In the wake of personal tragedy, Plaster and Patina founder Alexandra Azat found solace in design—creating a moody, textural primary suite that invites restoration, reflection, and quiet strength.
When designer Alexandra Azat lost her home in the California wildfires, she found herself untethered from the familiar. The kind of loss that singes more than walls or heirlooms—it unsettles the very idea of what “home” means. Days later, she stepped into the expansive primary suite of a colonial-revival house in Pasadena and began to build again. Yet in pouring herself into the space, she stitched together something far more intimate than a commission: a study in restoration, resilience, and the poetry of materials.
The resulting suite—comprising a bedroom, sitting room, sunlit nook, bathroom, and closet—is moody, enveloping, and utterly transportive. Each space offers a meditation on what it means to feel held—by color, texture, and quiet intentionality.

Alexandra Azat of Plaster and Patin...