Jeff Schlarb’s clients instantly clicked with the designer. They loved his style—colorful, bold and glamorous—so they simply told him, “Make it awesome.” “The challenge,” he says, “was to figure out how an almost-empty nester couple would live in this space.” The space in question was a 2-floor, 3-bedroom condo in a 2-unit 1920s […]
After spending countless holidays on the Aspen slopes, an out-of-state couple purchased a pair of adjacent, 3-level, duplex condos not far from the village’s charming downtown. They commissioned the Los Angeles-based firm KAA Design and Pauline Moghavem Interiors to stitch them into a single seamless dwelling with a decidedly more modern design. “We stripped it […]
A professional couple decided to move to Palo Alto so the wife would have an easier commute to her new job at a Fortune 500 tech firm. But that meant giving up the early-1900s craftsman home in Berkeley they adored, the house where they had raised their children. “It was very hard to leave,” the […]
A professional couple decided to move to Palo Alto so the wife would have an easier commute to her new job at a Fortune 500 tech firm. But that meant giving up the early-1900s craftsman home in Berkeley they adored, the house where they had raised their children. “It was very hard to leave,” the […]
A professional couple decided to move to Palo Alto so the wife would have an easier commute to her new job at a Fortune 500 tech firm. But that meant giving up the early-1900s craftsman home in Berkeley they adored, the house where they had raised their children. “It was very hard to leave,” the […]
When Lily and Alex Wang bought a 1950s ranch in near-original condition, they knew they were in for significant renovations. The layout wasn’t ideal for their family of 5 (plus a poodle puppy named Truffle), but they fell in love with the remnants of a Japanese garden — which also badly needed a refresh — […]
Demolishing walls to create open-concept interiors has been popular for years now, but in real life, wide-open floor plans don’t always work. The homeowners who bought this Lincoln Park single-family home, which was built in 2007 with an open-plan first floor, knew it needed cosmetic upgrades as well as definition between rooms. They brought in […]
Unabashed fans of John Hughes movies, Mike and Sonia Esler’s desire for a traditional manse like the one featured in the director’s classic holiday film, “Home Alone”, inspired them to settle down near the house’s actual location in Winnetka. It wasn’t long before they had purchased a not dissimilar red-brick center-hall Colonial, soon asking […]
“Nothing was off limits.” That’s what David and Julie Supan told interior designer Martin Young about updating their century-old Spanish Revival home in San Francisco’s upscale Ingleside Terraces community. “They loved the many architectural details and wanted to make the home more comfortable for their modern family lifestyle,” Young says. The Supans were introduced […]
Older dwellings have always appealed to Brian McCarthy and Elizabeth Tierney, who appreciate classic architecture detailing, modest footprints and bespoke features. So, when an old two-story bungalow in Bucktown hit the market in 2017, they bought the place in spite of its boring builder-grade finishes. “There are elements of new construction that are just kind […]
