Multi Family Interior Design in Sacramento

The region builds garden-style and wrap apartments in Natomas, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Roseville and Folsom, and infill mid-rise and podium buildings downtown, in Midtown and near the Railyards. The interiors problem is different in each.

Health care staff are a real part of the renter pool here, and Kaiser Permanente's 18-acre downtown medical center, under construction with completion planned for 2029, adds another employer to the mix.

A garden-style community spreads its program across a clubhouse and several buildings, so the leasing office and the clubroom carry the whole first impression. A wrap building hides its parking behind the units, which pushes amenity rooms toward the courtyard and the corridors. A podium building stacks its public rooms at street level and on the amenity deck, where the lobby has to read as part of the neighborhood and not as a lobby from somewhere else.

• Garden-style: one clubhouse has to win the tour
• Wrap: courtyard-facing rooms and long corridors
• Podium: street-level lobby plus an amenity deck

Hot, dry summers with strong afternoon sun are hard on fabric and finish. West-facing clubrooms and pool-side lounges need performance upholstery and outdoor-rated pieces that resist fade, and window treatments earn their place in the specification. Mild wet winters and tule fog bring mud and moisture through entries, so flooring at the lobby door and the mail room needs to take a lot of foot traffic and clean up fast.

The river city's mature tree canopy and its brick warehouses and Craftsman houses give designers a vocabulary to draw on: warm wood, brick-toned accents and farm-to-fork food culture in the kitchen areas, all kept durable enough for a rental.