This lovely Pacific Heights residence, originally built in 1907 by the Ghirardelli family, had a beautiful traditional interior with small, divided rooms, and heavily adorned mouldings. Our clients were concerned that the many floors and closed rooms could create a disconnect with their children, and hoped we could somehow create a sense of connection— as if the home was actually one level. They had already fallen in love with the 4303 sf four-level home, seated above a street level garage, and that all of the upper four levels of living areas each had captivating panoramic Bay views out towards the Golden Gate Bridge and beyond. We were honored with the task to minimally update the gorgeous historically registered Pacific Heights façade and tasked with completely redesigning every aspect of the interior. Our clients sought a more clean and contemporary direction, one that would feel not only more open and airier at each floor, but would also create a flow, uniting the transition between each floor to better meet the needs of this wonderful young family of 2 boys.