Randall Kline keeps it simple
For the past 30 years, Randall Kline has been busy shepherding a small jazz concert series into a full-blown cultural institution.
With the January opening of the SFJazz Center in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, Kline, 60, may take a second to sit on the clean-lined sofa in his light-filled apartment in lower Pacific Heights and take a deep breath - but just one.
[...] buttery yellow walls give the rooms warmth, and the spectacular stained-glass windows in the living room provide vibrant color and a sense of comfort.
Kline credits his wife, Teresa Pantaleo, a psychotherapist, with much of the design and color choices in the small apartment.
Furnishings here mix modern with antique, and the highbrow with findings from thrift stores and flea markets.
According to her husband, Pantaleo is an avowed treasure hunter.
"The Alameda Flea Market is practically her religion," said Kline of his wife's love of the sprawling event.
Working with architect Mark Cavagnero, Kline extended his personal design vision into that of the SFJazz Center; the center, the only one of its type in the country entirely devoted to jazz, is as functional as it is pleasing to the eye.
In citing his favorite possessions, Kline notes that, like his wife, he loves a bargain.
Kline admires the practical as much as the beautiful - he drives a chunky Honda Element.
Flanking the Viking stove, the piece is perfection in the narrow gallery space.
Love and coffee: A wedding gift for Kline and his wife, their first date was to Caffe Trieste in North Beach; both love coffee.
At home, Kline tunes into a wide range of music with Spotify (yet bemoans what it has done for musician royalties).