Modern Times

A Pacific Heights residence is brought stylishly up to date by infusing an energizing mix of elements into its newly simplified Victorian shell.


For a designer whose flights of fancy almost always include rich saturated velvets, layers of pattern, stylish witticisms, and the unexpected piece of taxidermy (his own Clarendon Heights home boasts a real giraffe bust), Ken Fulk is surprisingly resistant to the notion of a signature style. “I wasn’t aware I had one,” he says with a mischievous grin. To wit, a Pacific Heights Victorian that Fulk set out to design for a New York couple and their three children offers a family-friendly take on his trademark edgy aesthetic.