Austin Klar tours the Tetris House, a 125-year-old San Francisco Edwardian that got a radical paint job. Historic preservation rules locked down the roof and windows, but left paint wide open. The owners hired an artist for a month-long custom color scheme that matches the wild interior.
Guarantee you've never seen a paint job like this on a house before. The so-called Tetris House is an historic Edwardian home in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood of San Francisco. The owners did a massive expansion and renovation of the nearly 125-year-old home while keeping the historic elements of the facade, sort of. According to SF's preservation rules for historical A properties, they had to keep things like the roof lines, the bay windows, the window trims, the garage size, the stairs, all of that had to be preserved. But if you couldn't tell, the rules don't prohibit any particular type of paint, and they definitely ran wild with it. The artist they hired to do the work created an entire set set of custom colors for the house specifically, and it took over a month to paint. So this historic home looks absolutely nothing like it did before. But honestly, it kind of goes with the interior, which has one of the broadest color schemes that I've seen in any house in San Francisco. Let me know what you think in the comments. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
