Articles

  • 1 week ago | spacesmag.com | Lotus Abrams

    After renting in Mill Valley and San Rafael for more than 15 years and designing homes for countless clients, interior designer Kress Jack finally got the chance to remodel her own home when a fixer-upper in Mill Valley hit the market two years ago. “It was definitely a funky house, especially on the outside, but I was excited,” she recalls.

  • 3 weeks ago | marinmagazine.com | Lotus Abrams

    These days, suburban home design tends to prioritize privacy and single-function spaces. A Mill Valley residence recently remodeled for a family of six with deep roots in Marin, however, turns the typical model on its ear, guided by the homeowners’ open-door approach to socializing and casual everyday lifestyle.

  • 3 weeks ago | spacesmag.com | Lotus Abrams

    In a San Anselmo home remodeled for two real estate developers relocating from Southern California with their children, eclectic elements are paired with intention and artistry: vintage and new, rustic and industrial, playful and serene, and light and dark.

  • 1 month ago | marinmagazine.com | Lotus Abrams

    How do you modernize a 1970s-era, split-level home situated on a steep hillside with a chopped-up layout to capitalize on the views while maintaining warmth and intimacy? That was the challenge facing architect Keith Kirley and interior designer Heather Kendall Bernstein when they took on a renovation project in Kentfield for a couple with teenage children.

  • 1 month ago | localgetaways.com | Lotus Abrams

    The wildfires that struck Los Angeles earlier this year have taken a toll on businesses, from retail shops to restaurants — which were already suffering from the lingering effects of the pandemic, as well as inflation. Antonia Lofaso, a celebrated chef, TV personality, cookbook author and owner of three restaurants in Los Angeles has witnessed the effects on the industry first-hand.

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