This week the readers' favorite posts on AT:SF: House Tours and Homes in the Bay Area and Seattle (and Louisiana, too!), and living rooms before and after. Jump below for link...
We grew up with butterfly chairs, and so we have a certain fondness for them. In our House Call: Diana Fayt, Diana has one (that she found on the street!) in her bedroom, and although we don't usuall...
Potted plants aren't just for inside the home. We love seeing people use them for outside spaces too, especially in non-suburban areas, where green leafy things are more of a rarity. This particular h...
We get so many great tips from readers that we thought we'd share a few of them here. Jump below for more details on a calendar from one of our favorite artists, a source for...
Rachel sent in a good question: I was reading your post called Purge baby, purge! and I wonder if you ever have purging remorse.
I usually go through fits where I get rid of lots of stuff that "I ne...
Graham & Brown Wallpaper at Design Public OutletNovember/December Sales...
Bazaar Bizarre
Indie Craftstravaganza
Sun., 11/30, 11 am-6 pm
SF County Fair Building, 9th Avenue at ...
Kimber is looking for some links: Please help me! I have been having the hardest time finding reasonably priced, modern hanging planters! I would LOVE the PlantOrb from Perch! However, I can't fathom ...
Drawers, drawers, we love drawers, especially in old pieces like this Rift Oak Library File Cabinet. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
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Design Roundtable for SF and the Northwest
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Batles' Potrero Hill Home Echoes the Past...
Sculptor/artist Agelio Batle lives with his wife and two sons in a live-work space on Potrero Hill. It's a two-story home that was originally a Victorian, but had been altered over the years. After ...
Not our apartment, thankfully.For the most part we adore our new apartment. The neighborhood, the layout... things are good. The one thing we've been having difficulty with, though, is getting anythin...
Seattle Homes and Lifestyles has done a little feature about decorating in total, stark white. Antithetical to the saturated, vibrant colors we usually see in the home at this time, all white can pr...
Click, click, stop, click, stop, click, click, click ... Don't mind us, we're just channel surfing. Cold fall nights mean staying in more, and yes, watching more television than we really should. But ...
Design Public has released their holiday gift guide, and they have a special Under $50 category. Check out some of their picks, after the jump!...
We spotted these little green woven boxes on a wedding site, but think they'd make a fun holiday gift -- a half dozen of them with, say, fascinating and fun flea market finds tucked inside. (Or jewel...
Snowiye has a good question for the crowd: We have a split level/ partially open floor plan with a L-shaped hallway, and part of it is open to the living room. I am trying to figure out where the hall...
We're in the process of trying to organize our own tools and other things, so when we saw the photos that AT:SF reader Kelly sent us of her craft closet, we practically drooled on our keyboard. She w...
Every year we're torn about holiday decorations, as buying a bunch of stuff that we only use once and then add to our storage clutter goes against much of what we're about. There are solutions thoug...
One of our fellow ATers (is that what we're called?) has taken on the task of remodeling a houseboat. Not only are we way jealous, but it's since made us more interested in houseboat life. So, imagi...
A place for everything and everything in its place. Were we as perfect as we'd like to be, that would be the slogan around our house. Yes, we'd adore to have little containers like these for all the o...
What a cute Small Mid century Dresser this is. It's in Los Gatos, and it's looking for a new home. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
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Name: Anna, Victor and Angelina
Location: Portland
Size: 1000 sq. ft.
Years lived in: 1.5 years
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Anna and Victor's colorful, light-filled home debuted on AT via their en...
We so want to go flea marketing or rummage sale-ing with Bay Area artist Andrew Phares. His home is quirky, eclectic, funky, unique. ...
BeforeSometimes you might have a lot of the elements you need to make a space work, and it's just a matter of placement or subtracting a piece or two to solidify the look. And sometimes pretty much al...
Here at AT we get a lot of mixed reviews of the Swiffer. Some people swear by its ease and utility, others decry the waste and impact on the environment. For those who are moving from the former to ...
Can you spot the tomato sauce cans used in the construction of these cottages? How about the flour sacks? Or the vent hoods? If not, it's because the found objects used to craft these 364-square foot ...
Product: Benjamin Moore Natura Paint
Source: Gray's Paint & Wallpaper
Price: Approx. $15.99/quart
Rating: Strong Recommend*
Nutshell Review: Love it!
Full Review: Since moving into our new home, we'...
Rhia is looking for some advice: We are baffled as to how to design the entry in our rental house (photos show landlord's stuff). It is currently an uninviting area that leads to the kitchen and livin...
With the holiday feasting about to begin, we're reminded that not all of us have actual dining rooms. Sometimes you have to make do with what you have -- like John does in his 700-square foot apartme...
If you're as big a fan of Christiana Coop's San Francisco house tour as we are, then you are going to love this: She has teamed up with Aimee Lagos (her partner in Ferm Living's US distribution) to ...
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Name: Orbis Light
Shop: Rejuvenation and Satellite
Value: $125
Today in our Holiday Giveaway we're pleased to present this Orbis Light from Rejuvenation (also featured on thei...
Sure, it's a little late to get started on Thanksgiving table decor, but -- in our humble opinion -- it's never to late to admire handprinted linens. With holiday parties looming on the horizon, ther...
We're typography nuts, so it's no surprise we love these alphabet bags from, um, Alphabet Bags....
The Offi Window Desk is compact, streamlined, perfect for small spaces. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
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AT:SF Reader John Clarke Mills is just beginning to restore his 1890 San Francisco Victorian. One of his first projects was to redo this old chandelier and the AFTER is fantastic. Jump below to check ...
Who wouldn't want to curl up in one of these cocoon-like structures from Canadian company Futé Design? Sure, they may not be for every home, but for the right space it could be a really eye-catching ...
This pleasing tableau is actually fjorlief's in-progress DIY project, a la George Nelson's Ball Clock. The jar of oatmeal is simply propping the project up as she paints.
• Cure Clock: 2 Weeks Rema...
Pack rats beware, Barbara Flanagan is out to change your ways! Her book, Flanagan's Smart Home, offers eco-savvy, practical, and thoughtful reasons for why we should declutter our homes. Paring our li...
Here at AT, we're always going on about how wonderful and fantastic it is to live with color. That's very true, and we decorate our interiors with the same philosophy in mind: color, color, color. W...
Snowiye's Dining Room - BeforeBack in October, Snowiye asked the AT:SF community for help with a good question. She was looking for ideas for lighting over the dining table. We just received an update...
Mrs. W sent us an email: So I've been looking at some pink tools lately and I think they are so cute but I am hesitant to buy them because I want something of quality. Do any major tool brands maybe ...
We're still waiting to hear just what part of Thanksgiving we're responsible for, but after seeing these easy floral arrangements on the Sunset website, we hope the flowers are on our list....
From the department of "I Can't Believe You Can Actually Buy That" comes this unlikely offering from Uncommon Goods: a Boeing 707 airplane window, retired from service to Pan Am airlines. And before...
We love our houseplants. All 27 of them. Because of this (and our teeny tiny apartment), we like to buy watering cans that don't look like they belong outdoors in a shed. So, imagine our delight wh...
If you've yet to get your dining room in tip-top shape for the main event this week, fear not! There are plenty of affordable, easy options out there for any last minute sprucing needed for your Thank...
Seeing this Mad Men Desk Chair: Steel and Green Vinyl made us feel nostalgic for the one we had at one point... it was so comfortable and just darn cool. Jump below for links to this and other good...
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