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Last year, when we moved into our new house, I found an amazing old waterfall chandelier at a salvage yard and was dying to buy it to hang over our bathtub (drama, drama!). But I found myself hes...
It's a busy time for Colin Beavan and his family as the No Impact Man book officially arrived in stores on Wednesday, and the documentary opens in theaters today. We took a few hours and sat down wit...
SFGate's design blog The Wallflower recently featured the colorful house of a photographer and art director couple living in North Oakland. The paint choices throughout the home are very nice, but thi...
On this day of remembrance, you might be feeling a little Red, White and Blue today (pun or no pun intended). We've rounded up 10 posts and homes that proudly display their colors and give a little ...
Our days of plastic milk crate furniture have long since passed, although we do use them for storage. Great for record albums, books, and any number of other small items, we found these interesting ma...
There are so many great details in this home renovation by Seattle-based JAS Design-Build. The project, called 3 Blind Mice, employs salvaged materials and inventive use of space to create an u...
Q: I love this desk and would love to find it somewhere - it came from one of Martha Stewart's home tour montages......
Unconventional apartments and small layouts often make built-in furniture the best choice. We live in a loft, so finding furniture that works can be difficult especially when trying to make use of the...
This 1960's 7" ceramic vase was made in Italy by Bitossi and imported by Raymor. ...
Irene from Bloesem is one of our favorite go-to sources when it comes to European design, and this week we were thrilled to spot these gorgeous adjustable pendant lamps at the top of her blog. The Llo...
To soon? Yes, summer is just ending, but we're already thinking about cozying up to a roaring fire in the coming months. Here are a few inspiring ideas for the hearth, including one for an apartm...
THIS WEEK
• 7th Annual SF Altered Barbie Exhibition
• Rex Ray at Gallery 16
• Rose and Radish Reopens
• Propeller Sale
• Room & Board
• SF Museum of Craft + Design
•...
Name: Edyta Szyszlo and Jared Grellner (with cats Boris and Desher)
Location: Laurel Heights, San Francisco
Size: 650 square feet
Years lived in: 1.5 months
Edyta Szyszlo and Jared Grellner just mo...
In the dream farmhouse kitchen of our dream farmhouse, we will surely have need for stacks and stacks of natural linen tea towels. In the meantime, though, we'll have to settle for outfitting our...
This is way beyond dried flowers. For Artwork, Crafts & Collections Month, we've been thinking of creative, budget-friendly, and do-it-yourself ways to spruce up our walls. Here's one option: take...
Besides creating a nice spot for gazing out onto the world, a window seat adds unobtrusive seating for guests and room for storage. Best of all, you can easily replicate this look on the cheap......
In many apartment complexes, condos and loft buildings, companies like to keep things neutral and plain. We understand why, but the more buildings we venture into for house tours and visiting friend...
While the silhouette hype has been going for quite a while, we couldn't help but swoon over these prints that we found on Etsy this morning. The intricacy and incorporation of many different ele...
Artist Thomas Broome combines typography and home interiors to create spatial artworks with ink on paper. By writing the word of what he's drawing, he builds interiors of - quite literally - "w...
Q: Mavis sent us this great looking photo (larger size below the jump) and wrote, "Wondering how to stencil walls in such large pattern?"......
7Gods is a creative design agency based in London. We have seen their interior design and branding work before, but we especially admire their innovative lighting solutions....
This 83" Room and Board sofa was originally $2000 with tax and delivery and now it can be yours for half the price!...
Buying stuff to help us organize the stuff we already have always seems not only wasteful, but counterproductive. That's why we love re-use projects that aid in organization, like this nice hanging st...
We have a thing for double-sided clocks, but finding one in a schoolhouse style is nearly impossible without either a ticket to Europe or a frantic bidding war on eBay. Instead, we'll consider the In-...
Decorno posed an interesting question that made us think about our love for busy, eclectic rooms. How do you know when a room is overdone? We tend to love rooms with a lot of pattern, color, and ...
We don't have a headboard at present, but we have flirted with going the DIY route — and these upcycled headboards have given us plenty of ideas to ponder. Here are some pretty nifty items you can u...
Some think nautical decor should be relegated to theme rooms and beach houses, but we beg to disagree. An anchor here and a boat or two there can look understated while still showing your love of...
We can't help but get a little giddy in the fall. Finding fabulous fall clearance is like hitting the first garage sales in the Spring. There's just something about a bargain that we can't pa...
We're suspending our sense of reality right now and jumping right in to the delusion that we have anywhere to put one of these. However, these gypsy wagons have carried us off on a cloud of fancy, and...
Oh, to have a dining table custom made for your home. If ever we did this, we would definitely consider taking the job to Meyer Wells, the Seattle-based furniture makers. These guys use salvage...
Q: Just bought my first home in the South Bay and about to remodel.Top on the list is the Kitchen. Being value minded, I have been looking at Ikea, yet not entirely thrilled. Eye on the Bay did a barg...
While exploring a few shops this weekend in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland, we came across some wonderful and unusual creations by Primitive Twig at Scout Hardware. These whimsical metal sc...
This desk and bookcase combination is perfect for those with a small space, it would work beautifully as a laptop desk. ...
We swoon at the thought of heated floors. Efficient, green, and oh-so-toasty, a floor heated from beneath with a radiant hot water system is perfect for San Francisco, where it's often colder inside t...
Everyday dish- and glassware is rarely given the level of prestige as a most collections, but if you're relying on open shelving, a change of mindset might be necessary. A bit of editing and attention...
Name: Matthew: Owner - Merchant Brand Management, Yoko: Creative Director - simple white home, their 3-year-old daughter Juliette and Jack Russell Terrier brothers Bullet and Magnet
Location: Glen ...
We love the look of artwork hung in place of a traditional headboard—it's warm and inviting but still chic and modern, and it's a great way to create a backdrop for your bed if all you've got i...
Our sink has been draining very slowly for months; but, complete laziness has kept us from doing anything about it. Last night when we were brushing our teeth, we realized that we'd let it all go too ...
Ever since we took in Thomas Wold's exhibit at The Curiosity Shoppe a while back, we've had a healthy obsession with the artist's collaged furniture. His column in Readymade Magazine, Solid Wold, is a...
When frequenting salvage stores, one of the ever present items is cabinet doors. They always sit in a pile, off in a corner, just wishing they could have a home like yours. Need some inspiration? ...
Wallpaper has made a strong resurgence in decor trends in the last few years, after having had a spell of being an unpopular treatment for modern homes. As wallpaper moves in and out of "what's hot" i...
Some small apartments don't have separate kitchens, but rather small kitchenettes in the corner of the living or dining room. Your typical upper cabinets in this situation can sometimes be an eyesor...
Q: I'm trying to figure out if we should paint our giant brick fireplace or not...the house is a 1950s California ranch and so has paneling, wood floors AND a brick fireplace, all of which read orange...
Andrew, our reader from Bogota, Colombia sent us photos of his office space Before & After. With his admiration of white uncluttered spaces he did a wonderful job transforming the home office....
This apothecary chest of drawers has 16 drawers and is just brimming with character....
Whenever we pass this lovely front garden on neighborhood walks with the pooch, we stop to admire the simple do-it-yourself solution employed to enhance the garden's Asian look and feel......
Frank Lloyd Wright believed that the interior furnishings of a home should be visually unified with the surrounding architecture, so it's no wonder that he often created furniture specifically for som...
We wrap up this Labor Day with a look back at the best of the 2008 Color Contest with five entries from the northwest. From Santa Cruz to Portland, here are some of the memorable entries from l...
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