Fruitvale residence
2011
Architecture, Design, Fine Arts
I've solved a variety of aesthetic problems for a private home owner using simple materials, color theory and craftsmanship. I updated the wrot iron sconces with a matte gray paint and found ceramic candle sleeves and gorgeous silk thread wrapped bulbs. I brought in an earthy gray-green color to the sunlight saturated dining room to help cool the space down. I used an embossed pearlized paper to create a one of a kind art installation on the ceiling of repeating forms. I padded out the back of the built-in tea room cabinet with a silk blend fabric to help the coveted objects within pop. I used an energizing sunny yellow for the tiny tea room. The living room is painted with a soft pale blue and a deeper gray blue to accent the chimney. I also worked with the client to create a gallery of favorite family photographs, using a mix of rustic wooden frames and silver painted wood frames. I also hired master carpenter, Tim Pacaldo, to refinish all the damaged and sun-bleached wood work in the primary rooms.
- Fruitvale residence
aesthetic enhancement 
I chose the moody gray-blue, Tempe Star as the deeper color for accenting the chimney box. The lighter more uplifting blue that covers all the living room walls is Raindrop. Both colors are from Sherwin Williams.
The matte charcoal gray that I painted the living room sconces have more presence with their new ceramic candle tubes and silk thread wrapped bulbs.
This is the before picture of the sconces before I painted and refurbished them.
There are 15 panels in the ceiling. Each is a unique hand-made variation of the repeating paper forms.
The earthy gray green walls I chose for the dining room, Herbal Wash from Sherwin Williams, combines well with the refinished window trim. This room gets tons of sunlight through a massive picture window that faces West so it needed cooling down color-wise. The textured and pearlized quality of the paper I used for the ceiling draws the light into the room in sparkling hits.
There is a great need to change the ceiling fixture in the dining room!
I painted one wall in the dining room with a watery undulating technique. Sconces have yet to be found!
This is a built in cabinet in the tiny tea room adjacent to the dining room. The mahogany had been bleached out by the sun. I hired a master carpenter to refinish all the woodwork and trim in the house. I padded out the back of the cabinet with a subtle but unusual silk blend fabric with an undulating texture woven into it, giving a nod to the watery waving brush strokes from the dining room.
The padded backing for the cabinet allows the mahogany trim to stand out without appearing too heavy. It also provides a beautiful background for the treasured objects within to really shine.
The tea room could handle a strong warm color because of it's smaller dimensions. This Sherwin Williams color is called "Sunrise".
We removed the heavy old wrought iron stair railing to open up the living room. All the trim work in this photo is refinished with a clear matte water-based finish.
I combined rustic wood frames with silver painted wood frames and mixed in a few embellished frames for the special pictures photos. .
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Abueg-Morris Architects hired me to create a customized layering of colors and distress chairs for the tiny sandwich shop, Bun Mee, on Filmore St in SF. They also hired me to create 2 found-object style chandeliers. Working with the bicycle theme idea I found two old bike wheels and stripped them of their tires and shaft parts to use as the support base. I then created individual pendalouge "prisms" by collaging pages from a Vietnamese language book found at Urban Ore in Berkeley CA.Furniture Design, Lighting Design, Visual Arts2011 -
Working with Abueg-Morris Architects I painted a customized yellow and green fade on the wall and ceiling behind the primary work area. I also constructed an assemblage screen with molinillo sticks and an assemblage box made with dried cholla cactus branches.Interior Design, Painting, Visual Arts2011 -
There was a need to dampen the sound in this delicious organic burger joint in SF. Working with Abueg-Morris Architects I designed and built a sound dampening panel that blends in with the overall design. Under the minimally embellished with a bleaching technique and painted burlap are recycled sound panels.Interior Design, Painting, Visual Arts2011 -
Sculptural fabric panels designed to dampen the sound in a tall narrow restaurant space. I cut and stapled each "petal" shape made from wool and silk fabrics covering the sound panels with a more visually pleasing surface.Interior Design, Visual Arts2011 -
I helped Abeug-Morris Architects with the design of the imagery and text to be etched onto an intricate layout of various sized mirror panels. I worked with a glass studio and did the hands-on etching. I also worked with the architects to finalize the over-all color palette of the restaurant. I hand-painted the paper lanterns.Design, Interior Design2011 -
Working with Kevin Sawyers of Sawyers Design I created a custom color wall fade for a private client in his loft in SF.Interior Design, Painting, Visual Arts2011 -
This is a private residence remodel. I designed the layout of the kitchen, bathrooms and open living/dining room. I sourced materials including recycled glass countertops, recycled flooring from an old high school gymnasium, custom cabinets and found cabinets. I painted accent walls including the salvaged pocket door attached to sliding barn door hardware, the mossy green walls on the living room and the kitchen chalkboard wall. I sourced and installed all lighting.Interior Design, Painting2011
