HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS PAST AND PRESENT PAIR UP FOR DISTINCTIVE HOMES TOUR.Byline: Michelle J. Mills Staff Writer For Ross Farrell, color is key when it comes to design. Take, for example, his guest room, bathed in a single hue of chili pepper red. ``It took about 15 coats to do the ceiling,'' Farrell said. ``My painter almost walked off the job.'' His 2,100-square-foot 1920s California Spanish-style home is one of six on view today and Sunday, as part of the Pasadena Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is the oldest and largest professional association for interior designers. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the 20th annual homes tour. Originally called the Kitchens & Interiors Tour, the event has branched out to include more rooms in each of the six stops. There will also be informal design lectures both days and a boutique. Although this is his first year participating in the tour, Farrell, an interior designer and ASID ASID American Society of Interior Designers ASID Address Space Identifier ASID Access, Searching, and Indexing of Directories ASID Advanced Secure Information Dissemination ASID Application Specific Integrated Device ASID Advanced System Integration Demonstration member, is co-chairman of the event. He emphasizes the use of unifying colors in his designs. ``I like using really rich dark tones and more earthy tones,'' Farrell said. His living room has chocolate-brown walls and richly dark furnishings. In contrast are the capiz-shell chandeliers that offer light and a bit of old-Hollywood glamour. He also loves a vintage 1920s chair that he revived with nailheads for style and mohair mohair, hair of the Angora goat or a large group of fabrics made from it, either wholly or in combination with wool, silk, or cotton. The Angora goat, native of Asia Minor for 2,000 years, is bred in other lands, e.g., the SW United States and South Africa. for comfort. ``It's called the Koko chair, after my cat,'' Farrell said. Farrell's passion for color shows in the other rooms in his house, each done in a single hue, walls and ceilings the same color. In the yellow kitchen, the cabinets are painted to match. Designing doesn't mean deciding everything at the beginning. Farrell likes to create as he goes along. ``It's more like I just build.'' Other homes on view In addition to Farrell's home, there will be five other residences on the tour: A Victorian Normandy Revival, an Arts and Crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. makeover filled with modern touches redone re·done v. Past participle of redo. by Greg Parker Greg Parker is Professor of Photonics at the University of Southampton, Hampshire, U.K. His research interests include the design and construction of UHV compatible semiconductor deposition systems, and the design and fabrication of Photonic Crystal circuits and devices. of Parker West Interiors in Pasadena. The home includes a blue Western room with cowhide cow·hide n. 1. a. The hide of a cow. b. The leather made from this hide. 2. A strong heavy flexible whip, usually made of braided leather. tr.v. rugs and iron beds branded with the logo from the owner's ranch. A Frank Meline Co. Colonial Revival home built in 1923. A project for Christine Santana of Santana Interiors in San Marino San Marino, city, United States San Marino (săn mərē`nō), residential city (1990 pop. 12,959), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1913. Of interest is the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. , it includes a kitchen filled with must-have conveniences, such as a full-size Sub-Zero refrigerator Sub-Zero Refrigerator is a brand of residential refrigerator built in the USA. The company also manufactures kitchen appliances under the Wolf brand name. History The Sub-Zero Freezer Company was founded in 1945, by Westye F. Bakke in Madison, Wisconsin. and freezer and a warming drawer and a prep sink. A Georgian Colonial on a half-acre property redone by Robin Dorman of Design Concepts of La Canada Flintridge. It has a sepia-toned trompe l'oeil trompe l'oeil (trôNp lö`yə): see illusionism. trompe l'oeil (French; “deceive the eye”) landscape in the dining area and a stepped ceiling. The upstairs family area does triple duty as a computer office, media room, and arts and crafts space. This home will only be open Sunday. A 1924 English Half Time, remodeled in 2004 by Carla Quinn of David Reaume Construction Design Team in Pasadena. The home's size increased from 2,500 to 7,800 square feet, allowing for a new second floor. A 1960s midcentury traditional home designed as a ``couple's house,'' updated by Diane Bedford of Bridge Design Studio in Pasadena. The dining room suggests a sunny Italian villa, which complements a period antique and contemporary art collection. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS HOMES TOUR Where: Six homes in Pasadena, San Marino and La Canada-Flintridge. Cost: $30 in advance; $35 day of tour. When: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Information: Tickets available at Anthony's Arts & Frames, 2466 Huntington Drive Huntington Drive is a major east-west street in Southern California, United States. It runs from Mission Road near the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Los Angeles east through the El Sereno section of Los Angeles, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, Monrovia, ending in Duarte. , San Marino. (800) 237-2634. www.asidpasadena.org. CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Above, the bed is the centerpiece of a serene bedroom painted in subdued colors. At left, an eclectically and richly furnished living room in a 1920s Spanish-style home. (3 -- color) This large kitchen in a remodeled English-style home has an attached den and breakfast room. A butler's pantry was also added during the renovation. Box: Other homes on view (see text) |
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