Check out this Wall House from Chilean architects frohn&rojas. It's like a modern combination of house and tent. Besides being just darn cool looking, the outermost layer (and the standout feature) is "an energy screen typically used in greenhouse construction...creating...a diffused lighting and comfortably climatized zone inside..."

Name: Kelly Wilkinson and Mike O’Neill
Location: Cole Valley, San Francisco
Size: 1200 sq. ft.
Years lived in: Rented for 2 years

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One of the things we most adore is to peek into the homes of creative people. And Kelly and Mike are certainly that. Kelly says, I split my time between working as a reporter at KQED here in SF (the NPR affiliate), and launching a craft/media empire at Make Grow Gather! My husband Mike O’Neill is the creator of the Jimi wallet. It’s a modern update of the classic bifold wallet, and is made from recycled plastic in Massachusetts. He runs the company out of our second bedroom and has gotten love everywhere from the New York Times to the MoMA Design Store to Treehugger. So between the two of us, we’re always hatching new projects and grand life plans here at home.

Name: Stephen & Lisa Marie Grillos
Location: Mission Dolores, San Francisco
Size: 750 sq. ft. + two units downstairs that serve as a small craft room and a "man room" (which is where Stephen does some of his rough mix recordings)
Years lived in: 1.5

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How can you not love a home that the homeowners say is inspired by "50's television shows, 60's french pop, Asian antiques, grandmothers everywhere"? And art-filled, to boot? Take a look at this creative pair's funky abode in the City.

There is one author whose books have moved with us to every single place we've lived. We turn to her when we're sick, sad, exhausted, or stressed -- and yet we've also read her books on airplanes and sunny Mexican rooftop decks and in Manhattan lofts on rainy days. For those of you who have not yet discovered her magical writing, we offer you a gift: Laurie Colwin.

Can't you just picture curling up in this Restoration Hardware Shelby Arm Chair in Custom Fabric with a cup of tea and a good book? Jump below for links to this and other good finds.

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If we had a spot for it, we'd jump on this idea of using a sign as a rolling door in a minute. In fact, we'd already be perusing eBay and Craigslist...

Snap up a Modernica Original Case Study Daybed Sofa - Like New! in "chautauqua drift" and have a place for a guest to crash over the holidays. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.

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Adam Neale and Megan Freitas' Inverness home is a mix of modernism and Bernard Maybeck's Arts and Crafts-era building style. Chronicle design editor Zahid Sardar calls it "sensible" and even goes so far as to say that "it could well be used as a template for other homes in the West"...

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Sacramento-based designers Tim and Linda Arbogast -- they helped Bridget with her lovely Sacramento Cottage -- recently decorated a home that was on the Sacred Heart Home Tour. They decided to "go green," which meant recycling, re-purposing, and re-doing. The result? Charming.

There are two Buttercup Chairs in Sausalito looking for a new home. One's new in the box and the other's a display model. Both are cheaper than retail. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.

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