The white on white library by Geoffrey De Sousa featured hundreds (thousands?) of coverless books. “The pages weren’t quite white enough so we hand-painted them,” says De Sousa.

Steven Miller worked with the opposite end of the color spectrum to create a dramatic black and gray kitchen that is House Beautiful’s “Kitchen of the Year.”

Both Miller and Antonio Martin chose to paint their floors bright white.

Here’s another shot of Martin’s joyful deconstructed Portugese tiles (painted by decorative painters Katherine Jacobus and Linda Horning.)  For more details about this showstopping room, go to Diane Dorran Saeks extensive feature at The Style Saloniste.

No corner was left untouched including the chalkboard ceiling of this boy’s room by Shelley Cahan.

And the Jackson Pollock inspired ceiling in “Lily’s Pad” by Trineke Turk.

Miller inset this magnetized crystal light fixture in the kitchen’s ceiling.

While Sunny K. Miller hung a real life puffer fish from the ceiling of her upper floor bar.

Which reminded me that one of the most memorable sights of the day was seeing the old Bay Bridge coming down on my way into the city.

Look for more about the showcase next week in my Bay Area News Group story.