As the current professional climate calls for a blending of in-person office visits with the flexibility of remote work, so too does Studio Plow, who blends commercial amenities with the small town charm of Noe Valley in their latest boutique office commission. The architecture and interior design studio, helmed by Brit Epperson, was tapped by a young couple hoping to breathe new life into the architectural bones of a property that continues to imbue the greater San Francisco, California area with a little bit of heart.

The 1908 Edwardian structure shares DNA with the adjacent four-square residences and, at a 821-square-foot project size, the petite scale lends itself to a quaintness found in homes built following the city?s 1906 earthquake. Excluding the lower level garage and upper level condominium residence, the renovated space comprises five rentable private office suites, a common kitchen, lounge area, and restroom on the ground level where efforts were focused within the two-story, mixed-use building. The reimagined footprint is configured to create a conducive workspace that bucks commercial aesthetics while accommodating contemporary accessibility requirements, as well as creature comforts to promote a healthy hybrid lifestyle.
And hidden conveniences like the “cloffice” maximize functionality by making use of areas that might otherwise be an afterthought.

Over the course of six and a half months, Studio Plow?s team practiced care as they stripp...