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Toujours Paris San Francisco-based interior designer Audrey Brandt creates the perfect pied-a-terre for her family in the City of Lights.INTERIOR DESIGN: AUDREY BRANDT INTERIORS | PHOTOGRAPHY: PETER MEDILEK

Classic TahoeGentry Design reports on the meticulous remodel of a Lake Tahoe estate.ARCHITECTURE: WARD/YOUNG | CONTRACTOR: BRESNAHAN CONSTRUCTION

PHOTOGRAPHY: ASA GILMORE

Laid Back LuxeAward-winning interior designer Melanie Coddington imbues aHillsborough residence with a crisp look and fresh color choices.INTERIOR DESIGN: MELANIE CODDINGTON

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Letter From the Editor

FocusDesigner’s Favorite Spaces. San Francisco designerKendall Wilkinson takes us through a recent project.

Exhibitions and EventsSpring’s key museum exhibits, gallery shows, home tours, and more.

ConnoisseurGentry Design’s Lena Dakessian interviews international design icon Olivier Gagnère.

Designer’s NotebookFashion looks from the runway are echoed in exquisite decorative furnishings and accessories in the design showrooms this spring.

Design MarketIdeas and Inspirations. From tiles to blinds—designfinds for every room in the home.

IndexResource information and stockists for this issue.

Destination DesignRoman Holiday—one of the Eternal City’s chicestboutique hotels.

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FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE EDITOR Elsie M. Floriani

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Stefanie Lingle Beasley

ART DIRECTOR Lisa M. Duri

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Lena Dakessian

ASSISTANT EDITOR Cristina Floriani Nangle

CREATIVE SERVICES MANAGER Michael Kanemura

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Asa Gilmore

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5. When you have a vision of your home butyou don’t know how to make it a reality.

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s we were pulling together features forthis issue, the February rains were infull force and we found ourselvesdrawn to homes that we had pho-tographed many months before. Twoof which caused us to dream of far-

away places and days in the sun. The first is San Francisco-basedinterior designer Audrey Brandt’s own Parisian apartmentsquarely situated on the Left Bank directly across from NotreDame. Ooh, la,la—what a view! (Toujours Paris, page 40). To keepthe design focus squarely on that incomparable view, Brandt kepther color palette simple and employed fresh apple green tonesto echo the spring blossoms of Paris.

Our second major feature spotlights a dream house at LakeTahoe. This is no ordinary cabin. Years in the making, this stun-ning residence has been painstakingly crafted to look like it hasalways been there. The homeowner has filled it with exquisite

artwork and an impressive collectionof Native American blankets and rugs.The resulting residence is nothingshort of mountain-high perfection(Classic Tahoe, page 48).

Also in this issue, Gentry Design’sLena Dakessian notes just how muchthe world of high fashion is increas-ingly influencing interior design(Designer’s Notebook, page 34). Wespeak with award-winning interior designer Melanie Codding-ton about updating a family home in Hillsborough with a fresh,crisp look (Laid Back Luxe, page 56). And we jet off to Rome todiscover one of the Eternal City’s hottest new boutique hotels—Palazzo Manfredi (Destination Design, page 66).

So if summer vacations seem far away, take a few minutes tosavor the stories in store and do a little day dreaming. ■

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Designer’s Favorite SpacesAward-winning San Francisco-basedinterior designer KendallWilkinson discusses one of her latest projects.

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.C risp, rich, contemporary—these are the callingcards of Kendall Wilkinson’s design projects. TheSan Francisco designer is hailed for bold colorchoices and her uncanny ability to make tradi-

tional interiors fresh and current. When we asked Kendall about someof her favorite projects, she turned to this stunning Pacific Heightsliving room recently completed for a growing family.

The space is sophisticated without being stuffy. Wilkinsonemployed a color scheme of soothing blue and warm caramelthroughout, and mixed antiques with custom upholstered pieces and

sculptural elements like a Saarinen brass floor lamp and a groupingof four glass coffee tables with gilt frames.

“I want seating arrangements to be comfortable—to encourageconversation,” stresses Wilkinson. To that end, she made the beau-tiful refurbished hearth with intricate molding the focal point of theroom and added a pair of tabourets covered in a Fortuny pattern torest before the fire. “They are a fun accent,” notes Wilkinson, “butalso serve as pretty comfy seating in a pinch.”

The room is finished with silk draperies and privacy shades thatcast a diffused glow over the space. ■

Understated EleganceKendallWilkinson layers textures and fabrics, creating a sumptuous living room in Pacific Heights.

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THROUGH JUNE 19 San FranciscoParaDesign gathers objects from SFMOMA’s architecture and design collection that question the norms, habits, andconventions of design. The prefix para (whose meaningsinclude “beyond” and “abnormal”) has not previously beenapplied to design, yet marks a central focus of the museum’sarchitecture and design collection. www.sfmoma.com

THROUGH JULY 24 San FranciscoFirst unearthed in 1996 during construction on theJerusalem–Tel Aviv highway in Lod (ancient Lydda), Israel,this large and extraordinarily detailed mosaic floor has onlyrecently been carefully removed from its site and conserved.Found in a large villa believed to belong to a wealthy Roman,the excellently preserved mosaic floor dates to about AD 300.Marvelous Menagerie: A Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel, is in America for a limited time before it is returned to Israelwhere it will become the focus of an archaeological center in Lod. www.deyoung.famsf.org

APRIL 2 – OCTOBER 2 San FranciscoMarco Breuer is one of the most innovative contemporaryartists working in photography today. He is well known forusing an extensive range of processes to extract abstract andvisually compelling images from photographic materials. Line of Sight comprises a selection of photographs made by Breuer and placed in dialogue with objects from the de Young’s permanent collection. www.deyoung.famsf.org

APRIL 30 – MAY 30 San FranciscoThe San Francisco Decorator Showcase. The West Coast’spreeminent design event is pleased to announce the designerlineup for the 2011 Showcase at 2950 Vallejo Street. This year’s Showcase features 25 of the region’s top interior andlandscape designers who will converge to transform one of San Francisco’s mansions into a premier design show house.www.decoratorshowcase.org ■ —CRISTINA FLORIANI NANGLE


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2011SpringMosaic Floor (detail), excavated at Lod, Israel.

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MODERNVintageFrench designer Olivier Gagnèreshares thoughts on ingeniousdesign, what makes it good, andwhat makes it last.


A t 93, rue de Rivoli, in the 1st arrondissement,overlooking le Cour Napoléon and I.M.Pei’s Pyramide du Louvre, is Café Marly.The Parisian brasserie has all the allure onewould expect from something situated inthe Palais du Louvre, particularly through

its picturesque terrasse, perfectly lined with rows of Thulian pinkchairs that somehow speak to Edith Piaf’s adage of seeing theworld through rose-colored glasses. French Designer Olivier Gag-nère is responsible for breathing life into the space, and the fruitsof his efforts resulted in one of the most fashionable go-to desti-nations in Paris, frequented by guests of all kinds, Karl Lagerfeldincluded. Café Marly is but one of Gagnère’s many undertakings.Others include Hôtel Marignan and the Pierre Gagnaire Restau-rant, also in Paris.

With a portfolio boasting a mix of creative talent as well as versatility in crafts (ceramics, glassware, furniture, objets d’art, ➛

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and lighting), Gagnère not only dresses a room, he brings it to lifewith the ingenuity of his own creations. His father was an antiquedealer and exposed him to many different art pieces, relics, andtrades. “My home in Paris housed many beautiful things,” he says,insisting that living among such treasures helped shape his worldlyand creative frame of reference. Most recently, Gagnère’s collab-oration with THG Paris has given rise to Bagatelle, a witty,imaginative collection of luxury bathroom fixtures inspired by aFrench royal table game that has since evolved into the pinballmachine. “Designing for THG, I wanted to create something thatcould at once be both classical and modern,” he says. “Becausetrends, by nature, can become passé quickly, the culmination of thetwo is what truly make things timeless.”

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touching on a variety of styles and creative references(much like his own Paris apartment, featured last year on the coverof Elle Décor). “I love to mix colors and textures and to harmo-nize materials that are inexpensive with those that are moreluxurious,” he admits. “Juxtaposing the two gives both style andstrength to a project, loading a space with personality and endow-ing it with something strange and unusual.”

He also tells how visual perception and selective memory arekey tools for most art disciplines. “When I’m speaking with stu-dents, I tell them to open their eyes and let the visuals passthrough their minds. I encourage them to be inspired by all thatthey see.” For Gagnère, it’s his beloved Italian paintings and therichness of their hues, or the sky in South America that he cap-

tures in these mental photo stills. One mustthen reintroduce this memory as a visual conceptand use it to communicate a subjective experience. “The result,”French artist Michèle Champenois says, “is Gagnère’s extraordi-nary talent for creating forms that catch the eye, evoke an emotion,and question the memory.” ■ —LENA DAKESSIAN

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Toujours ParisAward-winning San Francisco designer Audrey Brandt creates the ultimate pied-à-terre for her family in the City of Lights.

TEXT BY STEFANIE LINGLE BEASLEYPHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER MEDILEKINTERIOR DESIGN BY AUDREY BRANDT

I he fact that we live in a global economyand that the world is, seemingly, gettingmuch smaller, becomes all the more evidentwhen you chat with designer Audrey

Brandt. Brandt grew up in Idaho, worked in Manhattan andTokyo, finally landed in San Francisco, but continues to workwith clients in Europe, Asia, and Australia on a regular basis.Along the way, she and her entrepreneurial husband saw fit toenroll their daughter in a local French school with an eye tospending family vacations and summers in France.

Five years ago, they became connected with an estate agentin Paris who spotted a gem in the rough for them. The gem camein the form of a rare two-story, three-bedroom apartment onthe Left Bank directly across from the Île de la Cité with stun-ning views of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The rough part camein the apartment’s condition.

But Brandt has never been one to be daunted by a remodel.Quite the opposite is patently clear after seeing her impeccablework and realizing how much she relishes the challenge. This par-ticular challenge meant marrying the history and beauty of abuilding with portions built in both the 18th and 19th centurieswith contemporary comforts like a modern kitchen, baths, andstate-of-the art lighting. “When you consider that Notre Damewas built between 1163 and 1245, our apartment seems incredi-bly young,” says Brandt. “But if you’d seen the kitchen, you wouldhave shuddered.” It was imperative to update, but also to honorthe apartment’s history.

Brandt elegantly reinvigorated the entire residence with herdeft use of color and keen attention to detail. “Step one was toinstall hardwood floors throughout the home’s main level,”recalls Brandt. The old worn out floor had been topped with asuccession of flooring material over the decades and Brandt wasconfronted with a combination of distressed carpet and tile. Abeautiful hardwood floor in a traditional French herringbone pat-tern elevated the space and created a seamless continuity. Duringthe remodel, Brandt discovered wonderful beams along thewalls in the living room and made sure to expose them. She alsorestored the apartment’s original limestone fireplace.

In order to place an emphasis on the magnificent view,Brandt kept her color palette simple. “I chose a wonderful apple


PREVIOUS PAGE AND OPPOSITE:Three-meter-high ceilings and an exposedbeam wall speak to the early foundation of this exquisite Parisian apartment. Richtouches like Louis XIV-style furniture anddeep silk drapes and fabrics by Kravet andBarbara Barry add glamour while a neutralcolor scheme keeps the space welcoming.

The walls in the open plan living and diningroom are painted with Farrow & Ball’s “GreenGround.” An antique table and chairs provideintimate seating for dinners at home.

green reminiscent of the glorious Parisian spring,” she notes. Thecolor is fresh, delicate, and soothing. “I wanted the apartmentto be welcoming,” recalls Brandt. In essence, she was designingnot just for her own family, but for the many friends who wouldvisit, and the guests who might rent out the apartment. Whenthe Brandts aren’t there, it is often booked. “The agent is alwaystelling me about the celebrities who are staying there—it’s quitethrilling,” she smiles.

In the living room and dining room, Brandt mixed antiqueswith contemporary upholstered pieces and custom reproduc-tions like the coffee table that she designed herself and hadcrafted in Thailand. “I bought several pieces of furniture for theapartment from a wonderful shop in Paris called Mis en Demeurewhere I know the owner, Philippe Daraux,” recalls Brandt.Over the years, Brandt has relied on Daraux for a number of pro-jects. For her own apartment, she acquired the beautiful antique

gold mirror above the fireplace (circa 1850) and the marvelous pairof 18th-century antique doors from him. Brandt had the doorsrefinished and inlaid with mirrors for the dining room. “I wantedthe view to surprise you at every turn,” she says. “So I layered mir-rors and reflective surfaces as often as possible.”

Lighting was also a key element in Brandt’s design scheme.“The wiring in the apartment was incredibly old and not up tocurrent standards. Rewiring was a huge effort, but one that haspaid off, I think,” she notes. She had recessed lighting put in alongwith antique sconces and crystal chandeliers.

The apartment’s upper floor includes three lovely bedrooms—a master suite with a view of the cathedral, a guest room, andBrandt’s favorite room (her daughter’s bedroom). For this prettyspace she added two antique twin beds and covered them in Frenchquilts. The walls are washed in a beautiful Provençal yellow, whileaccents of lavender add contrast. The result is très charmant. ■


The stunning view of Notre Dame Cathedral takes center stage in this darling bedroom. Brandt found the matching antique headboards at the MarchéPaul Bert in Paris. She had them upholstered in a deep green velvet, with lilac fabric curtains and shams to match. The handmade quilts are from Paris.

“I chose a wonderful apple green reminiscent of the glorious Parisian spring,” she notes. The color

is fresh, delicate, and soothing. “I wanted the apartment to be welcoming,” recalls Brandt.



ClassicTahoeA lakeside estate undergoes a masterful remodel at the hands of its owner and the award-winning architecture firm of Ward/Young.

TEXT BY STEFANIE LINGLE BEASLEY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ASA GILMORECONTRACTOR: BRESNAHAN CONSTRUCTION | ARCHITECT: WARD/YOUNG ARCHITECTURE

A s your car wends down the driveway ofthis beautifully wooded estate, you marvelat the mountain air and the lush greenerythat surrounds you. Then, at the end of the

drive, you are treated to the visual feast that is Lake Tahoe, in allits sparkling glory. This piece of property, with its humble cabin,appealed to its homeowner over 30 years ago when it was first pur-chased. But even then, the land was the prize, not the house.“We knew we’d need to tear it down and start all over someday,”she recalls. The subsequent decades found the house in and out ofuse as the family grew up.

Ultimately, she realized, “I just wasn’t using it enough becausethe house was so cold—the heating and wiring were all in need ofreal repair.” It was uninhabitable during winter and thus it wentunused for months at a time. “About 15 years ago, I started toreally think about remodeling,” she recalls, and finally took theplunge in 2004. Armed with stacks of design ideas clipped frommagazines and shelter books on Adirondack cabins, she began tohunt for an architect and a builder who would understand hervision. She discovered them in contractor Dennis Bresnahan ofBresnahan Construction in Squaw Valley and the team atWard/Young Architecture and Planning in Truckee.

Along the way, she had filled a storage space with furnishings,artwork, and accessories—all saved for that “someday” when thelake house of her dreams would be realized.

Seven years later, this home—a true labor of love—is nearly com-plete. As of press time for this article, all that remained was theinstallation of a seven-foot-tall headboard for the master bed-room. It will be the last masterful addition to a house that isalready extraordinary.

The homeowner divides her time between a sprawling Mediter-ranean-style residence in Los Altos Hills, a cozy cottage in Carmel,and now this lakeside Tahoe retreat. Each home is unique.

“I really wanted a Tahoe cabin,” she recalls. “So many of thehomes up there now are too big and too formal. I wanted it to be’mountainy,’ casual, and warm.” And, most importantly, shewanted it to look like it belonged, “that it had always been there.”

At first the project was going to be a remodel, but as time woreon, it became an almost complete tear down. A former garagebecame a guest cabin and the main house rose again from theoriginal foundation—this time with an improved floor plan, sturdyconstruction, and wonderful finishes. The most striking design ele-ment of the new home wraps around the porches with wildabandon. Beautifully twisted branches form railings reminiscent of


The main house (this page) features a wall of glass to take advantages of the panoramaof Lake Tahoe.

The cozy guest cottage (opposite) was formerly the property’s garage.

“I really wanted a Tahoe cabin,” she recalls. “So many of the homes up there now are too big and too formal. I wanted it to

be ’mountainy,’ casual, and warm.” And, most importantly, she wanted it to look like it belonged, “that it had always been there.”


The living room/dining room boasts a spectacular wall of windows to capture the astonishing view.


antlers. It’s an unexpected touch, but one that defines the home’sstrong sense of place.

Inside the house, reclaimed red barn wood discovered in Indi-ana lines the walls. Designer Michael Burg, who keeps offices inNapa and San Francisco, is responsible for this special touch,recalls the homeowner. The wood lends a rustic feel to the inte-riors—instantly giving them a sense of history. Many of thefurnishings from the original cabin were put to work again in thenew space. A few were reupholstered and restored, but manywere reintroduced as is—complete with the patina of time.

The homeowner glows when she discusses her kitchen with itsred AGA stove and custom hood. “The zinc counters are justmarvelous, so easy to care for,” she says. Overhead in the kitchenare hand-hewn beams. “The original cabin had them and I lovedthem, so we continued them in the new house.”

Bay Area-based master craftsman Carlos Campos did the iron-work on the front door to the home. To illuminate Campos’work, a hay baler was electrified and two antique English carriagelanterns placed on either side of the door. Once through the entrydoor, guests are awed by a striking painting of a Native American.The homeowner laments that the painting was one of a pair that

she spotted on a visit to a gallery in Carmel. “I should have boughtboth,” she says wistfully. Beneath the painting, an antique massiveconsole table is topped with an antique salmon purchased at theSan Francisco Fall Antiques Show.

Dotted throughout the house and guesthouse are antiqueNavajo rugs and blankets from the homeowner’s extensive collec-tion. She even employed several as curtains. “If you look closely,you’ll see the curtains don’t match,” she points out. “Several peo-ple thought the idea was crazy.” But it is as visually appealing as itis unorthodox. Unafraid to take design risks and backed by thecourage to follow through on her vision, the homeowner embarkedon the construction of the massive stone patio that leads guests fromthe house to the lake. “I hand picked each of the boulders surround-ing the patio,” she notes. She also worked with the team ofcraftsmen who built the outdoor fireplace. “They wanted to makeit perfect and symmetrical and I wanted anything but,” she recalls.After much trial and error, they were able to achieve precisely therough look she was after.

Now that the project is complete, the homeowner and her grownchildren are thrilled with the results. “We’re up here all the timenow,” she says. “Enjoying every minute.” ■


A wide stone patio provides ample space forentertaining. The homeowner personally selectedeach of the boulders surrounding the terrace.

Views of the guesthouse living room (opposite);the entry hall with an antique totem pole, and oilpainting of a native American and the kitchencomplete with reclaimed red barn wood paneling..

Designer Melanie Coddington mixes periodantiques with contemporary upholsteredpieces in the living room.

The dining room walls (opposite page) arewashed in delicate blue and green tones providing a fresh, modern backdrop for thespaces’s formal antiques.

S an Francisco-based interior designer MelanieCoddington’s favorite quote comes from theone and only Coco Chanel. “It’s not the

houses I love, it’s the life I live in them,” said the fashion icon.These words inspire Coddington daily. As a result, her work isvibrant, polished, crisp, and above all, functional. She stresses,“Whether it’s a formal residence for one or a family home forclients with children and dogs, my goal is to design a sophisti-cated space that can be as useful as it is beautiful.”

A Northern California native, Coddington earned univer-sity degrees in sociology and psychology prior to embarking ona corporate career. Over time, she discovered something wasmissing and that her passion ran toward design. She was addictedto shelter magazines and attended every decorator show houseshe could. Design was where her heart was. So in 2001, sheenrolled in interior design courses at UC Berkeley and startedworking in the field. In 2004, she launched her own businessand hasn’t looked back. By 2005, she was selected to design aspace at the prestigious San Francisco Decorator Showcase andawards started to pile up quickly for Coddington—includingbeing named one of the country’s top young designers by HouseBeautiful in 2010.

One of her recent projects includes this delightful 5,000-square-foot 1930’s Mediterranean-style home in Hillsborough.The clients, an active family with three children and several


Laid Back LuxeOne of the country’s top interior designers imbues a Hillsborough residencewith a fresh take on classic themes.

INTERIOR DESIGN BY MELANIE CODDINGTON | DELIA CONSTRUCTION

dogs, enlisted Coddington to reinvigorate the home and createelegant, liveable interiors. “Initially, they asked me to work on justa few things, some carpet and new sconces,” recalls Coddington.“But soon we were working on the hallway and eventually thewhole house.

In the living room, Coddington took her color cues from abeautiful antique Ziegler Mahal Persian rug (circa 1890) that shediscovered at Aga John. She framed the windows with drapescrafted from a sheer scrollwork design by Christopher Hyland.She also recovered the clients’ own sofa in a Hyland chenille ina rich sage. An early 20th-century Jean Michel Frank mahoganyside table from Candace Barnes Antiques in San Francisco andan English William and Mary oyster-veneered chest (circa 1690)work beautifully together. Contemporary accessories, includinga gilded floor lamp, add a punch of modernity.

Coddington, who loves the interplay of the historic and themodern, also added antique Gustavian chairs to a dark woodkitchen table. For a little whimsy, she designed a custom chan-delier complete with a blue and cream floral bird print lining itsshade. The clients already had a fantastic antique rug, table,chairs, and hutch for the dining room, so Coddington helpedsource a Murano glass and polished nickel chandelier and chose

exquisite pale blue and green tones for the plaster walls, instantlyupdating the space.

One of the designer’s favorite rooms in the house is thecharming activity room/study. The entire family enjoys thismulti-functional space. At the center is a Madeline Stuart sofain a bold green chenille by Osborne & Little. Dramatic shadeswrought in a Swedish fabric by Josef Frank cover the windows.Two very different desks allow for multiple people to work andplay at the same time.

Coddington’s love of bold colors is particularly evident in thedaughter’s room. She chose a Tiffany blue for the walls andechoed it in marvelous patterned fabrics and items like a Dor-thy Draper lacquered dresser and lamp by Shine Home.Charming touches like a dress framed in a shadow box and pas-try prints finish the space. For the boy’s room, Coddingtonstuck with a crisp black and white color scheme, and focused oncreating a comfortable spot for homework and daydreaming.

Coddington, who admits to “despising clutter,” made certainto provide streamlined silhouettes in the pieces she chose for thehome. “I think a room should have plenty of breathing space,”she stresses. It’s easy to see that she achieved her goal. Theresulting home is beautifully sophisticated and soothing. ■


Coddington designed the elegant desk with x legs in the activity room to provide amplework space for two.

Crisp clean lines and color schemes areemployed throughtout the home. Picturedhere are the kitchen, the boy’s room, and the vibrantly hued girl’s room.


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