I’m proud to share that we won a Houzz Award for Best of Design 2023!
Added to our other 9 Houzz awards from 2013 until 2022, that’s a lot of recognition for our interior designs and great customer service. I’m honored!
Design and Photo of Yelp user L.H.’s bedroom by Kimball Starr
Speaking of customer service, we also received yet another 5-star review on Yelp from a happy client! That makes 15 total since 2011, all 5-stars. I couldn’t be more pleased! Below is the full text:
“Each room belongs in a design magazine!” – what I hear from everyone who walks in!
I remodeled an entire condo and Kimball guided the design process. Her keen sense of design, professionalism and most important, patience, made it a pleasure to work with her during an otherwise stressful period. Bringing a vision of how I wanted my home to look, Kimball educated me on finishes, color combinations, textures, and overall design protocol.
For the kitchen and bathrooms, she meticulously drafted the plans for the contractors, ensuring our unique plans came to life, and consulted on furniture selection and placement.
Saying I love how the condo turned out would be an understatement. I highly recommend Kimball Starr!
– From client L.H., Yelp
Design and Photo of Yelp user L.H.’s bathroom by Kimball Starr
We also received 4th place in the Top 15 San Francisco Interior Design Blogs. So excited to be featured, and among such great talent! Truly grateful for my clients and colleagues that allow me to change lives one room at a time since 2005.
Kimball Starr designs for stylish homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or socially-distant in-person consultation.
Here are ideas for your bathroom renovation from projects I’ve completed with happy clients around the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe.
Design and photo by Kimball Starr
Porcelain planks made to look like wood are excellent for high-traffic areas because they’re easy to clean and won’t fade. Choose any color, pattern, or texture you want, like these royal blue porcelain floor tiles, above.
Design and photo by Kimball Starr
Vertical tiles feel modern, compared to the more traditional subway tiles, which are horizontal. Here again, the wood-look horizontal tiles are porcelain so you don’t have to worry about splashes.
Design and photo by Kimball Starr
Mismatched multi-patterned Moroccan floor tiles make a cool feature in this San Francisco kids’ bathroom.
Design and photo by Kimball Starr
Create large-scale patterns with tiles, like this blue star and beige field combination in a Bay Area home. I’ve repeated the blue tiles around the mirror and medicine cabinet for a finished look.
Design and photo by Kimball Starr
Curbless showers are trendy, and we made this one even more hip by mixing complementary colors and patterns on the walls and floor.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photos by Eric Rorer
Mixing finishes is a big trend right now! Here we used gloss and matte tiles together to create a sophisticated look. I can do this for you, too.
Kimball Starr designs stylish bathrooms throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or socially-distant in-person consultation.
Continuing our tour of spectacular traditional front doors from December of last year, here are some great modern-style entrances from around the web.
Photo courtesy confettistyle.com
I adore the center knob hardware look, so crisp and clean, especially with bright orange.
Photo courtesy AmericaItaliana via Instagram
A custom glass pivot door looks inviting and impressive, simple and technical, all at once.
Photo courtesy AmericaItaliana via Instagram
This entrance has a lot going on but keeps it tidy by maintaining 90-degree angles and clean lines that gradually reduce down in prominence to the sidelights and front door handle detail.
Photo courtesy Balodemus Architects via Houzz
I enjoy the feeling you get from a mid-century modern design sensibility, here created with simple door numbers, warm wood cladding, clean lines, and a bright yellow door that says, “Welcome!”
If you would like a special front door design that continues on the interior, I’d be happy to consult with you remotely or socially-distanced in person! Contact me here.
Continuing on with the new project from the previous post, I’m especially excited to share the living room with you.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
I’m really enjoying working on rooms with more furniture recently. Kitchens and baths have their place in my heart, too, but I especially love creating a sensorial space with textural finishes and a restrained color palette on fabrics and flooring, something that’s easily expressed through furnishings.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
One of my most favorite features of this room is the chandelier. It imitates the shape of the molding on the arched windows and ties in traditional style with this family’s modern sensibilities.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
Another great touch is the built-ins. This family really loves books. You could also display sculptures, framed art, or a treasured collection and it all looks neat and pulled together contained on these elegant shelves.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
The drawers below and the side cabinets contain home electronics, games, and media, a satisfying balance of display and conceal in stylish living room storage for a modern family.
Kimball Starr designs for transitional homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or socially-distant in-person consultation.
One of my most popular posts from last year looked at a great example of a laundry room/mudroom combination. Today I’m sharing my latest fresh and clean laundry room design!
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
The light and airy feeling is accomplished with bright whites and pale blues. White cabinetry, pale blue subway tiles, and a simple circle pattern for the porcelain floor tile creates a space that’s crisp and playful.
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
White as a color lends an air of total cleanliness and sophisticated taste, while practical finishes keep surfaces easy to clean and maintain.
In addition to laundry, this space serves as a utility storage room, and as a drop zone for coats, shoes, and handbags when you enter the house. Tall cabinets flank both sides of the room, with cleaning supplies stored on one side, and coats and jacket storage on the other side, all concealed behind tall cabinet doors. This laundry room is a hard-working space!
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
Dedicated shelves and bins are for storing shoes when you enter the home, and the additional counter space above is for folding clothes or setting up a drying rack for delicates.
Drawers store small house utilities and tools that would normally clog up a kitchen drawer, and pegs accommodate quick-grab jackets and bags, mounted at two different heights for children and adults!
Design by Kimball Starr / Photo by Steph Dewey, Reflex Imaging
Every item has a thoughtful place and has been designed around durable finishes with a cheery twist. After I finish designing a space like this for your home, you’ll look forward to doing laundry! Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves… LOL
Kimball Starr designs for contemporary homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Contact her today for a remote or socially-distant in-person consultation.
