"The Dark and Stormy Study . . . "

Scot Meacham Wood Design's "The Dark and Stormy Study"

photography by Thayer Allyson Gowdy

Greetings,

I'm delighted to invite you to a sneak preview of our 2014 Traditional Home Napa Showhouse - opening this weekend.  For our "Dark and Stormy Study," we decided to embrace San Francisco's rich maritime history and imagine a retired sea captain and his rustic Napa Valley retreat.

"Sky" painting by Daniel Tousignant

Geras/Tousignant Gallery

"Scot Meacham Wood of Scot Meacham Wood Design is transforming 

the Napa Showhouse’s historical Cheese Barn into a dark and stormy study 

for a retired sea captain. Influenced by San Francisco’s rich maritime history 

and inspired by the rustic architecture of the Cheese Barn space, Wood 

is taking this opportunity to explore what kind of wine country hideaway a 

dignified seafaring man would create for himself after a life spent 

navigating California’s rocky coast. Removed from the rest of 

the house, the Showhouse’s Cheese Barn is the ideal location for 

Wood to express his creative vision for a 

moody, refined, and masculine private space."

We were delighted to partner with Kravet and Lee Jofa for the maritime-inspired textiles and the marvelous Bunny Williams Lamps that add a flawless note of modernity to our space!  We *love* that heavy-gauge wool throw from Jessie Black - located right here in San Francisco.  I am especially grateful to Garden Court Antiques for the amazing collection of antique pond yacht models which add the perfect seafaring aesthetic for the room.

"To bring Meacham Wood’s design to life, he’s relying on a dark coastal 

color palette of navy, gray, and sand. In addition, he’s utilizing a mixture 

of existing architectural features of the space, like exposed rafters, along with 

bringing in hand built sets to cover some walls to allow for the application 

of wallpaper and paint. The result will be a space that reflects to the 

Showhouse’s historic design and location, while still giving 

Wood the ability to fully realize his creative vision."

If you're in the San Francisco bay area in the next month - make plans to attend the showcase house and view this marvelous collection of interior designers!

For tickets and more information on the showcase house - click HERE.

Cheers,
Scot

All images by Thayer Allyson Gowdy Photography