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San Francisco Style: Design, Decor, and Architecture [Hardcover]

Diane Dorrans Saeks (Author), David Duncan Livingston (Photographer)


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September 9, 2004
Style expert Diane Dorrans Saeks has an eye for design and she's setting her sights on the City by the Bay. This lavishly photographed book opens the doors to exquisite Bay Area dwellings, inviting readers of all tastes into just-so apartments, grand houses, light-drenched lofts, and cozy bungalows. Enter the graceful abode of San Francisco luminary Ann Getty, whose unique vision is reflected in a multitude of textures unrestricted by style or period. Visit designer Steven Volpe's South of Market loft, converted from a 1916 printing factory. A tour of Dr. Paul Turek's hillside home pays homage to classic contemporary Italian design (and the art of crafting the perfect surfboard). With more than 200 inspiring color photographs, this collection captures the scope of homes and lifestyles that make the northern California region unique. And with Diane Dorrans Saeks's list of where to shop, view art, and truly get an inside look at the city notorious for stealing hearts, this is the perfect guide for interior designers, accomplished home stylists, and anyone looking to create San Francisco style.

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Architecturally, San Francisco style encompasses elements ranging from Victorian to modernist. Aesthetically, it varies, yet some driving forces persist; namely, "personal style, individuality and dream-fulfillment." In this lush volume, Saeks, California editor of Metropolitan Home, explores some San Francisco homes that are perfect examples of that variety and sense of distinctiveness. She begins with a Pacific Heights residence that overflows with historic grandeur (think museum-worthy giltwood mantles and a sumptuous George II armchair) and then moves on to a South of Market loft that epitomizes the "polished ideal of city living": refined raw silk shades, a "chandelier" made of paper and wire, a bathroom floored in teak decking. There’s also a Nob Hill apartment, accented with a calm and subtle décor; a charming Sausalito cottage; and an Oakland Hills home stocked with furniture and decorative accessories created by its owners. The interiors Saeks chooses to highlight are overwhelmingly high-end yet, regardless of readers’ aspirations, the book will surely remind them of the rewards of taking an innovative approach to design.
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About the Author

Diane Dorrans Saeks is the California editor for Metropolitan Home , the interior design editor for PaperCity , the San Francisco correspondent for W and Women's Wear Daily , and a frequent contributor to national and international design publications. She

David Duncan Livingston has nearly twenty years of experience as a professional interior photographer. His photographs of interiors, garden designs, and food are featured in numerous books as well as in national and regional publications. He makes his home

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 204 pages
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books (September 9, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0811840433
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811840439
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 9.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #286,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Diane Dorrans Saeks is the bestselling author of over fifteen books, including Hollywood Style and Michael S. Smith: Elements of Style. She was a founding editor of Metropolitan Home and Garden Design magazines. Saeks is currently interior design editor for PaperCity and a correspondent for W and WWD. She has a long-standing working relationship with Orlando Diaz-Azcuy throughout his career and has become a dear friend.

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With a passion for fine historically accurate interior design and a backup team of artists, gilders, carvers, textile specialists, a curator, and specialist designers, Ann Getty has spent more than fifteen years orchestrating, designing, polishing, and perfecting the interiors of her family's sumptuous residence. Read the first page
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San Francisco, Pacific Heights, Los Angeles, Kelly Lasser, New York, Steven Volpe, Ann Getty, Myra Hoefer, Andrew Fisher, Bernal Heights, Michael Taylor Designs, Napa Valley, South of Market, Anthony Hail, Brad Huntzinger, Nob Hill, Sonoma County, The Japanese, Chez Vous, Italian Empire, John van Doorn, Maison Jansen, Mill Valley, Wade Hoefer, Yuri Kuper
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