Katherine Jacobus Decorative Arts

01/06/2022

01/06/2022

12/28/2021

As we close 2021 ..I am feeling very grateful for beautiful projects that helped me get through these times.

I am very proud of this project for Geoffrey DeSousa and, it was published in "GALERIE" this last Fall. An amazing home that Geoff and his team designed!!

Geoffrey found an 18th Century Kimono for inspiration for his client who had lived in Asia. I love the ocean and waves so it was fun!!! Geoffrey wanted mood and black and gold and with the lighting, marble, and metal ...and the special pieces. We all thought it was sexy come together.

Forever grateful to the Clayton Timbrell & Company that kept the site safe and helped in many wavy ways :)

Interior design - Geoffrey De Sousa and team .com
photography - josemanuelalorda.com

03/26/2021

We are so proud of this floor we painted for Josephine Fisher Interiors. She wanted something spectacular for her client who is so vibrant ... the whole family wonderful! Life and fun with floors ..

10/08/2020

This very special project was commissioned by the amazing designer, Angela Free. She created a gorgeous exotic and elegant interior for this Moorish estate.
These are the ceilings we did. The 120 panel ceiling in living room was a design we all created together referencing history. Angela had the ceiling lights in hall made in Morocco with pierced metal.. and, we finished the wood work with glazes of silver and pewter.

09/09/2020

I was really lucky this summer to do a job in Montana. I love nature and fly fishing . It's all about "catch and release" and preserving our streams and rivers and these incredible fish. Here are the six kind of trout that reside in our country ... The Rainbow, Brown, Golden, Lake, Cutthroat, and Brook.

08/30/2020

We are so proud to be part of Ken Fulk's Healdsburg project that was just featured in Veranda Magazine. The project was led by Senior Designer Brian Anderson and managed by Milton Nolan ( magic maker team). We painted and glazed the walls to depict the look of rammed earth - tonal beauty. We used pigment from the south of France ( Roussillon) to create the natural color...and, mixed with modern colors to work with their beautiful design, furnishings, and the beautiful light. A wonderful project ....
Photographs in Magazine by Douglas Friedman

https://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/house-tours/a33487560/ken-fulk-healdsburg-california-estate-house-tour/

08/07/2020

Sojournest - a fantastic new Blog!!!

My dear friend, Ariane Maclean Trimuschat has recently released her exciting new Blog! Her blog is a soulful collection of stories, reflections, and tips. It's about "worldly living" ...and she is blogging about home, travel, and things of beauty.
We are proud to be part of the launch with a piece on "At Home with Color".
I am so looking forward to the stories to come :)

https://sojournest.com/at-home-with-color/
www.sojournest.com

07/25/2020

A project we are so proud of commissioned by an incredibly creative family. We painted unique and special murals for both the dining room and powder room, and a beautiful blue custom lime paint for garden room.

My dear clients had the vision for it all! It was really special working for a family that had the vision and are Artists. They resourced and designed it... it was a wonderful collaborative project.

The great architect Richard Beard designed the remodel and the incredibly talented Interior Design firm Fisher Weisman with decor.

We are proud of our work and so grateful for our client bringing us in on a truly beautiful home.. and an experience of a life time in creating something magical.

06/18/2020

When you are a young artist, there are a handful of amazing people who really move you and change your life. They help you become you.

I was blessed almost 20 years ago to meet Michel Biehn. For me, he was one of these life-changing influences. To this day, when I am trying to imagine a creative solution to a visual problem, I ask myself: what might Michel do?

Michel was larger than life. Creativity surged through every inch of him ( and he was 6'5"), and he saw magic and life force in every object he included a space. He created gorgeous objects too. ( At one point, he was making huge decorative pillows with surfaces covered buttons and other tiny objects. They were sculptural pillows. One depicted a desert with a tiny oasis, and a camel!)

Michel Biehn had a shop in the legendary antique mecca in Provence, Isle sur la Sorque. His shop, Maison Biehn, was a must see destination! He wrote many books on Provencal cooking, textiles, and other subjects that provoked his passions. He worked as a designer ( although he would cringe at that term. He didn't like the words "designer" and "interior design". He preferred "architect," and as a joke, he had "House of Magician" on his business card.

About 15 years ago, Michel moved to Fez and created another legendary place, a boutique hotel - Les Jardin des Biehn- [email protected]" rel="ugc" target="_blank">[email protected] . His wife and children continue his legacy there..His beautiful daughter, Jeanne, continues in his foot steps, working with Nepalese weavers to produce one of a kind scarves.

Michel's passing is a great sadness to me. He was so inspiring and loved. I hope this post inspires everyone to think soulfully and out of the box and take risks because nothing is permanent. Michel created beauty everywhere he looked ...he was a magician.

04/16/2020

We were so fortunate to be part of this special project - a gorgeous building in the heart of the Mission on 18th Street - .com. Builder, Nick Podell dedicated years of love developing this property and invited masterful creatives and artisans to make The Madelon extraordinary. From the traditional bricks to the windows, from the moldings to the finishes, there's a depth of feeling you experience the moment you walk in the door. Even during construction you knew you were part of something special - "part old, part new", all true..says The Madelon.

We Painted the Mailroom referencing Hilma af Klint, an amazing painter and a mystic in some ways, who never showed her work in her life time. I think her work is about conception, transcendence, and forward thinking - all extremely relevant to the circumstance in which humanity finds itself at this moment. So, lets think like Hilma, and like Nick, and conceive of a better future, with great care and soulfulness.

04/03/2020

So proud to be part of this beautiful home designed by Angus/Mccaffrey Interior Design! Katie Braznell McCaffrey and her team designed a gorgeous home filled with color, Art, light ...and of course wonderful furnishings ..fabrics. A perfect place!

Forget about the gorgeous swimming pool, we're lusting over the pantry, boot room, laundry room, wine room, home offices, the home bar and ping pong room...