ballonSTUDIO Featured in Architectural Digest's 2024 San Francisco Decorator Showcase
In the Press | Architectural Digest | April 26, 2024
San Francisco luxury interior design firm ballonSTUDIO, led by founder and principal designer Sabra Ballon, was featured in Architectural Digest in the article “San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2024: See Every Room Inside of the Gilded Age Estate,” written by David Nash.
The feature showcases the work of 28 leading West Coast interior and landscape design firms selected to transform a historic 1899 Dutch Colonial Revival mansion on Billionaire's Row in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood.
For the 2024 San Francisco Decorator Showcase, ballonSTUDIO designed “Peggy's Art Atelier,” an art-inspired living room influenced by the bold spirit of renowned art collector Peggy Guggenheim.
The interior combines modernist furniture, playful antiques, textured plaster walls, and a restrained palette to create an inviting space for art, conversation, and everyday living. Carefully considered lighting, architectural details, and furniture placement allow the artwork to take center stage while maintaining the warmth and personality of a residential interior.
An adjoining meditation space introduces a quieter atmosphere, creating a balance between creative expression and personal restoration.
Photographed by Christopher Stark, Peggy's Art Atelier demonstrates ballonSTUDIO's expertise in art-focused luxury residential interiors, thoughtful material selection, and the integration of contemporary design within historic San Francisco architecture.
The project reflects the studio's distinctive approach to interior design: creating sophisticated, highly personal environments where art, architecture, craftsmanship, and everyday living come together.
Read the full feature in Architectural Digest
Explore ballonSTUDIO's 2024 San Francisco Decorator Showcase Project
About ballonSTUDIO
Founded in 2003 by Sabra Ballon, ballonSTUDIO is a San Francisco luxury interior design firm specializing in high-end residential design, interior architecture, renovations, new construction, and boutique commercial and hospitality spaces. Known for its earthy modernism, fine art integration, and architecture-led approach, the studio creates timeless, highly personalized interiors for private homeowners, families, and estate clients. Serving San Francisco, Marin County, Palo Alto, Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Lucia Preserve, Carmel and Lake Tahoe, ballonSTUDIO combines more than 20 years of design expertise with discreet, highly collaborative, full-service project management from concept through installation.
