Looking at this home in the exclusive Pacific Heights neighborhood, overlooking San Francisco Bay, would you guess that its recent redesign owed its look to bespoke Saville Row tailoring and the classic British sports car brand Aston Martin? Perhaps not, but the elegant and livable house design was inspired by exactly those things.
The young homeowner approached interior designer Benjamin Dhong, asking for a modern revamp of his home, to create a space where he could entertain his friends in style. 'I think modern design can be so sterile without a strong point of view,' says the designer. 'The client was a young English investment banker. He was quite polished, wore fine suits and drove an Aston Martin, and I felt that we should give him a more cultivated and sophisticated home. He wanted both a home to impress his friends but also feel comfortable and livable. He says that we gave him both in abundance.'
