Mick and Bianca Rule at the San Francisco Decorator's Showcase - Remodelista
There’s never any shortage of glamor at San Francisco’s annual Decorator’s Showcase... ...but this year we were particularly taken with designer Catherine Kwong’s rock-and-roll-meets-the-jet-set theme in the living room of an 1899 Pacific Height’s Georgian mansion. Kwong was inspired by Mick and Bianca (Jagger, that is), specifically from their early Saint Tropez cruising days, with Bianca in a white pants suit and Mick swathed in silk scarves. Photography by David Duncan Livingston except where noted. Kwong kept the original ceilings with gilded detail, a counterpoint to the white and midnight blue hand-painted floor. Photograph by Bess Friday. Installed on either side of the mantlepiece are circa 1970s Mario Yagi/Sirrah, Garbo lighting with long fringe shades. The large vintage wood desk from Coup d’Etat is painted black with white pinstriping. Photograph by Bess Friday. Above A: a detail of the floor. The floor was painted in layers of midnight blue by SF-based Stancil Studios. Oversized brushes (the size of brooms) were used to create the dramatic Cy Twombly-inspired white strokes of paint across the floor. The curved-back sofa is upholstered in a silk wool fabric with a large black and white photograph by Henry Leutwyler above.