Before & After: In the East Bay, a Tumbledown Midcentury Turns Over a New Leaf
Photo by: Jennifer Hughes
A little less than a decade ago, Regan Baker’s eponymous design firm was on the rise and her work was featured in the San Francisco Decorator Showcase. At the event, she met a couple who hired her to renovate their home in the city—and their connection was so strong that Baker offered the wife a position at her firm. "It was a role she held for seven years, and I loved getting to know her family," Baker says.
Eventually, the wife left to start her own consulting business, which complemented her husband’s position in construction management. In the midst of this shift, they also decided to make their next move as a family—they had two young kids, and their square footage was feeling smaller by the day.
