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"On a recent afternoon, clusters of tourists gathered outside the San Francisco home of Courtnay Daniels Haden, snapping photos paparazzi style. The gray-and-white Victorian, built in 1879, is one of the oldest in the Pacific Heights neighborhood, but these giddy twenty- and thirtysomethings were not architectural historians.   &amp;quot;Full House fans,&amp;quot; remarks Haden good-naturedly, ensconced in her living room and eyeing the circus through the bay window. Indeed, the exterior was featured in the long-running sitcom, and the residence still attracts the nostalgic. But it wasn&amp;#039;t the association with pop culture that drew Haden and her former husband to the three-bedroom house in 2006. It was the gigantic basement, which they transformed into a playroom for their two young children, and the surprisingly formal postage-stamp-size English garden in the backyard, verdant with 40-year-old boxwood hedges. &amp;quot;That boxwood resonated with my East Coast sensibility,&amp;quot; explains Haden, who moved to San Francisco from New York in 1998 and soon after started an interior-design firm.   The place serves as a perfect reflection of her quirky, family-friendly, artcentric aesthetic, which dictates comfort first and foremost, and no off-limits areas. However, Haden&amp;#039;s idea of child-appropriate decor is a bit unconventional. Nine-year-old daughter Bankes stows her clothes in an 18th-century English bureau inlaid with wood-parquet shells, while five-year-old son Bennett sleeps in a circa-1820 French bed with a sleepover trundle underneath. In the double parlor a set of 18th-century gilded curtain tiebacks is displayed on the cocktail table; nearby is a miniature 6th-century Roman marble bust Bennett likes to carry around the house. &amp;quot;I should probably put these things on a mantel,&amp;quot; Haden observes. &amp;quot;But I figure they&amp;#039;ve made it this far. If they get chipped, they get chipped.&amp;quot;  She traces this laid-back approach to a stint working at Christie&amp;#039;s auction house. &amp;quot;Passion about objects and furnishings makes for fearless decorators\u2014and if you are comfortable in your home, everyone else will be too,&amp;quot; Haden says. &amp;quot;That sense of authenticity is what gives a home its soul.&amp;quot;   In Haden&amp;#039;s case, authenticity means thousands of volumes on art and design and furnishings ranging from early-20th-century Chinese tables to antique Dutch chairs to stuffed pheasants encased in Victorian shadow boxes. Contemporary art adds an edgy touch, including works by Kara Walker, Natasha Law, Tracey Emin, and Donald Judd.  But it&amp;#039;s not only rarefied pieces that inspire Haden. One of her favorite finds is a pair of mounted marble circular sculptures showcased on a living room table. &amp;quot;Everyone thinks they&amp;#039;re by British artist Barbara Hepworth,&amp;quot; she says, and then lowers her voice to a mock whisper: &amp;quot;They&amp;#039;re actually from Anthropologie and cost $75 each! That&amp;#039;s proof you can go anywhere and discover something good.&amp;quot;  Click here to see the gallery for &amp;quot;Reviving a Victorian Home&amp;quot;. Click here to see the resources. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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