A Pair of Filmmakers Give Their San Francisco Edwardian a Sensuous Edit
Returning to the Presidio after two decades in New York, an auteur couple and their young daughters work with Geremia Design to create an evocative home.
Returning to the Presidio after two decades in New York, an auteur couple and their young daughters work with Geremia Design to create an evocative home.
The owners of this voluptuously renovated 1907 Edwardian in San Francisco weren’t sure they would ever move back to California. Both filmmakers hailing from the Golden State, they’d spent two decades in New York City and felt profoundly rooted there, but preparations for the elder of their two daughters to enter kindergarten prompted a reassessment. Ultimately, they decided that they wanted their kids to be around extended family—and to experience the joys of a California childhood—so when a friend offered to let them rent his home during a temporary relocation, they seized the opportunity.
Before: The original living room featured a travertine fireplace that recalled the ’80s, so Lauren Geremia and Stephanie Willemsen of Geremia Design surrounded it with the homeowners’ vinyl collection.
Courtesy of Geremia Design
A custom metal surround now frames the travertine fireplace, which is flanked by burl wood cabinetry with solid brass pulls designed by Geremia and O&G Studio. Hanging on top is a 1950s vintage Italian mirror. A resin Candy Cube by Sabine Marcelis picks up the color story, and is joined by leather bucket chairs by Reummler.
Photo by Aaron Leitz
"There is this golden hour in the early evening when the sun hits the big, old windows in the living room, and that wavy texture of real poured glass casts dramatic, dappled shadows across the burl wood cabinets," says Willemsen. "That layered combination of texture and warmth turned out to be my favorite moment."
Photo by Aaron Leitz
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