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SF Decorator Showcase House + Dina Bandman Interiors

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Arana is proud to have participated in the creation of this gorgeous room design by Dina Bandman Interiors for SF Decorator Showcase 2023.

San Francisco Decorator Showcase is an annual fundraising event that is also an incredible opportunity for brilliant interior designers to show off their talents. Designs are submitted in a juried competition and then the entire house is transformed by the winners in a period of four short months. When Dina Bandman Goldstone needed a painter to handle the high gloss ceiling and pristine white trim she envisioned, as well as to do the prep work and applying primer for hanging that exquisite hand-painted silk wall covering, she called us.

Learn more about her journey to creating this room in this article in the Nob Hill Gazette: Two Designers on What It Takes to Create Rooms for the 2023 San Francisco Decorator Showcase

Read short descriptions and view photos of rooms throughout the house in this article from Architectural Digest: San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2023: Step Inside the Newly Reimagined Spanish-Style Abode

Contact the wonderfully talented Bay Area Decorative Painter responsible for the incredible floor “tile” design in this room: Charles Leonard Decorative Finishes

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Happy Valley Road, Lafayette + LMB Interiors + McCutcheon Construction

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There are so many gorgeous spaces in this whole-house remodel that we participated in creating. The kitchen is a particular favorite for us in this portfolio. We love the use of the interior siding, which reminds us of 1920s farmhouses, and sojourns at Indian Springs Resort in Calistoga. We used a hand-brushed technique on the wood, completing the artisanal look.

Design by LMB Interiors. Construction by McCutcheon Construction.

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San Rafael Eichler + LMB Interiors

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The right wallcovering adds color, texture, nuance… especially in this case. Pause on the close-ups to feel these walls — accent walls in the living room and bedroom that compliment the gorgeous textures of the soft goods and furnishings; all specified by the designer, LMB Interiors.

LMBI personalized this iconic Marin County Eichler home in a way that both completely compliments the homeowner’s personal taste, and harmonizes with the classic Eichler details and aesthetic.

Read more about this project on LMB Interiors’ website: Global-Chic Modern Eichler

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Blair Avenue, Piedmont + McCutcheon Construction

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This extraordinary full house remodeling project won a LEED Platinum award for its thorough application of green/eco-conscious materials and processes. As part of a team spearheaded by McCutcheon Construction, Arana was brought in to contribute our wood stain expertise. We applied clear water based stain to the exterior cedar siding and a cream-color, semi-solid, water-based stain to the interior poplar wood paneling.

The interiors provided a particular challenge because the new construction required brand new wood paneling that needed to match the original-build paneling that was being retained. The result is a seamless, uninterrupted experience as if there was never a before-and-after in this iconic mid-century-modern home.

For more details about the epic and thorough revisioning of this Piedmont abode, follow this link to read the text of an article about the project, in Dwell.

And learn more about how the eco-friendly choices made at the time did or did not hold up, 10 years later, in this article we wrote for Oakland Magazine.

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Rose Lane, Lafayette, Ranch Home Remodel + LMB Interiors

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A whole-house remodel, this 5000 square-foot Ranch-style home in Lafayette was taken down to the studs and fully reimagined by interior design firm LMB Interiors and architect Debbi Petersen, with construction by Mascheroni.

LMB Interiors brought us in from the very beginning of the project to help ensure that every color and texture was perfectly aligned with the design vision, inside and out.

Video fly-through:

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66th Street, Oakland + Cass Morris Color and Design (Before, During & After)

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With this recent exterior paint job, performed by Arana Craftsman Painters, this lovely Oakland home went from white-and-brown to shades of blue with hints of green, and gray trim. The color palette was selected by our dear colleague (whose services are included in our whole-house-exterior-paint contracts) Cass Morris.

In this portfolio, you may notice that we have peppered in a few before-and-during the painting process images to give you an insider view on the transformation!

Read more and find out exactly which Benjamin Moore colors Cass chose, here: Rhapsody in Blue-Green from Arana’s Portfolio

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San Rafael Eichler + LMB Interiors

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The right wallcovering adds color, texture, nuance… especially in this case. Pause on the close-ups to feel these walls — accent walls in the living room and bedroom that compliment the gorgeous textures of the soft goods and furnishings; all specified by the designer, LMB Interiors.

LMBI personalized this iconic Marin County Eichler home in a way that both completely compliments the homeowner’s personal taste, and harmonizes with the classic Eichler details and aesthetic.

Read more about this project on LMB Interiors’ website: Global-Chic Modern Eichler

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Oakland Home, Garden Colors – Before, During, and After

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A sweet corner Craftsman in Oakland gets a loving restoration by our craftspeople! What was once a dull beige (click through to second-to-last image of former barely-there colors via Google Maps), now sings in harmonious shades of green and violet, inspired by the bee-friendly California native plants in the surrounding gardens and the color of the sky at dusk. Beautifying and protecting the stucco and original details like the wood windows is one of our favorite things to do!

For this portfolio, we included photos of the garden and shots of the color tests, which show how this house painting project could have gone a few different directions, but all would have stayed within the palette of the flora.