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ESCHEWING EXPECTATION, APPLEGATE TRAN BOLDLY PERSONALIZES A RESIDENCE FOR LUXE LIVING BY JANE DAGMI PH OTOGRAP HY BY C HR I STOP HER STA R K
When their clients bought this newly constructed Pacific Heights four-level five-bedroom house, all parties thought the project would strictly entail decorating … albeit lots of it. Feeling their way around the dwelling, however, it became clear that to truly make the home theirs, they would need to do some remodeling as well as update some of the finishes — to replace the overused and trendy espresso-builder-brown of the day. The project lasted a year and a half. 42
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D E S I G N E R S T O D AY
Vernon Applegate and Gioi Tran, principals of Applegate Tran Interiors, had worked with the woman previously. “We know her personality, where she travels, how she entertains,” Tran says, noting that he led that first project, and Applegate would spearhead the second. Tran, who considers himself more streamlined and risk-averse than Applegate, says his partner was the better fit – his intuitive approach to making bold statements with materials was more simpatico with her taste for glamour, shiny things and butterflies.
