Stuart Plunkett purchased his townhouse in San Francisco’s Noe Valley for its dramatic details and scaled-for-entertaining dimensions. But he turned to designer Antonio Martins to make it a home. “I bought the house for its structural beauty,” says Plunkett. “It would look good decorated with a card table and folding chairs, but I knew in Antonio’s hands it could be spectacular.”

When selecting a mixture of modern, vintage and industrial pieces, Martins and Plunkett didn’t discuss styles or time periods—they discussed feelings. “Stuart would tell me that he wanted this room to be moodier or that room to have a little more drama,” says Martins. “Because I know his tastes so well, I knew what pieces would evoke those feelings for him.” In the kitchen, Martins added the barstool version of the Cassina Cab chairs found in the dining room to create a relationship between the adjacent spaces and to complement the golden hues of the oak veneer cabinets.