What makes a home eclectic? Surely, there’s no label of interior design that’s misused more often. Not to worry, Phoenix Suns’ basketball legend Alvan Adams and his wife Sarah are on hand to show the real deal. With their indisputably warm, inviting – and thoroughly eclectic – Paradise Valley home, the Adamses have hoisted the design term onto a pedestal of exquisite taste.
Alvan and Sarah began their home-building project eight years ago, in a neighborhood that allows only traditionally designed houses. True to the rule, their 5,000-square-foot Territorial looks like it’s been there for a long, long time. The effect is intentional. “We lived in Encanto from 1976 through 1996, and we loved the older architecture in that neighborhood,” Alvan said. “That’s one of the reasons we decided to build where we did.” (more…)
