San Francisco Interiors

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hether it is the dramatic hills, the luminous quality of the air, or the sparkling blue hay that surrounds it, San Francisco has a unique style all its own. The city's interior design style—-from Victorian to neoclassical to Arts and Crafts—like its irrepressible spirit, is innovative, free thinking, and universally appealing.
In San Francisco Interiors^ Diane Dorrans Sacks, author of the successful 5an Francisco: A Certain Style and California Country: Interior Design, Architecture, and Style^ unveils the finest creations of Northern California's preeminent interior designers, architects, and artists, leading you on an intimate tour of the city's most coveted residences—from the Pacific Heights apartment of Esprit founder Susie Tompkins to the Parnassus Heights cottage of author Armistead Maupin. Peek inside an art colhctor's Russian Hill studio, enlivened with the abstract designs of traditional Kuba textihs, or behind the door of a house in the Castro District that... Tovább

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hether it is the dramatic hills, the luminous quality of the air, or the sparkling blue hay that surrounds it, San Francisco has a unique style all its own. The city's interior design style—-from Victorian to neoclassical to Arts and Crafts—like its irrepressible spirit, is innovative, free thinking, and universally appealing.
In San Francisco Interiors^ Diane Dorrans Sacks, author of the successful 5an Francisco: A Certain Style and California Country: Interior Design, Architecture, and Style^ unveils the finest creations of Northern California's preeminent interior designers, architects, and artists, leading you on an intimate tour of the city's most coveted residences—from the Pacific Heights apartment of Esprit founder Susie Tompkins to the Parnassus Heights cottage of author Armistead Maupin. Peek inside an art colhctor's Russian Hill studio, enlivened with the abstract designs of traditional Kuba textihs, or behind the door of a house in the Castro District that juxtaposes Chinese chests and porcelains with Louis XIV fauteuils. Designs by celebrated talents, such as John Dickinson, Paul Wiseman, Diane Chapman, Arnelle Kase, Scott Lamb, Stephen Shubel, and Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, all share personality, comfort, function, and charm.
Complete with 200 color photographs by Alan Weintrauh, a foreword by Herb Caen, and a comprehensive catalogue section, San Francisco Interiors captures the originality, creativity, and wit that are the cornerstones of San Francisco's style, making it an inspirational and indispensable resource for designers, homeowners, design students, and anyone who appreciates gracious living. Vissza