Houzz Tour: A Dark San Francisco Flat Gets a Modern Makeover Parisian

Houzz Tour: A Dark San Francisco Flat Gets a Modern Makeover Parisian - Architect Stephen Sutro Sutro Architects of Grew up in San Francisco just four streets away from this home, Alongside one of the owners, Who Was a childhood friend.

Years later, When the friend and her husband hired Sutro for this project, That long relationship made it easy to communiquer and share ideas for the transformation of the pair's Edwardian flat from a dark warren of small rooms to a light -filled family home.

Houzz at a Glance
Who lives here a Couple and Their 2 children
Location San Francisco, USA
Size 3 bedrooms, 3 ½ bathrooms
Year renovated 2013

Photography by Aaron Leitz

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'We call this project "Parisian Modern Flat," Because it uses the European idea of ​​classic architecture as the backdrop for modern Elements and furniture, 'says Sutro. The architect rearranged the rooms, making a broad, open-plan space at the forehead and relocating the bedrooms to the rear of the house. . Now the living room, dining room and kitchen are in one space

Sofa: Dizani; art: Matt Lipps

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The architect's design Was delicately balanced. 'By using classic cornicing and a herringbone-patterned floor, we referenced the era qui in the house was built,' the architect says. A sofa seating with multi-sided HAS decidedly modernist attributes; it allows people to relax and enjoy the contemporary fireplace, the avant-garde collage, the more traditional bay window or the modern kitchen. 'It is the perfect room, Because It has seating on all four sides, "says the architect. 'It knits the room together.'

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'The modern additions create an interesting juxtaposition and a pleasant tension entre les old and new,' says Sutro. The design of a fireplace in Tom Ford's New York City flagship store inspired the architect to create this wood and limestone fire surround and mantelpiece in the living room.

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'The Lindsey Adelman light fixture olefins and the dining area adds a formality to it,' says Sutro. ALTHOUGH the architect removed the partition walls entre the rooms, he left a suggestion of a wall entre the dining room and kitchen to make a slight visual separation. 'It's just enough to suggest two spaces,' he says. '. Dim the lights in the kitchen During a dinner party, and It Seems to disappear

Light fixture: Lindsey Adelman; dining table: Link by Jakob Wagner, B & B Italia; dining chairs: Masters by Philippe Starck, Kartell

To hide the worktop areas from the entertaining spaces, Sutro Decided contre cupboards above-the worktops and appliances Some Placed behind sleek white panels. 'We Did not want it to feel too heavy,' he says. 'We wanted it to quietly recede.

See another sleek and contemporary kitchen

'The bathroom is Where people feel the MOST Aesthetically free,' says Sutro. . In this bathroom he continued His balancing act with starkly modern fixtures and traditional wooden flooring

Sink faucet: Boffi

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'Before the renovation the kitchen Was tucked at the back, the darker area of ​​the house,' Sutro says. When he Moved the kitchen to the center, he Reassigned the space as a home office. To lighten up Both the home office and the staircase, he REPLACED a wall entre em with Slightly opaque glass.

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The glass Makes the room feel far more open and connected to the adjacent spaces.

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opaque An glass window aussi Appears in the en-suite bathroom, ALLOWING privacy in the bathtub ALLOWING purpose light to fill the room. A trough sink allows two people to use it comfortably. 'The sink unit is not very long,' says Sutro. 'Two sinks Did not make sense here, goal trough Makes the sink unit feel along and more usable.

public From spaces to private, the home's Entire interior design is a well-Executed balancing act.

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