Studio Terpeluk has updated a 1970s San Francisco interior with vintage mahogany tones and a modern color palette. Lost among Victorian and Edwardian buildings, this house, surrounded by a lush garden, was built in 1974. The original concept of the villa was developed by the architect Albert Lanier. The owners, a creative couple, wanted to enlarge the building while retaining its original look with intricate geometry and mahogany interiors.
The Terpeluk studio, which was commissioned to renovate the house, worked with surgical precision: the authors of the project saw their main goal as building a dialogue between the interior and exterior spaces. With the advent of a guest room, an office, a small bar, and another living room, the area of the house increased from 210 to 299 square meters. The courtyard leads from the entrance to the rooms on the first floor, flowing smoothly into one another: the kitchen is connected to the dining room, and on the right is the library with bookshelves reaching to the ceiling.
The panoramic windows of the spacious central living room overlook the city, and along the facade and up to the dark brick fireplace stretches a seating area with soft pillows. Behind the sofa is a steel sculptural staircase connecting the three floors. Below is a guest area and master bedroom with a spacious pastel-colored bathroom with terrazzo and recycled plastic mosaics. The lowest level was occupied by a media room and an office with a kitchenette. Thanks to a well-thought-out layout, it was possible to preserve the maximum of soft natural light falling through the windows through the lush garden vegetation.
“Color was the main theme of the owners’ eclectic art collection. It matched perfectly with my interest in mid-century Italian design and its bold hues,” says studio founder Brett Terpeluk. Precisely chosen accents helped to warm the discreet and even minimalist interior. Combining vintage mahogany and contemporary trends, the studio has created a project that respects the past but remains timeless. One of the main elements that dictated the combination of shades in the interiors was photographs by Tanya Franco-Klein, a young Mexican photographer with an architectural background. One of her main themes is the “burnout society”, images that reflect the era of exhaustion and fatigue.
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