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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Teresa Kintz
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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Teresa Kintz

As a Principal at COUPAR, Teresa Kintz sets the aesthetic and operational tone for the company, bridging interior design and tech. Teresa oversees both COUPAR Studio and COUPAR Design and has implemented a high level of organization while keeping a holistic vision for the design process to streamline the client experience.

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Take 10 With COUPAR’s Monica Eng
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Take 10 With COUPAR’s Monica Eng

COUPAR’s Lead Project Manager, Monica Eng, is approaching two years with our studio team. A San Francisco native from the Richmond District, Monica has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Boston University and an A.S. in Interior Design from Canada College.

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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Callahan Foley
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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Callahan Foley

San Francisco native Callahan Foley has been with COUPAR for over three years. With a marketing background, she brings a different perspective to her role as Design Associate. Callahan’s skills are critical for the team since interior design relies heavily on client, vendor, and collaborator communications. She also enthusiastically embraces all the different design styles COUPAR works in for our clients while favoring Mad Men mid-century.

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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Wyatt Shigley</a>
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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Wyatt Shigley

Design Associate Wyatt Shigley started as a Design Assistant at COUPAR a little over three years ago. Wyatt segued effortlessly into the role with a B.A.S. in Interior Design from Colorado State University and nearly nine years of visual merchandising experience. One of his current projects is a four-story Pacific Heights Edwardian designed by Julius Kraft, and another is a contemporary ranch house in Portola Valley.

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Take 10 With COUPAR's Mary Eaton
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Take 10 With COUPAR's Mary Eaton

Lead Project Manager Mary Eaton has been with COUPAR for over four years and comes from an interior design background. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design from High Point University in North Carolina, she immersed herself in the industry, working at various San Francisco Bay Area firms. Now she is a vital asset to our Studio team, helping guide projects from beginning to end.

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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Paige Bellante
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Take 10 With COUPAR’S Paige Bellante

Senior Lead Designer Paige Bellante has been with  COUPAR for over three years and nimbly transferred her skills in  visual merchandising to interior design. The Northern California native worked for companies such as Anthropologie and Nordstrom for eight years.

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Take 10 With Collector Suzanna Allen
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Take 10 With Collector Suzanna Allen

With the success of this year's San Francisco Fall Show, COUPAR predicts antiques are back after a long hiatus. While during the eighties, nineties, and early 21st century, the one percent couldn't get enough of the rarest, most esoteric furnishings and objets d'art, the Great Recession plunged us into a gray world of visual austerity. But now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain problems, buying off the floor is an excellent solution for interior designers.

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Take 10 With Designer Gary Hutton
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Take 10 With Designer Gary Hutton

Gary Hutton is known as the "Dean of West Coast Design." He grew up on his grandmother's apple ranch in Watsonville, studying studio art with iconic 20th-century artists Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, and Robert Arneson at UC Davis. Coming to the Bay Area, he completed his design degree at the California College of the Arts. This diverse background that bridges rural with urban and juxtaposes the obvious with the esoteric is what makes Gary's work unique.

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Take 10 With Cinergy’s CEO Greg Francis
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Take 10 With Cinergy’s CEO Greg Francis

Greg Francis is CEO of Cinergy, a company that seamlessly integrates construction with acoustic design for luxury multi-media theatres, recording studios, and noise control. The firm also offers the latest technology in secure environments for residential, commercial, and industrial properties.

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Take 10 With COUPAR'S Lisandra Caro-Torres
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Take 10 With COUPAR'S Lisandra Caro-Torres

For the last five years, Lead Project Manager Lisandra Caro-Torres has handled the nuts and bolts of COUPAR Studio. She is responsible for sending out purchase orders, ensuring the accuracy of invoices before handing them off to accounting, receiving and processing all vendor documents, tracking goods ordered or services contracted, and handling all related documentation. Wow!

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Take 10 With COUPAR'S Julia Marani
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Take 10 With COUPAR'S Julia Marani

It would have been natural for COUPAR Lead Designer Julia Marani to have chosen a career in the more "serious" field of architecture. Her father, Grant Marani, is a partner at RAMSA; her mother, Anne Rieselbach, is the Program Director of The Architectural League of New York; her brother Matthew Marani was a journalist at The Architect's Newspaper. Instead, the New York City native chose an adjacent though different path.

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Take 10 With Builder Mark Grassi
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Take 10 With Builder Mark Grassi

Northern Calfornia native Mark Grassi opened his eponymous Napa construction firm in 1989. Grassi & Associates works with elite architects, interior designers, and discerning homeowners to craft bespoke residences and wineries that meld into the Napa, Sonoma, and Santa Barbara landscapes.


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Take 10 With Architect Mark Cavagnero
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Take 10 With Architect Mark Cavagnero

While Covid focuses our attention on private spaces, public places are equally crucial to our well-being. Mark Cavagnero and his eponymous award-winning firm concentrate on this external world, working on projects for the arts and culture, science and technology, education, civic, and master planning.

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Take 10 With Stonemason Ed Westbrook
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Take 10 With Stonemason Ed Westbrook

Now that the Shelter in Place order is gradually lifting in California, how has it impacted master stonemasons QuarryHouse and their projects? We checked in with the company's co-founder and CEO, Ed Westbrook, who manages not only a regional staff but also an international one during the pandemic.

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