When Groupon founder Andrew Mason and San Francisco-based interior designer Allison Bloom of Dehn Bloom sat down to discuss the design of the new offices for his GPS audio-tour app Detour, Mason was clear about what he didn’t want. “He said, ‘If this looks like an architect's office or a coffee shop, we’ve gone wrong.’ He wanted it to feel like a home,” explains Bloom.
The finished product very much fits the bill. Bloom’s layered, texture-heavy aesthetic is woven throughout the lofty space—with homey touches like vintage kilim rugs and potted herbs and succulents at every turn. Even a ho-hum, standard-issue office kitchen got an unexpected transformation thanks to a local decorative painter. “Every house I create feels like the owner’s soul really shines,” says Bloom. And in this case, workplaces are no exception.
Check out Bloom’s tips to steal Detour’s dreamy decor for your own.