Our Houses
Julie’s House
Mill Valley, California
Where I live in Mill Valley with one husband, two children, and one cat, after one harrowing remodel. Architect: Jerome Buttrick of Buttrick Wong Architects:
Living room resources: couch from Catherine Memmi (www.catherinememmi.com), bought off the floor of Bee Market in SF for half the original price; chair from Butterfields West auction house in SF, covered in white duck; cofffee tables from Peter Sandback (www.petersandback.com); small couch from Ikea; glass lamp from Urban Outfitters (similar from www.ochre.net); Noguchi Akari lamp from www.moma.org;
Vintage Bauer bowls (go to www.bauerpottery.com for reproductions) ; cabinet pulls from Sugatsune; temperamental espresso maker from La Pavoni; Tango Atlas mini spotlight from www.tangolighting.com.
Thonet chairs from ebay; large painting by Robert Du Toit; small painting by Arthur Cohen; Eames rocker from www.modernica.com; round cast concrete table from www.petersandback.com
Les Indiennes pillow covers from www.lesindiennes.com
Francesca’s House
Brooklyn Heights, NY
The overhauled brownstone where I live in Brooklyn Heights with one husband and three children. Architect: Steven Harris at stevenharrisarchitects.com
Below: Custom sofa through Interiors by George and Martha (718-789-3190); small 1940s club chairs from 1stdibs.com; Moon Table with mercury glass top and steel base by Ochre at ochre.net; Eames aluminum office chair from DWR; pair of glass chandeliers from Vince Mulford (vmulford.com) in Hudson, NY; Hollywood Regency Lucite lamps, try eBay or 1stdibs.com:
Below left: Below: Dining table made from two vintage Eames bases with a custom top by engberg design; sideboards designed by architect Steven Harris, and Eames molded plastic side chairs from DWR. Below right: Range from Viking, refrigerator from Sub Zero, Carrara marble countertops, Corian cabinetry.
Below: Couch by B & B Italia; lighting by David Weeks; Robsjohn-Gibbings amoeba table; swivel club chair try 1stdibs:
Below left: Below left: Mirror Image Sofa; $2900 at Lost City Arts; light by David Weeks. Below right: Bestlite bl5 wall lamp by Robert Best; $499 at unicahome.com:
Below left: Wohlert opal glass dome pendant: $550 at pluglighting.com. Below right: David Trubridge’s Coral Lamp, $499 at nova68.com:
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Below: Carpet from Saxony Carpet; go to saxcarpet.com. Tufty-time modular sofa from B&B Italia; go to bebitalia.it. Muji shelves, $29 and up; go to momastore.org. Canvas dot print toy bin; $275 from hableconstruction.com. Lime-green Fatboy beanbag chair; $229 at moddecor.com
