San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2014

San Francisco based globetrotter interior designer Jonathan Rachman, of Jonathan Rachman Design, is pleased to be participating in his second San Francisco Decorator Showcase. Inspired by the fashion icon Kate Moss, the usher of heroin chic style and the unforgettable song, Royals, from singer-songwriter Lordes album entitled Pure Heroine, Jonathan Rachman presents a collision of fashion and music in High Style Luxury.

A single slivered artwork interspersed with champagne/smoke mirrors, by Caroline Lizarraga, embellishes the walls dressed in elegant wallpaper by Holland & Sherry, and transforms the traditional space into a grand entry hall of hushed luxury and high fashion. A stunning chandelier by Ironies commands attention in the center of the room, while furniture, art and accessories from the Jonathan Rachman Collection lend themselves for further visual interest. While Kate Moss is known for her heroin chic style, this space glorifies the chic heroine.

The 2014 San Francisco Decorator Showcase is open from April 26 through May 26, 2014 at 3660 Jackson Street in San Francisco. The house is open Tuesdays through Sundays and Monday, Memorial Day. The hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10:00a.m. 3:00 p.m. (last entry), Friday: 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. (last entry), Sunday and Memorial Day: 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. (last entry), CLOSED MONDAY (except Memorial Day).

Tickets are $35 for general admission, seniors $30. More information on this annual charitable event benefitting the University High School scholarship fund, can be found at decoratorshowcase.org.

About Jonathan Rachman:

Born in Sumantra, lived in Paris and educated in Switzerland and the United States, Rachman brings an international story to his firm. His interiors reflect a thoughtfully elegant global style. Besides being the Principal of Jonathan Rachman Design, he is the Editor in Chief of Di Sini Di Sana, a luxury lifestyle publication.

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(PRWEB) April 23, 2014

San Francisco-based interior designer Lisa Bakamis, of Lisa Bakamis Interior Design Inc., is thrilled to be participating in the 2014 San Francisco Decorator Showcase. Lisa Bakamis has transformed an uninspired bathroom into a teenage girls dream retreat. After a long day of school, followed by soccer practice and homework, this room is her sanctuary. It is a place where she can finally relax with a bubble bath, a great book, and catch up on the latest drama with her girlfriends.

The Soaking Lounge features flooring and wall tile from Ann Sacks, boasting sophistication while vibrant colored wallpaper from Osborne and Little imbues the space with a certain element of spontaneity.

The 2014 San Francisco Decorator Showcase is open from April 26 through May 26, 2014 at 3660 Jackson Street in San Francisco. The house is open Tuesdays through Sundays and Monday, Memorial Day. The hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10:00a.m. 3:00 p.m. (last entry), Friday: 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. (last entry), Sunday and Memorial Day: 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. (last entry), CLOSED MONDAY (except Memorial Day).

Tickets are $35 for general admission, seniors $30. More information on this annual charitable event benefitting the University High School scholarship fund, can be found at decoratorshowcase.org.

About Lisa Bakamis: Lisa Bakamis Interior Design, Inc. is a Marin based interior design firm, specializing in residential and commercial interiors.

Lisa Bakamis specializes in the eclectic and cohesive blend of style, spontaneity, elegance and function. For each client, home should be a harmonious reflection of these elements- with collections of personal experiences, emphasized by a fresh, stylized aesthetic. Lisa believes a home should be a place that captures the life in each individual, while evoking a sense of replenished comfort.

Her aesthetic focuses on an eclectic blend of modern, industrial and rustic elements that are balanced with vintage and feminine accents. She has an obsession for pattern and color, which is often seen through bold fabric and wallpaper selections in many of her designs. She loves unexpected vintage light fixtures, furniture frames, and accessories, paired with and overall industrial modern, tailored dcor. Lisa is driven by her passion for creating environments that reflect a distinct eye for blending color, pattern, and texture, counterbalanced by great scale and an element of surprise.

Lisa has worked with a variety of clients, with a variety of styles throughout the bay area. She works frequently with families and young working professionals. She has also made her mark designing business interiors for a few young social networking start-ups in San Francisco. Although, she does not really like to pin point a client groupshe appreciates all types of design, and always welcomes new opportunities.

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There will be lots of spectacular views awaiting visitors at this year's Decorator's Show House, an event that benefits the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's educational programs.

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The show kicks off this weekend at the penthouse at Silo Point. Several design spaces are spread out over two floors in the nearly 5,000-square foot condo space.

"We chose the site in October, and then we brought the designers in in November and December to look at the spaces and decide what they wanted to propose," said Decorator's Show House chairwoman Susan Taylor.

Nearly 20 designers made the cut, like Sheryl McLean, who wanted to make a big impact in a small space.

"My space is called the traveler's loft, and my theme is all about travels. I imagine a client coming in and sitting down and looking at the wall of past travels and then looking out at this view and imagining all the places they could go," McLean said.

All throughout the condo are floor-to-ceiling windows offering panoramic views of the Inner Harbor. It offers beautiful natural lighting that presented a unique challenge for the designers.

"Windows, for most people, are views. But for the designer, it's, 'How do we control that light?'" said interior designer Brad Weesner.

The Decorator's Show House is the biggest fundraiser for the BSO. Over the next three weeks, organizers hope that 10,000-15,000 people will come through to check it out. Mostly everything at the show house is for sale, with the proceeds going to the BSO.

"We support all of the educational programs with the symphony, so that would be Orchkids, the BSO's youth orchestras, and the mid-week concerts -- we actually usher at those concerts -- so it's a big endeavor," Taylor said.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2014

San Francisco-based interior designer Antonio Martins, of Antonio Martins Interior Design, is pleased to be participating in his second San Francisco Decorator Showcase. Antonio Martins has turned an unimaginative master bedroom into a captivating space that takes a modern approach on historical elements.

Staying true to honoring heritage, an antique Portuguese Bilros bed, carefully preserved by Antonios family since the 18th century, commands attention and is the primary inspiration for the space. Made of Pau-Santo, an exotic rosewood, the design of the bed adheres to the strict guidelines of the period. I have always loved this bed, which incorporates our family crest, and the Showcase was the perfect excuse to bring it to San Francisco, says Antonio Martins.

As a celebration of Portuguese culture, the walls are covered by blue and white tiles (Portuguese Azulejos), faithful copies of 18th century patterns and designs. Offering a 21st century twist on traditional form and pattern, Antonio has expanded the tile size and shuffled the images to become a modern piece of art. I love the use of traditional designs and techniques in a whole new way.

A total of 243 oversized tiles were hand-painted by master decorative painters Linda Horning and Katherine Jacobus, working together for the first time on this incredible task.

The 2014 San Francisco Decorator Showcase is open from April 26 through May 26, 2014 at 3660 Jackson Street in San Francisco. The house is open Tuesdays through Sundays and Monday, Memorial Day. The hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10:00a.m. 3:00 p.m. (last entry), Friday: 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. (last entry), Sunday and Memorial Day: 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. (last entry), CLOSED MONDAY (except Memorial Day).

Tickets are $35 for general admission, seniors $30. More information on this annual charitable event benefitting the University High School scholarship fund, can be found at decoratorshowcase.org.

About Antonio Martins:

Antonio Martins studied hotel management in Switzerland, and worked for 11 years building a successful hotel career in Asia. From Hotel operations to Hotel design, he puts his marks in some of the finest venues in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Argentina and most recently Chicago.

His residential career began in San Francisco, while obtaining a Masters of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and Design. An artist at heart, Antonio brings an eclectic approach to interior design, with an interesting mix of antiques, modern artwork and contemporary furniture.

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When it comes to decorating your home, the choices are many.

From flea markets to furniture stores, from Costco to custom manufacturers, sources abound for furniture and accessories that can add function and style to rooms.

But with so many price points to choose from, how do we know where to spend and where to splurge?

Many turn to Lauri Ward for guidance.

Ward is the mother of interior redesign, the concept of decorating by rearranging and reusing things you already own. She's president of Use What You Have Interiors, a design firm in New York and Florida, and the founder with her husband of the Interior Redecorators Network (www.interiorredecorators.com), an organization of decorators who are trained and certified in her methods. She's also written four books on interior redesign, including "Use What You Have Decorating and Downsizing Your Home With Style."

As the nature of her work implies, Ward doesn't advocate spending with abandon. Many times, you can find what you need just by "shopping" your own home, she said. It just requires developing an ability to look at your possessions with new eyes and see their potential.

But sometimes, she said, paying more for good-quality pieces is a smart investment that saves money in the long run.

"If you get good basics and classic pieces ... they will just always hold on," she said.

Ward said she would put money into a good-quality seating in clean-lined, classic styles and solid colors no exaggerated rolled arms, no plaids or prints that won't stand the test of time. You can always update sofas and chairs with inexpensive throw pillows that can be replaced or recovered whenever your tastes change.

Ward believes armless chairs are smart for the living and dining rooms, especially in smaller spaces. At the dinner table, armless dining chairs let you fit two people at each end of the table on holiday dinners, she noted. In the living room, armless upholstered chairs take up less space than bigger chairs with arms, and you can get into them from three sides, not just one.

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Mr. Buatta shows off one of his interiors. (Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration/Rizzoli)

I like a place that looks lived inmagazines and books everywhere, pleasing decay, declares celebrated interior decorator Mario Buatta. Im kind of a hoarder. I love to have objects around me.

A champion of clutter, Mr. Buatta has spent his life gleefully rebelling against the aesthetic impulses that led to the fanatically clean house with all-white, modern interiors where he grew up on Staten Island.

Manor House Master Bedroom, Morristown, NJ. (Ernst Beadle)

Known as the prince of chintz for his devotion to that most cluttered of prints, Mr. Buatta built his 50-plus-year career on English country-style interiors that delight in old-fashioned abundance: cabbage rose-covered couches and canopy beds, paintings hung by sashes and bows, chinoiserie, big vases of flowers, brightly colored walls, bibelots and books. His rooms are vibrant, colorful and specific, a rejection of the tasteful dreariness of gray, white and beige interiors found in so many homes. The aesthetic appeals to both old money and new money that wants to look oldhe counts Barbara Walters, Jackie Onassis, Henry Kissinger and Mariah Carey among his clients.

The Observer recently spoke with Mr. Buatta, who last fall celebrated the publication of his first book, Mario Buatta, Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration, a 432-page overview of his work that he playfully dubs the Buattapedia. Alas, he declined to be interviewed in his apartment on East 80th Street. My apartment looks like a wreck! he exclaimed, citing clutter and dust that were excessive even for his tastes.

What are the first things you take into consideration when you start decorating a house for a client? You have to create a background for them, a stage for them to play out their lives. It should be a place that will flatter them. You want to make your rooms happy, and its good to have night colors and day colors. I could never live in an all-white house, because I was born in an all-white house.

What was the house you grew up in like? Very modern. My mother was a neurotic, and she hated dustI think of dust as a protective coating for my furniture! If you lit a cigarette, shed start cleaning out the already-clean ashtrays. She would vacuum herself out of the house. My father, who was a musician, would often come home late, and she could tell whether he was there or not by the footprints in the carpet.

You wont ever find too much white in a Buatta design. (Scott Frances/Architectural Digest Conde Nast Publications)

How did you develop such a different aesthetic? My aunt Maryher house was all English chintz, Duncan Fyfe, Chippendale-style furniture, chinoiserie. By age 11, I had bought my first antique, an English, 18th-century lap desk with a wood inlay and painting on the front. It was $12, and I bought it on the 50-cent-a-week layaway plan. I was not allowed to bring it into the house, because it was secondhand. I had to put it in the garage and spray it for three days. But by the time I moved out, I had my bedroom, the garage and the attic all filled up. I was always a collector.

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