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"Under the California Sun\nA Mediterranean-Inspired Oasis Blooms in Los Angeles\n&amp;quot;As big as this house is,&amp;quot; Mark Boone says of a Los Angeles villa whose interiors he designed for a businessman and his wife, &amp;quot;the clients did not want something grand.\\n\\nThe lush grounds add to the Tuscan feel. Stucco, rubblestone, brick and tile bring texture to the exterior.\nThe living room and entrance hall. &amp;quot;The main inspiration,&amp;quot; Boone says, was &amp;quot;the sunshine of California.&amp;quot; The space &amp;quot;sings in the afternoon sunlight.&amp;quot; Burma Red, 1973, by Adolph Gottlieb is beside an archway. Ushak rug, Mansour. Jim Thompson silk on black-lacquered chair.\n&amp;quot;We didn&amp;#39;t want fancy, and we didn&amp;#39;t want pretentious,&amp;quot; the husband explains. Procession, 1999, bronze figures by William Kentridge, lines the living room mantel. An untitled 1955 painting by Franz Kline is at right. Onyx-topped 18th-century giltwood console, far left, from Therien.\nThe dining room has Louis XIII\u2013style chairs, from Brustlin Workshop, with fabric from Cowtan Tout. Therien table. Quatrain chandelier. Chelsea Editions drapery fabric and Elizabeth Eakins rug from Mimi London. Williams-Sonoma Home silver flatware.\\n\\nBoone &amp;quot;just understands the way we live and makes that happen,&amp;quot; the wife says.\nHe chose a warm palette for the library. Clarence House shade stripe. National Upholstering leather chair. Sofa and other chairs from Brustlin Workshop. Quatrain desk. Mimi London ottoman suede.\n&amp;quot;The furnishings and colors tend to be kind of quiet,&amp;quot; Boone says, &amp;quot;to let the art pop.&amp;quot; Hans Hofmann&amp;#39;s First Blaze of the Rising Sun, 1963, hangs in the master bedroom. Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen&amp;#39;s Tied Trumpet is in a niche. Cowtan Tout lounge chair and ottoman cut velvet. Brunschwig Fils bench silk.\nThe rear grounds include a rose garden and fountains.\nBoone used gold leaf on the ceiling in the screening room to create &amp;quot;glamour and warmth.&amp;quot; Brunschwig Fils wallcovering and mohair on seats. Stark carpet. Williams-Sonoma Home cashmere throws. &amp;quot;You could be in Italy, the Mediterranean\u2014anywhere,&amp;quot; says the wife.\nThe rear loggia, which Boone describes as &amp;quot;almost an outdoor living room,&amp;quot; opens to the front entrance gallery, where Untitled Elegy, a 1988 painting by Robert Motherwell, is displayed."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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