90 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM {home & design} There’s that saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.” Well, when it comes to interior design, you also don’t need to throw out the entire bathroom. “Just because someone wants to make changes to their home doesn’t mean a full renovation needs to happen,” says Amanda Barnes, founder of Amanda Barnes Interiors. “Often there are features of a home that are so charming, I want to design around what is already in place.” This approach has served Amanda well through her design career. Based in Hillsborough, Amanda, who grew up in Southern California, moved to the Bay Area in 2008. After working for 13 years in biotech, she pivoted to interior design in 2016, and has made a name for herself helping families reimagine their forever homes. Drawing her inspiration from design stalwarts like former PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF BESS FRIDAY For this project in Hillsborough, our client’s existing bar cart was quite a bit more modern than the rest of the home. It was a charming piece we wanted to include, so throwing in a vintage vase and fluted glasses, with some contemporary cocktail accessories, helped blend the aesthetics to balance out the old and new around the room.
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