Written by: Reed Wright
How two Pottery Barn veterans—now designer and client—brought Scandinavian mys to Healdsburg. When Marta Benson, the former CEO of Pottery Barn Brands, retired in 2024, she and her husband, Adam Willner, began searching for a …
When a woman in her early 70s set out to convert her 357-square-foot 1980s art studio at The Sea Ranch—designed by Bob Hartstock—into a guest house, she enlisted Chad DeWitt of Framestudio. Known for …
From the outside, a 1905 Victorian in Pacific Heights, recently remodeled by David Armour of Armour Architecture, deliberately appears unchanged. Painted in subtle shades of gray and accented with a minimum of gilding, it …
Noz Nozawa’s lighting fixtures are quite literally jewelry for interiors. Noz Nozawa, 38, always wanted to be a designer—“even before I knew it was a thing,” she says. But guided by her pragmatic Japanese …
In Westwood Highlands, color whisks the owners beyond the everyday. By the time the pandemic arrived, this San Francisco kitchen was already on borrowed time. After a decade of family life, appliances were failing, cabinetry …
In the Healdsburg countryside, architect Malcolm Davis of MDa Studios, in collaboration with Lucas & Lucas Landscape Architecture, created a barn-style guest house and an outdoor kitchen pavilion designed to accommodate both large and …
A spry widow decided to keep the old home she inherited. But, pushing 80, she had it redesigned to help her live there longer. When Roberta Gordon was in her early 20s, she already …
Growing food in full view “What researchers have discovered in ‘Blue Zone’ areas is that growing your own food is closely tied to longevity,” says landscape designer Christian Douglas. This insight has been a …
A minimalist ADU blends in with its Sonoma landscape. For a busy San Francisco couple working in media—he from Northern California, she from Tokyo—the plan to build a simple ADU on his parents’ 50-acre …
For James Hunter, design principal at The Wiseman Group, inspiration often arrives unannounced. Take, for instance, the lacy gold leaf wall treatment in a San Francisco Edwardian home, reimagined by Sutro Architects. Its muse? …