{"id":345549,"date":"2026-06-03T22:49:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/345549\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:49:35","slug":"the-crown-molding-of-this-historic-san-francisco-home-is-the-literal-icing-on-the-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/345549\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crown Molding of This Historic San Francisco Home Is the Literal Icing on the Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe\u2019d been renting for 10 years and were specifically looking for a place that still had history and soul,\u201d says Smiley, who along with her husband is just the third owner of the residence. \u201cWhen we walked into this house, we knew right away it was special. Contractors<\/a> later told us, \u2018If you don\u2019t have stuff like this already in your house, you\u2019re not going to get anything like it.\u2019 It\u2019s too cost-prohibitive these days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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1930s French Art Deco chairs from Chairish<\/a> surround the homeowners\u2019 existing midcentury dining table, all atop a vintage area rug sourced from Etsy<\/a>. \u201cWe told Leah from the beginning that we\u2019re big Art Deco fans,\u201d says Smiley. A 1980s chrome Gino Sarfatti chandelier from 1stDibs<\/a> draws the eye. The Flamenco artwork is a nod to Smiley\u2019s love for music and dance.<\/p>\n

By \u201cstuff like this,\u201d the contractors surely meant original details like arched windows and doorways, a barrel-vaulted living room ceiling, inlaid wood flooring, Italian-style columns, and sculptural trim work.<\/p>\n

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The octagonal Tabarka<\/a> tile in the breakfast nook carries into the kitchen, where Ring made updates like installing a Rejuvenation<\/a> antique brass pendant, painting the cabinets Benjamin Moore Grape Juice<\/a>, replacing the countertops with IRG Black Mist granite<\/a>, and sourcing brass fixtures. \u201cThe floors in this house aren\u2019t completely flat, which makes the tile look like it\u2019s been there forever,\u201d says Smiley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019d been renting for 10 years and were specifically looking for a place that still had history and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2062,2060,101,103,102,104,106,105,2061],"class_list":["post-345549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-domestic-home-tour","tag-home-tour","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-web-exclusive-home-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}