Mary Jo Bowling
Prewar Meets Postwar Design in the Sunset
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
Truth be told, interior designer John K. Anderson did not want to live here.
When Hip Meets Luxe
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
In some respects the owners of this San Francisco home, clients of interior designer Melissa Warner Rothblum, aren’t your stereotypical newlyweds. After all, their first home together is a 4,000-square-foot manse in Pacific Heights.
A Modern Family Gives a Monterey Colonial a Fresh Attitude
For 75 years, this Monterey colonial house—a style not too common in San Francisco—has perched on a steep hill in Pacific Heights, where it’s dwarfed by the imposing red brick residences surrounding it. Like some other older homes in the neighborhood, its past is storied with tales of high society and a touch of scandal.
A Former Factory Morphs Into a Badass Sonoma Home
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
When interior designer Ann Jones purchased a house just a few blocks off the Sonoma Plaza, she was buying potential. "It had been a wood planing mill at the turn of the last century, and then it was a furniture factory," she says.
A Twisted Victorian in San Francisco
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
At their first meeting, the owners of this 1,500-square-foot flat in San Francisco made it a point to tell architect Karen Curtiss that what they wanted to do to their home didn't make financial sense. "They knew they could buy a house with the money they planned to spend on the condo," Curtiss says. "However, they didn't want to move. They love their neighbors, the coffee shop on the corner and urban life. They wanted to stay put."
Twisted Tradition in a SoMA Loft
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
Architect Cass Calder Smith, of CCS Architecture, is best known for his modernist creations. Interior designer Vaughn Woodson, of Woodson & Woodson Interior Design, is not linked to a particular style, but has work that is more traditional in nature. What happens when the two work on a South of Market condominium in San Francisco? An electric combination of aesthetics.
A San Francisco Home That's Urban and Unusual
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
Sam and April Lawrence knew they wanted a San Francisco home that was unconventional. “We didn’t want a house at all,” says Sam. “We were looking for a warehouse. We really wanted to get out of the typical Victorian or modern loft space.” But the warehouses they found were on the fringes of town, and they wanted to be in the heart of it all.
Inside San Francisco's Kink.com
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
When it comes to creating the stage sets for San Francisco’s legendary Kink.com productions, Christopher Gaw and his team have a guiding principle: CYFOI. In other words, “can you f@$% on it?” Gaw leads us on a tour of some of Kink’s stage sets to illustrate the artistry behind the erotic.
Can San Francisco Apartments Get Even Smaller?
Developer Patrick Kennedy is about to complete SmartSpace 2.0, a building comprised of 300-square-foot studio apartments built with prefab technology developed by his Berkeley-based company, Panoramic Interests. And, if the Board of Supervisors passes legislation allowing it, he's set to build SmartSpace 3.0, a micro apartment development that would have 287-square-foot units, the smallest ever in San Francisco and among the smallest in America. Can this be a good idea?
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