Ruschmeyer & Associates

This year’s San Francisco decorator showcase repeated the gray, brown and tan Palette that was used successfully in showcases the past two years But the palette missed it mark for this 1927 mediterranean style home. The house seemed heavy and uninspired. The few bright notes were found in Grant Gibbon’s dining room, Heather Hilliard’s tawny toned library and Val Fiscalini Master bath.

As I entered The Legion Of Honor costume exhibit by Isabelle de Borchgrave, the woman who checked my ticket told me to remember what I was viewing was not historical costume but made of painted paper.