San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2024 living room with arched built in bookshelves styled with books and sculpture, modern corner sofa with bold pillows, artful lamp table, and a pink cutout rug inspired by Peggy Guggenheim and her art collection.

San Francisco Decorator’s Showcase

San Francisco

2024

A fearless collector’s inner sanctum, where modernist elegance meets playful antiques and a milky, textured palette. Inspired by Peggy Guggenheim’s bold spirit, the space is designed to live with art, not just display it. A zesty gallery-like main room is balanced by an intimate meditation space for quiet restoration.

Bookshelf styling with stacked art books, white abstract sculptures, a colorful framed artwork, and a black lamp, beside an armchair with a bold red and black patterned pillow in the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2024 room.
Sabra Ballon sits on a modern beige armchair in a pink walled San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2024 room, styled with a patterned rug and contemporary art, reflecting ballonSTUDIO’s luxury interior design aesthetic.

Designed as a fully immersive interior, the room balances modernist clarity with the warmth of antiques and patina. Textured plaster walls bring depth and craftsmanship, creating a luminous backdrop that supports both bold works and quieter pieces. The palette stays intentionally restrained, allowing shape, material, and composition to do the heavy lifting.

Built in bookshelf styled with sculptural objects and a framed photograph, set against warm beige walls and wood floors, reflecting ballonSTUDIO’s calm luxury interior design sensibility in San Francisco.
Colorful framed artwork in the style of Pablo Picasso showing abstract faces and a hand, displayed among stacked books on a built in shelf in the 2024 San Francisco Decorator Showcase library.

Art placement guided the architecture of the room. Sightlines, negative space, and lighting were calibrated to give each work breathing room, while still allowing the collection to feel lived with rather than staged. Furnishings and objects were selected for contrast and character, creating a layered mix of clean modern forms and timeless details.

The primary room functions as a gallery for daily life, designed for gathering, conversation, and looking closely. Just beyond, a meditation space shifts the energy toward softness and stillness, offering a private retreat with a calmer palette and fewer visual demands. Together, the two spaces create an interior rhythm that supports both outward expression and inward restoration.

San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2024 living room with a blue sofa, patterned stools, and colorful art, styled with books on built in shelves and leafy plants for an art forward, collected interior.

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