In This Palo Alto Home, the Interiors Are the Backdrop for an Eclectic Art Collection
When you have an extensive and eclectic art collection like artist Sandy Ostrau and her husband Mark do, you’ll probably want to place it front and center at home. That’s what the couple wanted to prioritize when it came to renovating their 1912 Palo Alto house.
“We actually met because I love her work and started collecting her paintings about 10 years ago,” Chantal says of her client, Sandy Ostrau. “Flash forward to the pandemic, Sandy reached out to me about figuring out how to (in her words) ‘pull their house together and make it feel cohesive.'”
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The unique home had a lot of quirks.
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Their historic home originally served as the barn for the first veterinarian in Palo Alto. “This kind of historic home has its charm, and its quirks: Rustic rafters; many different floor heights on the main level; historic windows mixed with some that must have been added in the ‘50s or ‘60s; really steep stairs; and each of the upstairs rooms has sloped ceilings, literally built under the eaves,” explains interior designer Chantal Lamberto.
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