Sarah Paynter

To see ISHARA featured as the cover image for The Wall Street Journal’s story on this year’s @sfshowcase is a moment I will probably never forget. No words, just gratitude to everyone who helped me get here 🩵 Thank you @wsj and @mansionmonitor for sharing the story. SF Showcase: @sfshowcase Photography: @rbradleyphoto Styling: @matador_studio PR: @davisgonthier @jwadepr Build: @cookconstruction #sfshowcase #designpress #ishara #sanfranciscointeriordesigner #bayareadesigner

THANK YOU WSJ 🐉💔 Thank you to @libertinabrandt and @mansionmonitor for covering this terrible loss. The Dragon is featured in a new article on WSJ Homes covering the historic damages done to the Pacific Palisades in the wildfires. You may now also view details in the Press section of our website. . . . . . . . . . . #pacificpalisades #palisades #luxuryhomes #architecture #homedesign #designerhome #designerhomes #brentwood #wildfires

Moody stained glass windows at the Seventh Regiment Armory in NYC. Can you believe this window was designed around 1880? It looks so modern! Even crazier — can you believe the man behind this window is the same man behind Tiffany lamps? Mr. Louis Comfort Tiffany, via his firm Associated Artists? #stainedglass #history #americanaestheticmovement #seventhregimentarmory #nyc #abstract #moody

What’s the most famous spiral staircase in the world? Probably this mysterious staircase with a spiritual history in Santa Fe, NM. #lorettochapel #santafe #newmexico #sacredarchitecture #spiralstaircase Edit: FAQ! A trusted site says it does have supports? Correct! It does. Is it really the most famous? It is the is most searched on Google, and many researchers have said this is the most famous. I am by no means saying it is the most architecturally impressive or influential. Was it really ahead of its time? I do not mean this was never done before. But it was uncommon in this place and at this point in time to design a spiral staircase this way. It’s actually helical! Most experts consider helical staircases to be a type of spiral staircase, or are at least ok with using the terms that way (and often do). Why did you take up so much space in the video? This is the first time I’ve made a video like this. This was just a fun little experiment for me. Thanks for the overwhelming love for this fun story! Photos by Highsmith, Carol M., 1946 taken from the Library of Congress.

Here’s something I didn’t include in my latest story… A few years ago, designer @campbellministerdesign visited an estate sale in Montclair, N.J. and fell in love with this antique wood table. She wanted it for a client, but the client wasn’t interested. So regretfully, she let someone else buy the table. It was carted out of the house. A couple years later, she was hired by the new owners of that same house for a $1 million renovation. When she walked in, she saw the same table she had once fallen in love with, there in the breakfast room. How was it back in its old place? In a stroke of luck, the new owners mentioned to a contractor that they needed a small, circular table for the breakfast room. That contractor had, in storage, the table that had been sold out of that room by the previous owners. The person who bought it ended up not wanting it. So the table made its way back home. Just another example of how this house seems to have a siren call! Photo by @mikevantassell #nj #antiques #luxuryhomes #interiordesign

Over 100 years later, in Montclair, N.J… @campbellministerdesign gave this home a $1 million renovation. I had the pleasure of touring this place, and it is gorgeous. Link in bio to read more. Present-day photo interiors by @mikevantassell Present-day photo exterior by Tim Ryan Historic photos courtesy of Jennifer Stein, a descendant of the home’s original owners. #nj #luxuryhomes #historichouse #interiordesign #historicpreservation

Even gas fireplaces are getting built-in firewood displays! But how are they keeping them clean? Link in bio for my latest. • • Photo by Timothy Boone of Heber, Utah listing w/ @sellingtheslopes . • • #luxuryrealestate #fireplace #firewood #utah #sanfrancisco #hamptons #woodburning #gasfireplace #interiordesign #organicmodern #modernfarmhouse

This home chapel is in Marietta, Ga. It was built in 2019 to resemble a chapel in the owner’s hometown of Paganea, Greece, and was blessed by the Greek Orthodox Church. The roof tiles are about 500 years old, and the stone floors are about 600 years old. See other homes with chapels on the market in my latest article! Link in bio. • • • Photo by Bartolotti Media for Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty @bartolottimedia and property repped by @shawn.perez . Others featured: @lisayakulis @joelkschantztaosrealtor #chapel #sacredarchitecture #homechapel

A reader sent in this 1,000-square-foot closet that is combined with a sitting room and kitchenette. “If you can get somebody to bring you a pizza, you wouldn’t have to leave this room,” said listing agent Stephen Lane of Singular Properties in Chicago. My latest story with tons of crazy closets is linked in my bio! • • @singular.properties.geneva #closets #luxuryclosets Photo by: Pix by Painter

Top-tier closets now cost $200,000 to $300,000 — and sometimes over $1 million. Read more in my newest article. Link in bio. • • #closets #luxuryclosets #closetgoals #highendclosets Photo by: Anastasia Shuraeva

This stained-glass window made me gasp. There are more. Link in bio. #stainedglass Photo credit: Ollie Paterson. Shout out to @studio11athome @cleandesignpartners @prospectrefuge @sellwithmanuel @chaselandow @carolwoodrealestate @angi and many others! #RanchoSantaFe #NewYorkCity #LosAngeles #interiordesign #leadedglass #artglass #foyer #bathroom