Rare 20th century historic home in Austin, Texas gets a modern makeover. Gray exterior and interior paint schemes, updated plumbing fixtures, stainless steel appliances, new cabinet hardware, open stainless shelving, butcher block counters and transitional furniture, creates an updated modern feel, while different interior wood tones painted white throughout helped unify the interiors.

This re-creation of a 1950’s home in SF, is now family friendly and perfect for entertaining. A closed floor plan was opened to maximize the beautiful downtown bay view. Architectural finishes, fixtures and accessories were selected to marry the client's rustic, yet modern industrial style. Overall pallette was inspired by the client's existing sofa and side chairs. Project was done in collaboration with Mason Miller Architect. Photography by Odessa.

Modern meets beach. A 1920's bungalow home in the heart of downtown Carmel, California undergoes a small renovation that leads to a complete home makeover. New driftwood oak floors, board and batten walls, Ann Sacks tile, modern finishes, and an overall neutral palette creates a true bungalow style home. Photography by Wonderkamera.

An industrial stove and exposed wood structural beam set the theme for this one of a kind San Francisco Victorian. RBD was brought on board to select the remaining architectural finishes for the fireplace hearth, guest bathroom flooring, kitchen cabinets, and lighting and furniture selections. A recessed can layout was provided to help increase their lighting levels and zones. Accessories and art work are still being selected. {In Progress}

Modern beach was the requested theme for a young San Francisco couple in need of furniture for their new victorian home. Textural fabrics, white playful accessories help tie the two schemes together. Matching low height chaise and sofa helps keep the floor plan open, while a custom dining table was designed to accomodate large dinner parties. The dining room chairs were selected in micro fiber for kid-friendly clean up. Photography by Wonderkamera.

A high rise modern condo needed a traditional touch to help bridge the gap between a modern space and my client's transitional style. Custom cabinetry helped bring transitional detailing into a rather sterile space and helped add some much needed structure. In order to accentuate the only architectural feature in the space, we covered the wall in a subtle patterned paper and upholstered the wall within the niche. Photos courtesy of wonderkamera.

This Noe Valley kid friendly home is a prime example your home doesn't have to to look like a war-zone of pilled toys with no organization. Kids toys were stored in attractive, easy reachable baskets and the kids library blends in seamlessly with the adults. Dining room bench storage from IKEA helps store off-limit items, as well as toys. Organized chaos is a good thing.

Creating a Gender neutral nursery is harder than it looks. Because the twins gender was different, it was impossible to go overboard on a theme. We kept the budget light and ran with statement furniture, something easily transportable to the next home, since a future move was inevitable. Theme: Trees and animals. The sparrow cribs converts to adorable toddler beds. Photos courtesy of Modern Kids Photography

Moving a nursery is not an easy task. A client needed help reusing her recently purchased daughters furniture for the new home. The client's favorite dresser was repurposed and positioned as the focal point to help accentuate the different style of furniture. The dark rug (flor tiles) was selected to help ground the room, while the hot pink one-sided boarder helps bring in a much needed pop of girly pink. Earthquake safe flowers were installed above the crib to bring interest and texture to the wall.

A two-story Spanish Colonial home in Monterey, California undergoes a complete renovation. The home was gutted and stairs repositioned for a better entry approach to the home. The interior style combines Spanish colonial with a bit of French country whimsy. Family gatherings are quite frequent at this home; therefore, combining style and comfort were of huge importance.

Tincher Construction requested the design services of Regan Baker Design to help with the overall style direction, interior and exterior color scheme, details,and lighting selection of this country bungalow spec home in Palo Alto.

A rather dingy leasing office in San Marcos, Texas gets an edgy modern makeover. With only the option to keep the existing structure, a space was transformed with with paint, wallpaper, decals, wood, and animal heads. A necessary re-texturing of the wall helped the overall feel of the space. Accessories will add to the final touch. These soon will be selected and installed.

Layout design, custom mill-work and architectural finish selections were developed for all units of 5FiftyFive Condos located in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas. Project was completed prior to forming Regan Baker Design

{In Progress) A 2.5 year old little girl gets a big girl room to help with the transition of becoming a new big sister. The family's South Asian/American heritage help set the mood for the girly theme: Bohemian, Ethnic, Modern. Bright colors and the mixture of bold patterns, and simple lines helped set the tone. A brightly colored Anthropologie swing brought in a traditional South Asian element to the room.

Snapshots of projects currently in progress

Examples of RBD's custom design boards and imagery boards for clients on a budget or those needing help outside the state of California.