me tell having a big puppy at Christmas is a lot like having toddlers. You’re watching them—they seem uninterested in any holiday decorations—you run to answer the phone—that’s when you hear the crash.
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The backyard was beautiful to begin with — park-like lawn, bubbling fountain, outdoor fireplace. But when Dhelia Fahrner, a.k.a., 
The garden of the Kenney Home was green and pastoral, but somewhat shady and dark. It needed some “pop.” So, after planting white cyclamen in the beds, she turned to the major focal points — the fireplace patio and the French doors at the back of the study. Bringing in two graceful urns filled with white hydrangeas, azaleas and wispy maidenhair ferns– plus a piece of garden statuary from her friend Laura Ziffer at Lulu Pom in Los Gatos — Dhelia created a graceful vignette flanking the French doors.
On the table in front of the outdoor fireplace, she planted a white cement pot with succulents and surrounded the base with the kind of ornamentation that might be seen on a mantel – layers of moss, lichen, bleeched pinecones and antlers. Small birch containers showcased miniature Christmas tree cypress and amaryllis.
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The third house is a French Chateau built atop a Saratoga foothill. The entry hall features a pier mirror that the family brought around the Horn in the late 1800s. A “tree house” office was added during the most recent renovation and the dining room decor evokes the feeling of a french garden. The renovated kitchen is state-of-the-art.
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