Decor ranges from Virgin Mary to Blondie

Running two stores and a restaurant means that Frank Zontini and Ken Tilton are rarely at home. They spend their days, and many nights, placing orders and greeting diners at Zon’s in Jamaica Plain and tending to their Pluto gift shops in J.P. and Somerville. When they are at their Roxbury home in Eggleston Square, they like to settle in for as long as possible. They cook ‘‘something incredible,’’ play ball with their German shepherd, Luigi, watch TV, and go through piles of magazines. Some Saturday nights, they have friends over to play board games.

‘‘This is like our little sanctuary,’’ Zontini says.

Of course, they’ve also found time to redecorate and repaint their twostory, 100-year-old house since moving last August from Jamaica Plain, where they lived on and off for 18 years. ‘‘Color was our number-one priority,’’ Zontini says.

In the kitchen, which has an old subway light hanging over the island and framed Blondie and Rolling Stones album covers above the cabinets, the walls are a deep red except for the one above the stove, which is painted to look like slate. The living room walls are burgundy, the hallway is a rich orange, and the dining room walls are coated with a faux leather paint. In the bedroom, Tilton is using a zinc-colored paint that’s supposed to come out looking like suede. He’s gone through 10 gallons so far and still can’t get it right. He calls it ‘‘my nightmare.’’

Music posters the couple has collected from concerts they’ve attended hang in the living room above their CD collection, alongside photographs of them with Boy George. When he was in town for a concert a few years ago, the pop star came in to the J.P. Pluto to buy cards and offered Tilton and Zontini tickets to the show, which they already had. The singer gave them backstage passes, and at the end of the concert, they say, he dedicated a song to them.

Further enlivening the pristine living room, with gleaming wood floors and a leather couch, are a large painting of a rabbit and a row of KISS action figures, given to them by a friend after the couple showed up at a Halloween party dressed as, you guessed it, KISS. Across the room, a statue of Jesus stands beneath a table, one of several religious icons scattered around the house. A painted statue of the Virgin Mary, which belonged to Zontini’s grandmother, is near the front door. Her head has been rubbed bald in spots from being touched by three generations of family. Zontini says he still touches Mary’s head every time he leaves the house.

Their home isn’t entirely the way the couple wants it yet. The backyard is filled with weeds, although they’re not as high as they used to be, and the wooden fence has big chunks missing. But the yard has plenty of potential. The property is on a slight hill, and on the Fourth of July, Zontini and Tilton can see Boston’s fireworks from their backyard. Coleus, petunias, and marigolds are thriving on and around the deck, as are pots of cherry tomatoes, basil, and jalapenos. Upstairs, they want to turn what has been dubbed ‘‘the panic room’’ — the space off their bedroom where clothes are scattered every which way — into a bona fide changing room. The bathroom also needs work. ‘‘Welcome to the Holiday Inn,’’ Zontini says, motioning to the fake marble squares on the floor.

Downstairs, in a room off the kitchen currently used as a place to throw stuff, the plan is for a billiard room. They want to knock down a wall and rip up the stained rug to make room for the 8-foot slate pool table Zontini bought on eBay recently. It was an impulse purchase, one that Zontini quickly regretted. But he has learned his lesson. ‘‘Never,’’ he says, ‘‘have a cocktail and go on eBay."