Simplified Bee®: San Francisco Indochine Style: Leslie Lundgren Design

San Francisco Peninsula-based interior designer, Leslie Lundgren worked hand-in-hand with her San Francisco client who has both French and Vietnamese ties to create a look delicately blending the two. The result is a stunning, sunlit Pacific Heights flat in a luxurious "Indochine" style. Furnishings and decorative items were either family heirlooms, picked up on travels aboard or in San Francisco's China Town.

Lundgren used a traditional French palette of vivid yellow, jade green and coral red. Here in the living room, the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore Dalila 319. Two antique Louis XV armchairs in jade green mohair are placed in front of an antique Italian desk with exquisite marquetry. Atop the desk sits a sweet antique French mantle clock. A large Louis Philippe walnut armoire makes a beautiful backdrop.

Opposite the Louis XV chairs Lundgren places loveseat sofas in a warm coral velour fabric by Clarence House. Throw pillows in an Italian "fortuny-esque" fabric adorn the sofas. The floor to ceiling drapery fabric and silk tassels were purchased at Bouchara in Paris. A Chinese red lacquer trunk is converted into a coffee table and stands over a gorgeous silk and wool Chinese art deco rug. A beautiful French 1940's wheat motif brass floor lamp is placed in the corner next to the sofa. The focal point of the room however, a large scale Chinese ancestor painting, is a family heirloom.

In the dining-family room, a limed-oak pedestal table is surrounded by reproduction Louis XV chairs. The worldly tablescape includes an Argentinean silver pitcher, Point a La Ligne candles and a 1970's green vase made by a family friend. A collection of blue and white Delft plates are mounted on the wall.

In the family room, Lundgren brilliantly mixes color, texture and old & new by placing a zebra rug from Cost Plus World Market at the foot of a Chinese moon face traditional red lacquer armoire.

Lundgren creates a delightful bedroom retreat with a beautiful canopy over the bed in English Chintz fabrics. Fresh sunflowers and a green Tole Lamp add just the right decor to the red bedside table.

Lundgren's sophisticated East meets West style is evident in this design and perfect for the culturally rich city by the bay.

Leslie Lundgren Design * leslie@maisonmondiale.com

I don't know about you, but I'm still drooling over those antique Louis XV armchairs in jade green mohair!