Author: Blue Door Magazine

Design

BEIGE NEED NOT APPLY

Designer Sara Simon gives California Coastal design the full-color treatment. When it comes to designing spaces in Southern California, Sara Simon skips the rainbow of neutrals and instead relies on fully saturated color and bold patterns to create lively, no-two-are-the-same environments.  “I truly believe color can work in all spaces. […]

Architecture, Design

LIGHT AND SPACE MOVEMENT

Architect Anders Lasater creates a light-filled Kings Road retreat for a creative couple anticipating life as empty-nesters By Kedric FrancisPhotos by Brett Hillyard When Laguna Beach architect Anders Lasater was hired to design a home on Kings Road in Newport Beach, he knew that amplifying the spectacular harbor, ocean, and […]

Real Estate

THE RIGHT BLUFF

Orange County’s Top Design Talent Creates a Home Worthy of Its Location  By Alexandria Abramian  Mark Hammond has found everything from an octopus to stingrays and even a sand shark swimming in his Laguna Beach saltwater tide pool, maritime visitors transported by the waves into one of only six such […]