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"Anyone arriving at the Los Angeles home of Kristen and Lindsey Buckingham\u2014of Fleetwood Mac fame\u2014should be prepared for a boisterous family welcome. Son Will, 10, and daughter Leelee, 8, tumble out of a car with their tennis instructor, while an exuberant Stella, 4, greets guests wearing a red velvet holiday dress\u2014even though it&amp;#039;s 80 degrees\u2014as she bosses around the three dogs. Kristen appears, herding kids and proffering coffee, all the while insisting she makes truly terrible coffee. It&amp;#039;s a warm introduction that befits the beckoning Norman-style house, which was built by architect Kevin A. Clark. An aficionado of period details, Kristen used legendary Hollywood architect Wallace Neff&amp;#039;s homes of the 1920s as inspiration and kept an office on-site in a trailer during the construction. &amp;quot;I was here every day to answer questions,&amp;quot; says Kristen, an interior designer. And while her approach features occasional bohemian flourishes, it&amp;#039;s often rooted in research on historic buildings and interiors. &amp;quot;I wanted our house to look authentically Neff and have a feeling of quality in the surfaces, moldings, and cabinetry,&amp;quot; she explains.  She also wanted it to feel livable for her active brood. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not a fan of volume,&amp;quot; Kristen says. &amp;quot;Two-story entrance halls echo, and kitchens with walls knocked out for a loft effect are popular but impractical. I wanted everything to have a human scale.&amp;quot; This philosophy is reflected throughout the five-bedroom abode, where cozy alcoves abound. The master suite includes a snug reading room, the dining room has a bar area perfect for card games, while the kitchen abuts a charming breakfast nook. And the entrance hall&amp;#039;s winding staircase\u2014modeled after one in decorating icon Nancy Lancaster&amp;#039;s beloved family home in Virginia, Mirador\u2014is striking without feeling grandiose. Kristen&amp;#039;s look\u2014&amp;quot;a combination of traditional and edgy,&amp;quot; as her husband calls it\u2014and many of her own designs, are best showcased in the dining and living rooms. In the former, a Directoire-style mahogany table is surrounded by green leather chairs embossed with crests and studded with brass tacks (she is reproducing these in her new home-furnishings line). The walls are papered in Zuber&amp;#039;s high-spirited L&amp;#039;Hin\u00ADdoustan pattern, and chandeliers lend a chic contrast to plank ceilings. Paintings and photography fill a wall behind a black-lacquer piano in the living room, while a brightly upholstered Dunbar-esque sofa echoes the vivacity of the art display. &amp;quot;My pieces are all very personal, and I like to layer things,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;And I&amp;#039;m not an art snob. I like what I like.&amp;quot; Before she became a designer, Kristen was a portrait photographer; she met her husband on an assignment 13 years ago. &amp;quot;I went to the studio to shoot some guy\u2014that&amp;#039;s who Lindsey was to me then,&amp;quot; Kristen recalls with a laugh. &amp;quot;He dropped some corny line like, &amp;#039;Haven&amp;#039;t I met you before?&amp;#039; We had a drink and have never been apart since.&amp;quot; Of his wife&amp;#039;s talents, Lindsey says, &amp;quot;Kristen intuitively applies her sensibilities across genres. She&amp;#039;s a gifted designer, photographer\u2014she&amp;#039;s even written lyrics for me.&amp;quot; But Kristen sees their disparate professions as a plus: &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t sing or play instruments, and he doesn&amp;#039;t decorate. I&amp;#039;m convinced that&amp;#039;s why our marriage works. That said, I love his taste and always ask his opinion.&amp;quot; Of course, no musician&amp;#039;s home would be complete without a state-of-the-art recording studio. Lindsey&amp;#039;s is located beneath the garage for soundproofing and boasts a soundboard so large it had to be lowered in with a crane. Since it is fully equipped with comfortable furniture, a bathroom, and a kitchenette, &amp;quot;a few guys working full days have all they need so they never have to come into the main house,&amp;quot; Kristen says. For a family that loves outdoor sports, there&amp;#039;s a large, lush lawn for croquet and badminton and a pool for daily swims. &amp;quot;Lindsey used to be a competitive swimmer, and his late brother, Greg, was a medalist in the 1968 Olympics, so it&amp;#039;s a sport that&amp;#039;s close to his heart,&amp;quot; Kristen notes. The poolhouse was inspired by an image from designer David Hicks&amp;#039;s book My Kind of Garden. Just outside the living room is the loggia, where sun-bleached wicker chairs and a vintage Baker cocktail table supply the perfect setting for board games with the kids. Says Kristen, &amp;quot;We play a lot of Yahtzee. It&amp;#039;s great to be out here and not sitting in front of the television.&amp;quot; Kristen even designed their master bedroom to open onto the garden\u2014a change from the family&amp;#039;s previous house in Bel Air. &amp;quot;We used to be on the second floor, very high up looking down at the city,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It was a beautiful view, but it often felt kinetic and unrestful.&amp;quot; As the sun starts to set, Kristen opens the door to the terrace from the bedroom, the sounds of her kids playing outside filling the room. &amp;quot;This is what we wanted\u2014to feel connected to our surroundings.&amp;quot;  Click here to view the resources. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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