Written by: Anh Minh Le
Self-sufficiency, accessibility and wildfire-resiliency combine for a future-proof home. Dick Vandlen and Mary Napier are acutely aware of nature’s beauty and fragility. Starting in the early ’90s, the husband and wife gradually acquired 640 acres in …
From her first visit at age 16, Faith Wheeler was captivated by San Francisco. “I took one look at the sky and said, ‘Why doesn’t everyone live here?’” she recalls. “I was that smitten. …
Architect Karen Curtiss’ client has seen a lot of homes. A real estate agent in San Francisco for over a decade, he estimates visiting more than 200 annually. Still, a hillside dwelling in Clarendon …
Designer Jeff Schlarb taps into Telegraph Hill lore When interior designer Jeff Schlarb’s client moved to San Francisco five years ago, he sought out a home that epitomized the City by the Bay — …
While Christine Lin’s path to San Francisco and a career in interior design was not exactly straightforward, it has led to a very good place: a singular home in the city’s Potrero Hill neighborhood …
When a young San Francisco couple was looking to refresh their Nob Hill residence six years ago, a dinner party encounter led to them becoming Studio AHEAD’s first client. Not long after the completion …
When interior designer Floriana Petersen arrived in San Francisco from her native Slovenia in 1986, two things in particular helped stave off homesickness: the creative community that she tapped into and the bonds forged …
About 15 years ago, Julie and Will Parish were looking to make a conservation purchase — of “land that needed love,” as she puts it — within an hour or two of their home …