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? ...
There's nothing more appealing to us than functional design. We ran across these downspout gardens in Seattle that had us wishing we had the ability to transform the side of our own living space! N...
We missed this during Bedroom Month, but Valentine's Day is another good occasion to share this collection of bedroom fantasies featured in Wallpaper magazine. Designers Nel Colectivo, Jaime Hayon, ...
One common DIY project is refurbishing old furniture with a good paint job. This high-impact, low-cost project can be accomplished by anyone: we've shared some furniture painting tips before from Ma...
Could you give up buying new products for a year with the exclusion of toiletries, food and home improvement items? We found a great lesson in the ways of being green and attempting to reject the ty...
We are super big fans of smart organization, especially when they are ideas that can have multiple uses like this bulletin board. It's original intent is to hold business cards and notes, but we thi...
The Feburary Issue of Real Simple includes a fun article on decorating your home FROM home. They challenged three of their editors to each create a room - one from Craigslist, one from catalogs and on...
A pretty dreamy addition to a patio or garden, a fireplace truly turns an outdoor space into another room. It provides a focal point and extends the usability of the space into a nighttime gathering s...
We have heard many a green idea in the past year. Green is the new black and saving the earth is the new.... well that's always been chic. We have a quick refresher of 25 things you may or may not...
Edna Hayes and Bruce Needleman built their hacienda-style home to withstand the tests of time. They wanted a space that had to be worked (there's no AC, you have to manually open and close shutters ...
One of our favorite fall back staples around the home is hollow-core doors. They won't do your laundry, wash your dishes or even walk the dog, but never disappoint when it comes to being desks, tabl...
We have been doing our best to find new life in old objects lately. Not just for the holidays, but in our everyday lives in general. With that in mind, these repurposed mini blind projects caught o...
We do have to admit, all white interiors snag our attention more often than not. Sure, they can be severe and impractical. But that's not quite the case in this Vancouver apartment of designer Peter...
Hunt Littlefield's table - a wide ribbon with a single twist wrapped around plain linen napkins. The national tour of Dining by Design just wrapped up in San Francisco and The Chronicle recently shar...
If you've ever converted an attic space, you're familiar with that unusable portion of low space on either side of the roof's ridge. Generally, walls are built out and that leftover triangular space...
Every year Home Magazine hosts the American Furniture Awards, and each year there are more pieces to covet. Here are a few of the stand-outs from 2008....
We can never read too many organizing tips; we've got them all bookmarked in our browser. And clipped in a desk drawer. And saved in our email. And scribbled... well, perhaps we could use a tip for ...
Sometimes it's easy to lose track of the basis behind a green lifestyle; with so much cool "eco-friendly" stuff out there, you might want to buy it all and feel like something's been accomplished. T...
Floating homes are more likely to be known for their stunning views than for their savvy style. Really, when you can see natural beauty (and really big boats) out your window, why have furniture clutt...
In today's Chron, Susan Fornoff features Sunset's newest Idea House. It's different from the usual showcase homes in that it's located in a new 32-home development in Menlo Park. ...
Maybe we feel a kinship with these folks because we also live in a treehouse-like space, in the midst of unusually dense urban forest — yes, forest, and not the usual euphemism for concrete citysca...
Saturday's Chronicle included an article on a Truckee home described as a "manhouse." Roger Lessman's abode comes complete with copper soaking tub for two, remote control Toto toilet, retractable fla...
Today's Chronicle features an article about Craig Martin, who bought a fixer-upper in Oakland eight years ago. With some help from a rehabber friend, Tom Anthony, and interior designer Kristine Ahlst...
We might not be inclined at the moment to do a full-on remodel — contractors, dirt movers, nuh-uh — of our little patio/garden space. But out of Oregon Home's 19 tips there are plenty we can ap...
Saturday's Chronicle included Part Two of their wildfire-related articles. This time Eve Kushner and Laura Thomas's articles are on "several striking houses that show the gamut of architectural respo...
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