THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 • HOME & GARDEN, DAILY COURIER, Grants Pass, Oregon 13
12 HOME & GARDEN, DAILY COURIER, Grants Pass, Oregon • THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010
Dan and Lynn Boyum’s family room features a three-paneled oil
painting by Grants Pass artist Jeff Gogue, at right. The stone fireplace, slate floors, leather upholstery and granite kitchen counter
tops give the room a masculine feel.
At left, the Boyums’ living room features
leather-look walls created by faux painter Sheri
Murphy. The coffee table has a driftwood burl
base topped by a free-form piece of glass.
Below is the exterior of the Boyums’ northwest Grants Pass home.
Below is the Mediterranean-look master bath.
Home celebrates art of the motorcycle
Harley-Davidson’s colors
highlight walls in Dan
Boyum’s office, at right.
A diamond-plate metal
border continues the car
and motorcycle theme.
Grants Pass artist Don
Tippit pin-stripped
Boyum’s safe, and artist
Del Hearn painted one of
Boyum’s former hot
rods.
Interiors go from boring to varoom
W
ith its fun factor and over-thetop decor, Dan and Lynn
Boyum’s northwest Grants
Pass home may not appeal to
everyone.
But then, it’s also not boring.
Boring is what
the Boyums felt
Story by
about the inside of
Susan Goracke
the 3,000-squarefoot home they
picked up in forePhotos by
closure a couple of
Timothy Bullard years ago. They
liked the neighborhood and property,
but the taupe and white interiors had to go.
They replaced white travertine floors with
black and rust slate, and taupe walls disappeared under a variety of fancy finishes
from metallic to suede, linen and leather.
Designer friends dubbed this couple’s
unconventional decorating style “MediGothic,” referring to Tuscan touches mixed
with heavy metal themes. Asian influences
are here, too. But above all, the home cele-
brates the Boyums’ devotion to classic cars
and shiny motorcycles.
Take, for example, the former dining
room. That’s where you’ll find Dan Boyum’s
flashy custom-built motorcycle sitting atop a
slate pedestal like a prized sculpture. No
question about Boyum’s priorities here.
Kitchen cabinets are painted “Sturgis”
gray, as are walls in Boyum’s office, where
contrasting orange paint and a diamondplate metal border is a clear nod to Harley
Davidson. Ed’s Custom Upholstery added
Harley logos to bar stools in the great room.
Out in the garage sits Boyum’s Harley
Road King next to his two street rods: a
flame-painted 1933 Plymouth and 1966 Chevy
pickup. Nearby is Lynn Boyum’s 1962 Chevy
Impala, updated with a computerized, fuelinjected engine.
“I like the retro look, but with all the
amenities,” says Boyum, a self-described
“car guy” who adds, “It’s all artwork, as far
as I’m concerned.”
In fact, the Boyums’ entire home is a
showcase for local artists.
Inside the front doors, the entry resem-
bles a castle or monastery, with wooden
doors painted to look like heavy iron. Grants
Pass commercial artist Jon Peterman’s
metallic finishes and artistic flourishes show
up other places throughout the home, too.
Peterman added checkered-flag designs
with tiny good-luck scarabs where you’d
least expect them: on the dining table, on
matting surrounding a painting by Grants
Pass artist Del Hearn, and on an antique toilet chair in the hallway.
A compelling three-piece oil painting by
local tattoo and canvas artist Jeff Gogue
dominates one wall of the family room. It
features a guillotine and part of a skeleton
reaching for coins.
Sheri Murphy, a faux-painting pro who
created linen and leather finishes on several
of the home’s interior walls, was assisted by
Carol Holland. The two former owners of
Rogue River Florist have become friends of
the Boyums and came up with that “MediGothic” tag.
“This is a fun house,” Murphy adds. “It
was a very plain house before. It just needed
to be ‘Boyum-ized.’” HG
Local artist Jon Peterman “woke up”
this antique toilet chair, above, with colorful paint, including a racing checkerboard pattern.
At left, Dan and Lynn Boyum pose on
Dan’s custom chopper built by Mark
Daily. The motorcycle has a place of
honor on a slate pedestal in the home’s
former dining room. Behind the couple
is a painting of the motorcycle by local
artist Del Hearn. Peterman added the
racing checkerboard pattern to the matting.