Name: Julie and Andrew
Location: San Francisco
Size: 850 sq. ft.
Years lived in: 1 year
It comes as no surprise that while Julie's an interior designer and Andrew's a creative director for an online advertising agency, they're both artists. They have a beautiful, fun, light, art-filled home, as well as a lovely kitty named Mona.
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Our style: Mid-century meets flea market meets industrial salvage yard meets urban art.
The inspiration for our home: Art objects we like, both little and big.
Favorite element: The light. We live in a corner condo and sunlight moves to light different parts of our house all day.
Biggest challenge in designing our home: Our place was built in 1926 without modern drywall. It’s almost impossible to hang anything directly on the walls.
What family say about our home: “It’s so grown up.” But that was only because we had extra pillows when they stay over.
Biggest embarrassment in our home: The bathroom.
Proudest DIY: Our idea to hang sheets of translucent polypropylene on the lower half of each window for privacy. The plastic diffuses the sunlight and allows us to keep the upper half open to see the trees outside.
Biggest indulgence with respect to our home: The dishwasher!
Best advice given or received: “Don’t think about it so much.”
Dream source for stuff: Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Kid Robot, DWR
Resources
Appliances
Kitchen:
• 1950 (or 1951?) O’Keefe & Merritt gas stove
Furniture
Living Room:
• Room and Board Jasper sofa
• Eames plywood lounge chairs
• West Elm Modern Media cabinet
• Target bench
• African stool (SF Carnival street fair)
Workroom:
• Naked Furniture desk
• Ikea lockers
• Red cabinet - Random import store now closed
Bedroom
• Naked Furniture headboard
• Eames lounge chair vintage knock-off
Accessories
• We both love trolling flea markets for accessories and art. Almost everything we have out now is either made by one of us or has been found at one of our scavenger hunts.
Lighting
Living Room:
• X21 Modern - Rectangle shade table lamp
• Room and Board - Bronze table lamp
• Ikea - glow ball floor lamp
Hall:
• Z Gallerie - bamboo hanging lamp
Flooring
• Original floors
Rugs and Carpets
Workroom:
• Crate and Barrel - Bamboo area rug
Living Room:
• SF Design Center - Cowhide area rug
Kitchen:
• West Elm - jute boucle rug
Window Treatments
• Ikea
• TAP Plastics
Bedding
• Ikea, West Elm, Room and Board
Artwork
Kitchen:
• “High Time” by Shepard Fairey
Workroom:
• Jung-Koch-Quentell botanical chart
• “Tim” by Julie
Hall:
• “Untitled” by Chris Gleibe (find more cool work at gliebe.net)
Living Room:
• “Matrix” by Andrew (big metal, tiled art above Eames chairs)
• “Spikey Balls” by Andrew
Thanks, Julie and Andrew!
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At first, I thought, "ew, antlers in the kitchen," until I saw them centered over the stove. Wonderful.
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I'm beginning to believe everyone has a Jasper sofa.
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Really neat wall in the dining room! How did you do that? Love your space.....
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what product did you use from tap plastics for the windows? the frosted privacy film? this is exactly the idea i've been looking for for my windows.
view cmschmidt's profile
Wow - such great art and I am completely jealous of the vintage stove. And the antlers are genius!
Very pretty cowhide rug too - I've been thinking of getting one in dark brown white, but I polled my friends and some of them think they're "icky". Dead animal and all. I still love them, though. Hmm, maybe I should submit this as a Good Question...
view mmadden's profile
i like the overall feel of the living room because of how u two blended several different elements of color, shape, construction, & scale but still managed to keep it cohesive.
view SD913's profile
Where did you get that calendar from? Looks fun and intriguing. Also, wanted to find out, how you like the Jasper sofa... how comfortable is it?
view lolax's profile
I own a jasper and do not find it to be comfortable. The seats tend to slide out from under you and even if you are medium height, your feet don't quite reach the ground when you sit all th e way back. Not the most comfortable couch, honestly.
view jchan's profile
you've got nice things and an awesome space! i think the antlers look amazing over the stove. and i love the flip-clock on the kitchen counter... is it an oldie or a newie? if a newie, wherefore art thou can i purchase said flip-clock?
view kdkaboom's profile
very sumptuous kitchen!!
view jamie*'s profile
Great place. Great sense of aesthetics. Looks real and well thought out.
view right angle's profile
where did you get that Sheapard Faiery print? I totally love it.
view ll's profile
tres chic!
view chris_94131's profile
Love your fun art! Evil reindeer, Amoeba art! Brilliant!
view stoat's profile
I love your pad! I am a location scout in the Bay Area and am always looking for great stories to submit to various editors of shelter title magazines. I think your apartment would be great for Decorating Magazine, and possibly a couple others. If you have any interest, feel free to email me (Sarah) at albaworks@gmail.com, and I can tell you a little more about the scouting process.
view Sarah Alba's profile
love the art, and the fireplace in the bedroom!
view formosagirl's profile
This is the best use of antlers I've ever seen! Beautiful home, I kind of wish I lived in it...
view amelie de lune 's profile
Please tell us how you created the wall treatment in the dining room. Is it plaster or just a paint situation?
Love it!
Hallie.
view HFG's profile
I also love the dining room wall ! is it chalkboard paint? also, where are the table and stools from?... very cute!
view rosamware's profile
I like the calendar --- where is that from? Flea market?
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