Galleries: Trends & Inspirations
Touring the San Francisco Decorator Showcase
The hypothetical owners of this San Francisco home tasked Studio Collins Weir with transforming their property into an urban idyll, with spare but sumptuous spaces for grown-up gatherings. They also want to showcase their art collection, which focuses on works by female artists, including Jutta Haeckel, Rita Ackermann, Devina Semo and Judith Eisler. The rooms feature subtle, carefully crafted details and streamlined pieces that both reinforce the notion of home as sanctuary and set the stage for gatherings to come.
“After a year of refuge and reflection, we are gently moving towards a mode of normalcy where hugs and handshakes will replace elbow bumps,” said designer Susan Collins of Studio Collins Weir. “We envisioned a home where friends will soon gather over tables of carefully prepared food, glasses will clink and conversations will sparkle. Our spaces – rendered in simple plaster, wood and natural stone – along with judicious pops of color, imbue the home with a sense of tranquil optimism and art that captivates the soul.”
With its frameless singular skylight and Jutta Haeckel’s “Butterflies and Hurricanes,” the atrium is a light-filled space with views of San Francisco. Rendered in Verde Antigua marble, this island complements the surrounding landscape and sky. The white oak and blackened steel breakfast table is topped with a paper lantern from Ozone and, in a nod to the building’s provenance, the table is surrounded by circa 1960’s chairs in lambswool by Pierre Guariche. Bleached white oak and caned millwork doors illuminate the space.
The dining room is anchored by a custom white oak table surrounded by S2 Murena chairs upholstered in Kneedler Fauchère’s Yves Klein Blue boucle. Overhead, the glass bands of Mathieu Lehanneur’s Les Cordes, Chandelier from Carpenters Workshop Gallery, weave in and out of the ceiling. Eleven-foot glass panels slide open to a terrace overlooking the Golden Gate bridge.
“Home is where we look forward to once again inviting our friends and family,” said Chris Weir of Studio Collins Weir. “We reimagined these central spaces in a natural material palette to evoke a sense of calm, a place where the owners can embrace the future and tell stories of the past – the sourdough starters, all-day sweatpants, the hoarding of paper goods… And, eventually, like their depression-era grandparents, tuck these accounts away for another day.”
Applegate Tran completed their virtual principal closet & dressing suite and closet in collaboration with Poliform. The design team was heavily influenced by Hollywood glam from the golden era, which informed their overall vision of this San Francisco space. The dressing room was inspired by an international stylist who is known for effortlessly fusing couture with the avant-garde. Her timeless elegance and sophistication informed the material and color palettes, and her femininity and confident edge imbue the room’s ambiance. Soft curves in furnishings contrast angled architectural elements, and lustrous materials support lush textures.
Designed for a teenager, the Time Being Bathroom is imagined in a 1960’s high-rise completed in the same year the Telstar 1 launched into orbit, transforming global communication. The room radiates a cool, retro-futuristic aesthetic as a radical rejection of the parents’ minimalist sensibility and the structural stoicism of the building. Bleached walnut accent temper complement terrazzo and concrete, with youthful outbursts of acrylic and powder-coated finishes set off with unexpected custom textiles.