Every February, design enthusiasts come to Palm Springs for Modernism Week. This annual cultural event celebrates architecture, design, art and fashion. For many years, Room & Board has provided furniture and decor for the iconic featured homes.
This year we teamed up with Thomboy Properties to furnish the Modernism Week Showcase Home: The Gillman Residence. And it might just be the best home we’ve ever done!
Architectural designer Herbert W. Burns designed the 4,700 square foot home in 1948. With three bedrooms and three and a half baths plus a casita (guest house), The Gillman Residence is one of his more lavish homes. Burns designed the home to take advantage of the natural beauty of the desert, which you can see in its horizontal lines, flat roofs and cantilevered overhangs.
Let’s take a look!

The Gillman Residence exterior
Kitchen and dining room
Living room

Reese curved sectional, Streeter floor lamp, Sanders coffee table, Althea bowl, Velvet throw pillows, Burnham pillow, Eclipse pillow
Guest bedrooms and bathrooms

Anton nightstand, Simone table lamp, Anton bed, Covington duvet and shams, Norwich blanket, Kula pillow

Parks end table, Jonas chair, Velvet pillow, Grove dresser, Rayas table lamp, Grove bed, Lattice pillow, Freda coverlet
Master suite
Casita

Holmes sofa, Foshay bookcase, Dunn coffee table, Callan chairs, Grove media cabinet, Eva Zeisel vases

Copenhagen nightstand, Camber table lamp, Eva Zeisel vase, Ella bed, Sheffield duvet cover and shams, Eclipse pillow, Rogers pillow
Outdoor space
To learn more about Modernism Week and see the homes of previous years, visit our Modernism Week page.
Photos by Lance Gerber
- Althea
- Anton
- Aria
- Burnham
- Callan
- Camber
- Copenhagen
- Covington
- Crescent
- Doro
- Dunn
- Eclipse
- Ella
- Elliot
- eva zeisel
- Everly
- Freda
- Grove
- Haddie
- Hartley
- holmes
- Hudson
- Jonas
- Julian
- kubik
- Kula
- Lars
- Lattice
- Lind
- Lira
- Meadow
- Modernism Week
- Norwich
- Oasis
- Olsen
- Otis
- Parks
- Penelope
- Rayas
- Reese
- Refract
- Rogers
- Sanders
- Sanna
- Sheepskin
- sheffield
- Simone
- Slim
- Soleil
- Soren
- Streeter
- Sunset
- Velvet
- Verge
- Zander
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