Sacramento Home Magazine Fall 2020

Fall 2020

Settling

Fall

Into

The best ways to nest

Fall 2020

Settling

Fall

Into

The best ways to nest

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WHEN THOMAS CANNELL was furloughed from his job as a chef last spring, he turned to woodworking.

“I’ve been doing carpentry since I was a kid,” says Thomas, who apprenticed with cabinetmakers in his native United Kingdom as a young man before working in kitchens. What began as a hobby making cutting boards for friends and family turned into a bona fide business, Block and Bowl, selling goods on Etsy to delighted customers across the country. Wife Rosemarie, a pharmacist by day, works behind

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Crafted in his Land Park workshop from a variety of woods (maple, walnut, cherry), his products, which also include rolling pins, serving boards, egg holders and muddlers, are not only beautiful but useful. “Whenever I’m making something new, I think about how I would want to use it in the kitchen,” Thomas explains. “Because of having worked as a chef, I have a good idea what chefs would like.” BLOCK ANDBOWL.COM —catherine

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MADE IN SACRAMENTO YOU CAN NOW REST YOUR FEET on a piece of Sacramento while doing something good for the environment, thanks to Room & Board, which is selling coffee tables made of salvaged wood from our region. The Minneapolis-based furniture company teamed up with Sacramento’s Urban Wood Rescue to produce 100 coffee tables from downed local trees. The tables come in two styles: Truxel ($2,299), crafted from redwood trees that once grew along Truxel Road in Natomas, and Wheatland ($1,999), made from English walnut trees from a small family orchard in Wheatland. The tables are branded on the underside with a code denoting their place of origin.

A Sacramento Tree Foundation program, Urban Wood Rescue keeps downed trees from being mulched or ending up in landfills. That has major implications for the environment: Living trees capture carbon in their wood, and the carbon is locked down as long as the wood remains in whole form. But if it’s chipped or burned, the carbon is released back into the atmosphere.

These 100 coffee tables capture 13 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—the equivalent of 1,463 gallons of gas consumed, 14,325 pounds of coal burned or 1.6 million smartphones made. That’s a green choice you can be proud of.—marybeth bizjak

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SPREADING ITS WINGS The Feathered Nest goes national with an online store.

The Feathered Nest, a popular

modern farmhouse look for which

home furnishings store in Loomis,

The Feathered Nest is known.

is dipping a toe into the national market with a new online brand

“What people love about The Feathered Nest is that it feels

called 31 Chapters. Launched this

like an experience,” says Amy

past summer, the online retailer

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features a curated selection of

and writes a lifestyle blog for the

furnishings, lighting, rugs, pillows and tabletop accessories that combine transitional décor with the

brand’s website (31chapters.com).

“We’re trying to create the same experience online with recipes and styling tips.”

Furniture, rug and accessories from 31 Chapters

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Amy describes 31 Chapters as a lifestyle brand. “We’re selling furniture to last through all of life’s

“Offering quality furniture is important, but it’s got to be functional for how you live in your space. It’s the sofa your kids can jump on or have movie night with pizza on.”

Chair, pillow and side table from 31 Chapters

chapters,” she explains. “Offering quality furniture is important, but it’s got to be functional for how you live in your space. It’s the sofa your kids can jump on or have movie night with pizza on, but where you can also entertain company.”

The company plans to furnish a home in Newport Beach and open it to the public, so that shoppers can see the 31 Chapters brand in person.

“We’ll invite guests and infl uencers into the house for an overall 31 Chapters experience,” Amy says.

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Table, chairs, rug, chandelier and cabinet from 31 Chapters

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O T C K K C I T Working on a strict deadline, a local designer transforms her bedroom suite.

Eight weeks to design and execute a complete room redo? That’s a heavy lift. But Rebecca Plumb, principal of Sacramento’s Studio Plumb, did just that, creating a dream bedroom in just two months as a featured designer for Better Homes & Garden’s One Room Challenge. Every April and October, the magazine invites 20 design influencers from around the country to transform a space in just weeks—and blog about it in real time.

For the challenge, Rebecca chose to renovate the principal bedroom suite of the midcentury ranch house she shares with her husband and young daughter. The challenge was made even more, well, challenging because it took place during the quarantine and COVID-19 shutdown. As a result, products were on backorder, local home stores were closed and Amazon deliveries were slooow. Nevertheless, she managed to turn a vanilla white box of a bedroom into a luxurious retreat inspired by her favorite boutique hotel in Vegas. Read on to see what she did. by marybeth bizjak photography by nicole dianne

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Rebecca replaced a blah ceiling fan with this showstopping chandelier, a customized piece from Blueprint.

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1. Geometric, tone-on-tone wallpaper from Pacific Designs International adds texture and shimmer.

2. Rebecca replaced dated bifold closet doors with jib doors, using wallpaper and wood molding for a seamless look.

3. The bed linens and dog bed are from Tuft & Needle.

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6 4. On the bed wall, Rebecca created an arched niche that serves as the room’s centerpiece, with space for a headboard, an art ledge and wall-mounted sconces.

5. Local artist Erica Avila created the large abstract painting, “Vibrant Dreaming,” with input from Rebecca.

6. Rebecca’s mom made the small throw pillow out of a piece of embroidery found at an antique barn sale.

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7. Rebecca worked with Calico to design the ripplefold velvet, fully lined drapery, then added sheers for extra privacy.

8. The bed—a hand-me-down from Rebecca’s parents—was reupholstered in a nubby tweed chenille.

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Good Energy A successful home addition proves that efficiency need not come at the expense of beauty.

By Catherine Warmerdam

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Exterior (above): “We did want the addition to be a modern response, but it’s tucked back a bit so that it’s playful but in a way that’s respectful of the neighborhood,” says designer Mela Breen.

RIGHT PAGE Entry (top left): Owner Nate Whitson designed and built the open storage system near the front door where a traditional closet was removed to create a more spacious entry.

Living room (top right and bottom): The living room is stylish and decidedly unfussy. “They struck a nice balance of wanting a lovely, well-designed space that kids aren’t excluded from,” says Breen.

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ome of the most noteworthy features of the residential addition and remodel that Mela Breen designed for her clients’ Auburn home are things you don’t see. Like the energy-saving heating and cooling system that was tailored specifically for the site.

Or the whole-house re-insulation and air sealing that makes easy work of maintaining a comfortable temperature in the home year-round.

“Efficiency is integral to our approach,” explains Breen, founder and principal designer at Atmosphere Design Build in Grass Valley. “All of the design decisions we make are informed by a deep knowledge of building science and energy efficiency.”

That ethos is one of the reasons homeowners Nate and Maren Whitson hired Breen. “Other firms we looked at didn’t have her level of experience or focus on the functional aspects of the house,” says Nate.

It also helped that Breen and the homeowners were simpatico when it came to style. “I felt like she got us right away. In terms of her aesthetic choices and the way she thinks about doing things, we were on the same page from the very beginning.”

The clients wanted to preserve the home’s California modernist feel, but they desired additional space where the couple could work from home and their children, 7 and 10, could sprawl out. Unable to build onto

the back of the house due to the location of the septic tank, Breen conceived a decidedly bold two-story addition that occupies a sliver of one side of the parcel while leaving the structure’s original footprint largely intact.

Inside, the home is a study in practical beauty. “My general approach—and this fit with the desires of the homeowners—is to have really good function and design and keep the material simple,” says Breen. In the kitchen, for example, she removed outdated tile and opted to refinish the existing concrete slab instead of installing new flooring.

Maple plywood cabinets are another “beautiful but simple” design solution.

The homeowners, who chose not to hire an interior designer, selected furnishings themselves. “My background helped out a bit there,” says Nate, a graphic designer. A hobbyist woodworker, he also put his fingerprint on the remodel by designing and crafting the built-in storage in the home’s entryway—one of many examples of how the owners worked in partnership with the design-build team.

“This house is a good example of relationships, especially between client and designer,” says Breen. “The best outcomes come from good collaborations.”

Nate agrees wholeheartedly. “They were so awesome to work with for both design and build. Mela perfectly hit all the goals that we had for the house. We really can’t imagine it working any better for our family.”

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Office (left top and bottom): A bookcase door leads to Nate’s office in the addition. “I’ve dreamt about having a secret door like this since I was a kid, and this seemed like my one chance to get it,” says Nate.

“When our kids’ friends come over, it’s like their favorite thing.”

Kitchen (below): The kitchen, with its flat-front cabinetry and concrete floors, is pragmatic and understated.

“The biggest thing that we wanted out of it was to keep the finishes simple and as durable as possible,” says Nate.

RIGHT PAGE Backyard (top): The backyard, which sits above the north fork of the American River, includes a climbing wall built by Nate and a workshop where he does woodworking.

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PERMAN E VACATION

By Catherine Warmerdam Photography by Kerrie Hertel

WHEN TIM AND CORINNE CERECERES

hired landscape designer Bliss Gonsalves to make over the yard of their South Land Park home, their list of wants was long: designated areas, including a sport court, where their four kids could play; a patio where guests could linger around a long farmhouse table; an outdoor kitchen where Tim could command the grill; a fire pit for evening gatherings; and seating areas where Corinne could relax with a glass of wine. All of these amenities needed to be situated around the existing pool and not detract from the home’s traditional architecture.

“They wanted to be able to use every part of the yard,” says Gonsalves, who created zones for the various ways the family would use the space, tying them all together with a variety of natural materials that complement the aged brick on an oversized chimney facing one side of the yard. “That brick was really the starting point for everything.”

Maximizing usable space typically means lots of hardscape, but Gonsalves cleverly avoided a monolithic look by installing different surfaces throughout the yard: decorative gravel for the seating area, brick and concrete on the patio, no-fuss artificial turf in one of the play areas.

Plant selection was limited to easy-care shrubs, blooming perennials and new trees that will eventually provide muchneeded shade, explains Gonsalves. “And everything is low maintenance. The last thing any client wants to do is worry about their landscape when they are trying to relax in it.”

“Being back here is like being on vacation to us,” says Corinne. “We use every single space, moving around the yard as we follow the shade. The kids do well having all these designated spaces. And Tim and I can sit at the outdoor kitchen in the evening and feel like we’re going out.

We couldn’t be any happier.”

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N ENT “BEING BACK HERE IS LIKE BEING ON VACATION TO US.”

Landscape Design: Bliss Gonsalves, Oliver John Partners Construction: Sergio Valencia, MAS Concrete

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