The base of the bed is wrapped in black patent leather. The dove-gray master bedroom is anchored by a chainsaw-carved redwood headboard designed by de Lisle and fabricated by Rick Yoshimoto. The guest bedroom features an Andy Coolquitt light fixture and Mark Hagen painting, flanking a Legnoletto bed by Alias. Surrounding a streamlined Legnoletto bed by Alias are an Andy Coolquitt light fixture, a 1960s bamboo rocking chair, a Ry Rocklen table composed of trophy parts and a Mark Hagen painting made of white house paint and burlap. “I wanted to make this room more fun and not have it be so serious,” he notes.
Take the guest room, where de Lisle advocated for a shade reminiscent of pistachio ice cream, which took some convincing. Now most are white, with a few exhibiting more dramatic color choices. The walls throughout were previously “different neutral beiges that we eradicated,” says de Lisle. To: In a corner to the right of the fireplace, the clients cut into the Sheetrock toĪccommodate a sculpture by Jedediah Caesar. Side table)-may be changed out at some point, one in particular is unlikely Hoeber painting (above the mantel) and a ceramic by Roger Herman (on the Smith (installed on the ceiling), a Julian Table lamp, part of his line with Phoenix Day. The polished metal from the dining room is carried over into the living room in the frame of the Milo lounge chairs from Lawson-Fenning and de Lisle’s own Sophie A coffee table that belonged to the grandmother of one of the clients was revamped with a black flamed granite top. De Lisle reupholstered the existing sofa in gray velvet. The living room has benefited from some key refreshes. “I like combining that with the beautiful wool rug and the fancier things, like the artwork.” Atop the dining room’s Maarten Van Severen-designed cabinet sits an aluminum-plated Ry Rocklen sculpture made from a smashed cardboard coffee tray. “It’s like something you’d find in an old gallery in SoHo,” he says. The draperies, which can also be found in the adjacent living room, are fashioned from an inexpensive cotton duck. In the dining room, for instance, a vintage Kast modular cabinet by Maarten Van Severen for Vitra, Camembert chairs by HOWE and a pair of Robert Haussmann polished aluminum ceiling lights dating back to the 1970s share space with a Tony Feher sculpture comprised of bottles filled with oil and a mobile by Kate Shepherd, both from Anthony Meier Fine Arts. So we looked for pieces that were more sophisticated in provenance, that made more sense with the idea of them being collectors.” “They started collecting art in a different way and wanted the furniture to fit with what they were doing. “They had it furnished for years and then decided it wasn’t quite working,” he explains. Along the way, the couple enlisted designer Charles de Lisle to reimagine their San Francisco townhouse, located in the Laurel Heights neighborhood. Photography by Matthew Millman.ĬONSIDER this a work in progress-a home whose interiors continue to evolve as its occupants rotate and add to their art collection. Charles de Lisle curates a home for avid collectors The living room’s white- and-gray palette serves as a neutral backdrop for the homeowners’ art, including a Julian Hoeber painting above the fireplace (the artist made the frame).
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