Janakos & Company
Yesterday we stopped in at one of our favorite Peninsula shops, Janakos & Company. The Burlingame store first drew our attention when ...
Yesterday we stopped in at one of our favorite Peninsula shops, Janakos & Company. The Burlingame store first drew our attention when ...
Open only twice a year for 10 days each time, walking into the warehouse of Kyoto Art and Antiques feels like stumbling into the past — namely, the storerooms of an early 20th century trader with J...
After 13 years of operating two brick-and-mortar store locations, Big Pagoda is now an online-only destination. The designs strive to stay true to the essence of traditional Chinese furniture: "the s...
Japanese Antique Screen Painting with Fans, $4400 The Zentner Collection is a little like San Francisco's Fumiki, a mix of contemporary and vintage Asian furnishings and art -- only bigger. Full of e...
We were reading SF Weekly's "Best of 2008" last week and noticed that flipp had been named the best interior design store. Startled, we wondered why we hadn't heard of it. Shoot forward ten minutes ...
Open only twice a year for 10 days each time, walking into the warehouse of Kyoto Art and Antiques feels like stumbling into the past — namely, the storerooms of an early 20th century trader with ...
Sometimes good things come by the container load. The importer of primarily asian wares and antique pieces doesn’t sell much on their website (we counted a whopping six items), but don’t let that fo...
To say that this enormous South Lake Union warehouse is a wonderland of Indonesian furniture, textiles and home accessories does not do justice to just how much of an incredible find this store is. ...
It's with huge restraint that we don't go into Nest every time we pass by. Once you enter the lovely Nest lair you'll know what we mean. At first, you feel like you're walking into a French flea ma...
Until recently we had no idea that Forgotten Shanghai was local, and a purveyor of furniture. We'd seen their opulent silk bags around town, but at the Gift Fair a few weeks ago we stumbled upon their...
Big Pagoda is that rare thing, a furniture design house and gallery with a completely unique take on moderism. Big Pagoda's web site bills the Sutter Street showroom and retail space as a place for ...
Raw wooden furniture always seems to be screaming “creative opportunity.” That’s why Stumasa intrigues. A mom and pop neighbored furniture store with a DIY spin, Stumasa custom builds reasonably pri...
Khyber Pass is like a mini-department store for home furnishings. Much of what you see when you first walk into this warehouse-like space has an Asian feel, but the wares are actually imported from...
We first stumbled across Howard Street's foam superstore online, and slowly have discovered what a great resource it is. And we have to say we agree with their assertion that "Most people don't realiz...
The Zentner Collection is a little like SF's Fumiki's mix of contemporary and vintage Asian furnishings and art--but bigger. Chock full of exquisite Asian antiques and some new pieces as well, this 35...
A few times every year, we wander into Fumiki hoping against hope that there'll be something in there we can afford. Fumiki specializes in high end 17th-20th century Asian furniture, art and accesso...