Celebrating Coastal Orange County
By Alexandria Abramian Bassman Blaine Home takes professional-league home design to a new level. The sheer number of interior design projects by Bassman Blaine Home is impressive enough. At last count, the Orange County-based design firm founded by Ken Bassman and Bill Blaine had completed 750 homes. Delve a little deeper, and the numbers become more impressive. Since its founding in 2007, Bassman Blaine Home has been tapped to design numerous residences in coastal Orange […]
Blue Door Magazine asks design insiders and clients what trends, brands, and looks they’re loving right now. How to have more with less? Brizo® perfects the art of an indulgent shower experience that consumes less water. In today’s world, how can you enjoy the perfect shower and conserve water at the same time? All showerheads in California must flow at 1.8gpm or below. So Brizo, the luxury fittings brand, found the solution by inventing H2Okinetic […]
By Annette Reeves Anne Michaelsen Design, PIRCH, and the Urban Bonfire design team create a functional and beautiful outdoor space at Michaelsen’s Newport Beach home. Sitting in my living room today with the doors wide open, my dog to the left gnawing on her bone, and birds flittering about outside, I am struck by how grateful I am for the great outdoors, the warm sunshine, and the blessings we have around us. As 2020 shaped […]
A Bayadere Terrace compound crafts a common language between cool contemporary and the warmth of midcentury design By Alexandria Abramian The art of the creating the five-star spec home has evolved greatly in the past five years and continues to do so. On the one hand, home creation takes time. With planning, permitting, and construction taking years, projects cannot respond to fickle design fads, nor can they commit to too specific a style. On […]