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How a 48 hour design makeover in San Francisco became a creative tour-de-force.

It was a dream job, and we only had 48 hours to do it. The mission was to help our client pare down 20 years of accumulated stuff, and give her gorgeous San Francisco condo a rebirth to enhance its beautiful bones and maximize the prized setting.

With the help of creative genius Sam Jones, one of our design divas, we headed west for the most action packed, back breaking and entirely exhilarating project we’ve ever done. For 48 hours, our dream client was banished from her condo, leaving us with carte blanche and a mandate not to remove her two most sacred possessions: A beloved cat and the orange couch. We loved them both, so that was easy … and as it turns out, the two went hand-in-hand.

 

The two untouchables: Kitty and the couch, before the redo.
The two “untouchables” before:  Kitty and the couch

Our client left her home on a Tuesday, and when she returned on Thursday, we led her down the hall, blindfolded, and then opened up the reveal:

Full shot of LR After without the chandie
The big reveal for our blindfolded client (and yes, she jumped up and down!)

 

Clutter corner before
Her “clutter” corner, before
Clutter corner after
The cat was sacred, but the clutter was not. Painting by Sam Jones.
The sun drenched desk in the living room, after.
The sun drenched desk in the living room, after.
Window LR
LR window before
We moved the sofa to open up the room and block the window with the less desirable view.
We moved the sofa to the side window. Painting by Sam Jones.
The one mandate was to keep the cat happy.
No matter where we moved them, the cat and the couchwent hand in hand …
Corner Dining Room Before
Corner Dining Room Before
Corner of the dining room
Corner of the dining room, after.
DR before
Dining room before, showing  the beautiful molding
Dining room after
Dining room after, with a gorgeous antique fold out table.
Black desk DR Before
Desk area before
We moved a beautiful dresser from the bedroom, to be used as a DR buffet
We moved a beautiful dresser from the bedroom, to be used as a DR buffet
Kitchen window before
Yellow kitchen before
The newly painted kitchen with its white floors
The newly painted kitchen with its white floors
Kitchen back wall before
Yellow kitchen before
The corner of the kitchen anchoring a painting by HHFA artist, Judy Cox (and an Hermes knock off lamp we found at Goodwill!)
The corner of the kitchen anchoring a painting by HHFA artist, Judy Cox (and a fabulous lamp we found at Goodwill!)

We hope you’ve enjoyed this little taste of San Francisco.  For us, the icing on the cake was our client’s pure joy as she jumped up and down with the finished product.  If you have an appetite for more, we’ll share our recipe with all its ingredients in another blog.  After all, it may have been just 48 hours in San Francisco, but there was a lot of prep time that took place before.  And we’d be happy to tell you all about it!

Ta ta,

HH

PS  just in … our client, bitten by the design bug, just replaced the lantern in her living room with this chandelier.  You like?  We love – and now we’re the ones jumping up and down!

With chandelier
Bravo to our client on her choice of a fab new chandie to replace the lantern in her Living Room!

 

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  2. Well done!
    How refreshing to see the exact same angles of the “before” and “after”.

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