Before & After: Raw and Refined Materials Bring Harmony to a Jumbled California Home

Colossus Mfg. revives the living areas and backyard of a Sacramento residence with contrasting colors and materials.

Apr 8, 2022 - 20:34

Before & After: Raw and Refined Materials Bring Harmony to a Jumbled California Home

Colossus Mfg. revives the living areas and backyard of a Sacramento residence with contrasting colors and materials.

The island helps to define and separate the open-plan kitchen, dining, and living areas.

When designers Christina Valencia and Kele Dobrinski of Colossus Mfg. first toured Dea and Sean Gallinger’s 1950s ranch home in Sacramento, California, they were awestruck by the number of unfinished DIY projects throughout the interior rooms and the outdoor spaces. "They’d started each one with gusto, but then decision paralysis—and life with two young children—set in," Valencia says.

Colossus Mfg. outfitted the dining area with a round table from Burke Decor and leather-upholstered side chairs by Staffan Holm for Hem.
Photo by Kele Dobrinski/Colossus Mfg.

"Some of the walls were opened up, exposing wiring, and parts of the ceiling were unfinished and covered in plastic," Dobrinski adds. "There was also different flooring in different places—it looked like a compilation of various construction projects that’d been started over time."