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By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



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Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

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By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



Reserve

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Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

Read More

By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



Reserve

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Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

Read More

By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



Reserve

Continue Reading…

Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

Read More

Summer Film Series at The Madrona

Summer Film Series at The Madrona

Make it an unforgettable cinematic summer at the estate as our summer film series returns for Season Four.

 

In partnership with True West Film Center and a rotating roster of local wine partners, join us for a unique take on movie night.

 

Reserve July: A League of their Own

 

Reserve August: Back to the Future

 

Reserve September: Clueless

 

Reserve October: Vote for E.T., Zombieland, or Death Becomes Her

 

VIEW ALL AVAILABLE TICKETS

2026 Schedule

May 6th |   National Lampoon’s Vacation
June 3rd | Birdcage
July 1st | A League of their Own
Aug 5th | Back to the Future
Sep 2nd | Clueless
Oct 7th | Vote for E.T., Zombieland, or Death Becomes Her

By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



Reserve

What approach are you taking?

JJ : It’s a very different animal for me from a logistics standpoint. The hotel was on the market in the middle of the pandemic and Memorial Day weekend of 2020, some friends and myself toured it with the intention of checking it out for fun.

 

It was built in 1880. It’s on eight acres, has seven different buildings. Two of the buildings — the mansion and the carriage house — were finished in 1880, and then some of the other buildings came along later. And it just spoke to me. It has a rich history. It’s beautiful. It was in need of some love. The previous owners had owned it for 20 years and they were getting up in age and bought it as a retirement project.

 

I just kept thinking about it. I was designing things in my head. And slowly, a couple of  consultants in the hotel industry came into my being, some knew the owners and the property.

 

My brother is in the real estate finance world concentrating on hotels, and a good personal  friend of mine who is in the hospitality industry happened to be living with us during the  pandemic.

 

And we closed on the property in February of 2021. We started construction in April 2021 and  we are opening the doors again in April of this year. 

How would you describe the design?

JJ : It has a rich history. We inherited about 750 pieces of  furniture that came with the property, some of which are original to the Paxton family that built  the estate — a lot of their original beds and chest of drawers and things like that. I’ve narrowed it  down, but we’re using at least one of the pieces in every room of the house. 

 

I want there to be that richness and history and energy of the people that have been there before.  At the same time, we’re modernizing. We’re revamping the kitchen, we’re remodeling the bar.  We are historically revising some things. For example, there’s a wraparound porch on the  mansion. It’s only a two-sided porch right now, and we found photos from the early 1800s. It was originally built as a three sided porch, and at some point, somebody took one of the porches  off. So we’re adding it back. 

 

As a designer, what are some of the challenges you face in the field?

JJ : Sometimes it’s budgets. Sometimes it’s timelines. Sometimes it’s clients that aren’t really sure of what they want.I feel very fortunate that I’ve had a wonderful set of clients. One of the biggest challenges is that you’re also a salesperson. You are selling your ideas. You are selling this vision of what this room should look and feel like. This is a project for me, and I’m walking out the door when it’s over, so it should not reflect who I am. It should reflect the people that are inhabiting this space.

 

But then I think my job as a designer is to challenge my clients to think, OK, who are you? Who are you going to be in 10 years? In 20 years? Is this still your house in 20 years? Do you want it to feel classic from the minute you walk in and that in 20 years you still want it to feel the same way? Are you thinking this is a five-year house? Are your tastes changing and evolving?

Playful hints throughout

Custom designed Side Table by Jay Jeffers

When you walk into a room, what do you think about?

JJ : I think about how this room is lived in. If it’s something that I know I’m going to be designing, I don’t look at the colors or what’s on the floor. Instead, I think about the space and the light and who’s inhabiting it and going to be living there and how they’re going to use the space.

 

The hotel really spoke to me from the second I pulled in. I could see its entire future. The mansion was painted in a Victorian-era style with three or four different colors, and there’s lots of trim. I could see it being all white with one color trim and modernized.

How did the pandemic affect your work?

JJ : We probably got more inquiries for new business last year than I have ever gotten in a year. It’s interesting how people are focusing on home.People are focused on how they live their lives. [With] the open home concept that’s been at the forefront — especially for California design — suddenly everyone’s realizing,

 

OK, if I have a very open home concept, I’ve got two kids on Zoom class, I’ve got a spouse on Zoom calls. So everybody’s suddenly needing more private spaces. Internally, with Zoom calls and things like that, I don’t necessarily need to be in the same room with my designers, and we can talk about things and sketch on screen. But when it comes to fabrics and materials — things we need to touch — I definitely go into the office for that.

 

So one of the things that I realized is I don’t need to be in the office so much, and neither does my staff. Although we like coming to the office because there is that camaraderie and just being around pretty things. I think it feeds everyone’s souls versus being at home.

“Wow factors but with a balance of quiet serenity because people need a sense of calm right now.”

– Jay JEffers

Vision behind The Madrona

People lounging by the pool area

SEATING SURROUNDING POOL

Exterior of The Madrona

Exterior

Wedding Ceremony Area

The Grounds

Bedroom Area with Fireplace at The Madrona

Mansion Guest Room

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Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

Read More

By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



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“My goal has always been to show art that causes a visceral reaction and opens a doorway into something else. When art does that, it elevates not just a room but the lives of the people who get to experience it.”

– -Lisa Dolby Chadwick

Dolby Chadwick Gallery

The Collection

The Collection

For twenty three years, Jay Jeffers and Lisa Dolby Chadwick have had a fun and fruitful collaboration finding art for Jay’s exquisitely designed homes. “Jay has been incredibly supportive of our artists over the years — so when he decided to renovate the hotel it was an easy decision,” says Gallery founder Lisa Dolby Chadwick. The resulting collection at the Madrona showcases a wide range of the Gallery’s accomplished artists, including works created specifically for this beautiful site.

 

Located in the heart of San Francisco, Dolby Chadwick Gallery was founded with the vision of creating a community of artists and art lovers, to celebrate the free exchange of ideas, and to advance artistic excellence. Since its inception in 1997, the gallery has built an international roster of artists who create exceptional work that is articulate, visceral, and provocative.

See The Current Collection

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Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

Read More

Summer Film Series at The Madrona

Summer Film Series at The Madrona

Make it an unforgettable cinematic summer at the estate as our summer film series returns for Season Four.

 

In partnership with True West Film Center and a rotating roster of local wine partners, join us for a unique take on movie night.

 

Reserve July: A League of their Own

 

Reserve August: Back to the Future

 

Reserve September: Clueless

 

Reserve October: Vote for E.T., Zombieland, or Death Becomes Her

 

VIEW ALL AVAILABLE TICKETS

By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



Reserve

Continue Reading…

Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

Read More

By the Glass Takeover

July Pours with Personality


This July, The Madrona welcomes acclaimed California wineries Reeve and BloodRoot for a month-long wine residency celebrating thoughtful craftsmanship, storytelling, and exceptional pairings.

Every Thursday evening, join Kelly Dorrance or a representative from 5 p.m. through close as she guides guests through a curated selection of Reeve and BloodRoot wines, available by 2-ounce or 4-ounce pours. Each wine has been thoughtfully paired with seasonal dishes from The Madrona kitchen, including tempura, hamachi crudo, halibut, cavatelli, and duck, creating an experience designed to showcase the dialogue between food and wine.


Both Reeve and BloodRoot are part of Overshine, a collective of like-minded vintners redefining modern California wine through a shared commitment to site, sustainability, and expressive winemaking. Whether you’re discovering these labels for the first time or are already a devoted fan, Thursday evenings in July offer a rare opportunity to explore their wines alongside the people behind the bottle.



Reserve

What approach are you taking?

JJ : It’s a very different animal for me from a logistics standpoint. The hotel was on the market in the middle of the pandemic and Memorial Day weekend of 2020, some friends and myself toured it with the intention of checking it out for fun.

 

It was built in 1880. It’s on eight acres, has seven different buildings. Two of the buildings — the mansion and the carriage house — were finished in 1880, and then some of the other buildings came along later. And it just spoke to me. It has a rich history. It’s beautiful. It was in need of some love. The previous owners had owned it for 20 years and they were getting up in age and bought it as a retirement project.

 

I just kept thinking about it. I was designing things in my head. And slowly, a couple of  consultants in the hotel industry came into my being, some knew the owners and the property.

 

My brother is in the real estate finance world concentrating on hotels, and a good personal  friend of mine who is in the hospitality industry happened to be living with us during the  pandemic.

 

And we closed on the property in February of 2021. We started construction in April 2021 and  we are opening the doors again in April of this year. 

How would you describe the design?

JJ : It has a rich history. We inherited about 750 pieces of  furniture that came with the property, some of which are original to the Paxton family that built  the estate — a lot of their original beds and chest of drawers and things like that. I’ve narrowed it  down, but we’re using at least one of the pieces in every room of the house. 

 

I want there to be that richness and history and energy of the people that have been there before.  At the same time, we’re modernizing. We’re revamping the kitchen, we’re remodeling the bar.  We are historically revising some things. For example, there’s a wraparound porch on the  mansion. It’s only a two-sided porch right now, and we found photos from the early 1800s. It was originally built as a three sided porch, and at some point, somebody took one of the porches  off. So we’re adding it back. 

 

As a designer, what are some of the challenges you face in the field?

JJ : Sometimes it’s budgets. Sometimes it’s timelines. Sometimes it’s clients that aren’t really sure of what they want.I feel very fortunate that I’ve had a wonderful set of clients. One of the biggest challenges is that you’re also a salesperson. You are selling your ideas. You are selling this vision of what this room should look and feel like. This is a project for me, and I’m walking out the door when it’s over, so it should not reflect who I am. It should reflect the people that are inhabiting this space.

 

But then I think my job as a designer is to challenge my clients to think, OK, who are you? Who are you going to be in 10 years? In 20 years? Is this still your house in 20 years? Do you want it to feel classic from the minute you walk in and that in 20 years you still want it to feel the same way? Are you thinking this is a five-year house? Are your tastes changing and evolving?

Playful hints throughout

Custom designed Side Table by Jay Jeffers

When you walk into a room, what do you think about?

JJ : I think about how this room is lived in. If it’s something that I know I’m going to be designing, I don’t look at the colors or what’s on the floor. Instead, I think about the space and the light and who’s inhabiting it and going to be living there and how they’re going to use the space.

 

The hotel really spoke to me from the second I pulled in. I could see its entire future. The mansion was painted in a Victorian-era style with three or four different colors, and there’s lots of trim. I could see it being all white with one color trim and modernized.

How did the pandemic affect your work?

JJ : We probably got more inquiries for new business last year than I have ever gotten in a year. It’s interesting how people are focusing on home.People are focused on how they live their lives. [With] the open home concept that’s been at the forefront — especially for California design — suddenly everyone’s realizing,

 

OK, if I have a very open home concept, I’ve got two kids on Zoom class, I’ve got a spouse on Zoom calls. So everybody’s suddenly needing more private spaces. Internally, with Zoom calls and things like that, I don’t necessarily need to be in the same room with my designers, and we can talk about things and sketch on screen. But when it comes to fabrics and materials — things we need to touch — I definitely go into the office for that.

 

So one of the things that I realized is I don’t need to be in the office so much, and neither does my staff. Although we like coming to the office because there is that camaraderie and just being around pretty things. I think it feeds everyone’s souls versus being at home.

Continue Reading…

Vision of Jay Jeffers

INTERVIEWS • AUGUST

Designer Jay Jeffers discusses the inspiration and design process behind The Madrona.

Read More