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66 what else you have.' And she was right." In the main living area, Haralson grounded the space with a palette of rusty-red and gray, playing off the home's wood, concrete, and steel materials. The B&B Italia coffee table's white-oak top was replaced with a darker wood, and the outdated gold fabric on the sofa was replaced with gray. "David gravitates to vibrant Italian reds — he calls them Minnelli reds, because the director Vincente Minnelli often used the color in his movies," says Ferrara. A narrow palette helps provide cohesion and flexibility, but nothing feels contrived. "One thing we didn't want to do was 'decorate,'" Ferrara says. "We wanted the furnishings to feel acquired. We've been collecting things all our lives for the homes we've lived in, but very few pieces worked together in this house until Jennifer recast them." As if cued by Minnelli himself, the terrace in winter is lush with red berries from possum haw shrubs, which David Hocker Steps lead from the street through a wildflower meadow designed by David Hocker, who included seven old cedar trees on the property. The upper and lower terraces in back were designed by David Hocker and feature salvia, decomposed granite gravel, water bubbler, and descending runnel, which terminates in a small contemporary pond and fountain below. Finn Collection chairs and stools from Design Within Reach.