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A Japanese-Influenced Renovation in Tiburon

A Mission-Style Garden in Sonoma

A Creative California Home on Stinson Beach

A Japanese Inspired Modernist Hilltop House in Ross

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“Live with what you love is my philosophy,” Cl

“Live with what you love is my philosophy,” Claire Staszak of @centered_by_design says, noting that she absorbed this tenet during an apprenticeship at @nateberkus Interiors. “We try to be practical, but it’s not worth living in fear all the time.” With that in mind, the white area rug and white curtains stayed. The rug is a very practical one-hundred-percent wool. The only major incident they had involved a guest and full glass of red wine—definitely not Willa’s fault—and it cleaned up beautifully. Chairs covered in a mohair and a sofa that has been recovered in a cotton velvet are similarly durable and held up to family living. In the front hallway, Claire kept the original black and white tiles and updated the space with graphic wallpaper by @relativitytextiles. She had the front door painted a glossy black.

For more photos and the full story, go to the link in our bio. 🖊: @lauranieboerhine.

A wine country house by Zack/de Vito Architecture

A wine country house by Zack/de Vito Architecture + Construction — conceived in the digital clouds, so to speak — is embedded in solid rock that is left exposed in the home’s concrete back court. The naturalistic plantings are by landscape designer Randy Thueme. A lap pool abutting the house makes it seem like a houseboat. 🖊: Zahid Sardar. 📸: @cesarrubiophotography.

For more photos and the full story, go to the link in our bio.

“I suppose I had no option but to become an inte

“I suppose I had no option but to become an interior designer,” Ian Stallings says from his new apartment in San Francisco’s tony Bently Nob Hill, a 1920s Spanish revival high-rise by architect William E. Schirmer.

“When I was in second grade in Wabash, Indiana, my mother, whose parents were antiques dealers, gave me a subscription to Architectural Digest magazine because she thought I just might be interested,” he says.

Barely a decade later, Stallings left for San Francisco to study painting, filmmaking and design, and in 1999 he set off for New York, where, among other things, he was hired as a film production and set assistant to produce commercials for House Beautiful magazine. 📸: @aaronleitz. 🖊: Zahid Sardar. For more photos and the full story, go to the link in our bio.

Perhaps the greatest hurdle of building on a hillt

Perhaps the greatest hurdle of building on a hilltop where the towns of Ross and Kentfield share a territorial border was that a woodsy midcentury summer home by noted architect William Wurster already stood there.

Its historic value was hotly debated, but because of clumsy additions and other changes made to it over the years, both cities eventually allowed a new house by the Los Angeles and San Francisco firm Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects to take its place.

Completed several years ago, the 7,500-square-foot home, designed collaboratively by principal architects Steven Ehrlich and Takashi Yanai, has nearly the same-size footprint as its predecessor. Nestled amid an acre and a half of redwoods and sun-loving live oak forests that thrive in that ecotone, the new house also takes full advantage of a wide panorama, crowned by the county’s emblematic peak, Mount Tamalpais.

For more photos and the full story, go to the link in our bio. 🖊: Zahid Sardar. 📸: @matthewmillmanphoto.

San Francisco architect Craig Steely’s 2,900-squ

San Francisco architect Craig Steely’s 2,900-square-foot home design for a client in suburban Atherton brings to mind a medieval walled town. Or, at least, a walk through sculptor Richard Serra’s monumental Cor-Ten steel–walled sculpture “Sequence,” displayed recently for a year at SFMOMA.

The perimeter wall merges with the house on one side and wraps around the kitchen. Its back door opens to a breezeway that connects it to a garage/guesthouse annex. The kitchen also has sliding glass doors that open to an interior courtyard planted with delicate birch trees that, when mature, will provide even more dappled shade than they already do. The courtyard is shared with the dining area.

For more photos and the full story, go to the link in our bio. 🖊: Zahid Sardar. 📸: @modarchitecture.

It seemed like fate when Mark and Wendy La Varre f

It seemed like fate when Mark and Wendy La Varre first toured the single-story mid-century house on a lush lot in Glencoe. Designed by architect, Samuel Abraham Marx, and built in 1953, the light-filled main living areas boasted floor-to-ceiling windows and a breezy layout that wowed the soon-to-be empty nesters. To say nothing of its location steps from the lake – so close they can often hear the waves.

Despite the home’s many charms, the couple held no illusions about the work it would take to bring the dated dwelling into the modern era. The kitchen was smallish and cut off from the main living area, for example, and the finishes were well past their prime. Seduced by the possibilities, however, they hired Wendy’s sister, interior designer, Jodi Morton, to rethink the space.

For the full story and more photos, go to the link in our bio. 🖊: @tategunnerson. 📸: @dustinforest.

Debbas worked on the space planning and McNab sele

Debbas worked on the space planning and McNab selected the furnishings. “Lane was phenomenal at understanding what we needed,” Munson says. Owners, architect and designer all collaborated smoothly, remarkably so given their diverse starting points. While Debbas is a longtime Berkeley architect who came recommended by the realtor, the owners found McNab by searching online; where Debbas is the establishment, she’s the up-and-comer. “She really proved herself,” Munson says.

Go to the link in our bio for more photos and the full story. 🖊: @evamayhagberg. 📸: @joefletcherphoto.

Wellness. It’s an elusive goal that all of us ar

Wellness. It’s an elusive goal that all of us are striving for and it means different things to different people. In a year when we have realized more than ever that health is wealth, it seems apropos that Chicago would debut a space for holistic wellness, combining all the elements of health under one roof.

BIÂN is a private health and social club, combining Eastern and Western philosophies and practices to give members an arsenal of tools to meet their needs. Upon joining, a member meets with their BIÂN advisor, who creates an individualized wellness plan utilizing the club’s various medical and fitness specialists.

Go to the link in our bio for more photos and the full story. ✒️: @amberyv. 📸: @anthonytahlierphoto.

Connoisseurs of cultural trends, interior designer

Connoisseurs of cultural trends, interior designers, Jennifer Kranitz and Aimee Wertepny knew exactly what their client meant when she asked for a “murdered out” powder room in her and her husband’s new Lincoln Park apartment. (The term refers to the black-on-black-on-black look that’s au currant among some car aficionados).

“They loved black and brass, so we created intentional punctuated moments,” Kranitz says, of her clients, who had recently located from New York City. “We identified areas where those elements could be really strong and then backed out from there.”

Go to the link in our bio for more photos and the full story. 🖋: @tategunnerson. 📸: @aimeemazzenga.

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