{"id":73497,"date":"2025-11-28T19:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/73497\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T19:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:34:14","slug":"a-san-francisco-glass-box-penthouse-gets-a-colourful-contemporary-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/73497\/","title":{"rendered":"A San Francisco Glass-Box Penthouse Gets a Colourful, Contemporary Revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bHer first task was to completely strip out and open up the interior to reveal that view on all sides, and replace all the windows \u2013 not an easy feat considering the apartment is on the 17th floor \u2013 working with the local firm Black Mountain Construction. She also immediately removed a large faceted cupola above the dining area that she describes as \u201can 80s eyesore,\u201d and replaced it with a modern, clean-lined skylight that aligned with her client\u2019s brief for a crisp, clean interior.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bTodhunter\u2019s challenge was to work within the newly open-plan space and create separate zones for relaxing, eating and entertaining that felt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admiddleeast.com\/story\/cosy-and-colourful-london-home-fahad-hariri-pinto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cosy<\/a> and intimate, despite the fact that the apartment is, essentially, a glass box. \u201cThe client has a partner who loves to play the piano, and two teenage kids,\u201d says Todhunter, \u201cso she wanted \u200b\u200ba comfy, fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admiddleeast.com\/story\/media-room-ideas-modern-prefab-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TV area<\/a> where they could chill out and watch a game, a smart, elegant drawing room, a fabulous dining area, a fun area to play cards \u2013 all within this one vast space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The powder room of a San Francisco penthouse\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Redwood_192.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The powder room, accessible by a jib door, is lined with Gucci heron-print wallpaper.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Lucy Butler Walters<\/p>\n<p>\u200bHer vision for the interior started with the entrance hall, previously a \u201cnasty beige box,\u201d which she redesigned to create a sense of drama from the moment you step into the apartment. The corridor is lined with elegant panelling sourced from F\u00e9au Boiseries in Paris, which neatly conceals a jib door to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.admiddleeast.com\/story\/11-powder-room-ideas-to-wow-your-guests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">powder room<\/a> lined with Gucci heron-print wallpaper, described by Todhunter as \u201ca little pocket of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A black-and-white marble floor with a graphic, rectangular design leads the way down the rest of the corridor, while lanterns from Jamb hang from the ceiling. At the end, the entryway to the apartment strikes a note of contrast and drama, lined in a striped wallpaper by Iksel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u200bHer first task was to completely strip out and open up the interior to reveal that view on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[16602,6813,101,103,102,104,106,105,16603,16604],"class_list":{"0":"post-73497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-home-tours","9":"tag-homes","10":"tag-san-francisco","11":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","12":"tag-san-francisco-news","13":"tag-sf","14":"tag-sf-headlines","15":"tag-sf-news","16":"tag-textabovecenterfullbleed","17":"tag-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73497","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=73497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}