Idlewild

Enfolded in rustic grounds, the Idlewild casts a dreamy chiaroscuro, bringing depth to the past and light to the present.

A vintage Paolo Venini chandelier shimmers, as ambient light casts over a custom Chroma handcrafted railing, with views to a larky Timorous Beasties wall covering and Sara VanDerBeek abstraction, courtesy Altman Siegel Gallery.

Location

HillsboroughCA

Year

2018

Area

3500 ft² / 325 m²

Collaborators

Shade Degges Photography

A contemporary home in Hillsborough, California, with an old soul, the Idlewild honors its turn-of-the-century architecture with a new mien. Lilting and whimsical, it delights in the details.

Rich browns, verdant greens, and sweet creams are piqued by amber, poppy, indigo, and pink. Decorative Arts and Crafts textiles ornament linens and wools and court recherché collectibles, candelabras, and art tended by picturesque glazing and pastoral redwood paneling, both original and revived. Romantic, enchanting, sincere, the Idlewild woos: a fairytale for a modern family.

A radiant spell in the serene pastoral estate.

An iridescent Murano glass light fixture glistens above restored brick and redwood paneling.

A pensive pause at an Aaron Poritz desk with a daydreamlike view.

A c. 1950s Severin Hansen floor lamp alights plush vintage Vladimir Kagan chairs and a custom Chroma ottoman.

Crowned with handcrafted Allied Maker sconces, Chroma nightstands with ornately sculptural Lisa Eisner for Commune Nugget hardware lie astride a custom, stately four-poster bed. Delicately embroidered curtains lend the room a finely layered feel.

A rare vintage c. 1960s Murano glass Paolo Venini sconce gleams against Bardiglio marble.

Dolomite marble envelops the understated elegance of the tub’s serene elliptical form.

A William Morris textile and custom Chroma nightstands in walnut warm the distilled industriousness of Workstead sconces, contemporized with the lucid palette of works by Ken Price and Sandy Kim.

A vintage c. 1930s Murano glass Barovier & Toso art deco pendant lamp romances clean lines and natural materials against picturesque original windows from the early 1900s.

A quaint corner detail in the Idlewild.

Perforated metal sconces by Rich Brilliant Willing tender an enchanting tableaux with a custom Chroma vanity, mirror, and cabinet.

Lacquered nightstands set with contemporary light fixtures playfully array a secret garden-esque Svenskt Tenn linen textile half-moon over Liberty of London bedding, dappled with mirrored textile window treatments.

Fantastical contemporary pieces fillip neutrals and natural woods with a dalliance of rollicking color.

Evoking the luminous air of a Markus Amm painting, sherbert walls imbue a utilitarian space with misty-eyed wonder.

Poppy and gold hues flutter in the fore of an Osborne & Little wall covering in chimerical chartreuse, glossed by the charm of a cane desk chair by Josef Hoffmann for Thonet.

The turn-of-the-century architecture revels in the beauty of natural materials and forms, marveling at the timelessness of human craft.

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