We spend much of our time over here talking about ways to make our homes more inviting, cozy, warm, stylish, clean, comfortable, chic, energy efficient, et cetera, but we rarely discuss how to make ...
Jon from Happy Mundane likes to do a new take on a pumpkin centerpiece each year for his fall table. We love the graphic approach he took with this year's pumpkins, stylishly mixing neon yellow with k...
If you have ever looked at the newest "it" chair and thought, "While I don't need a shedding chair, I can appreciate the effort it must have taken to get a yeti and a chair to procreate," you are not...
We are not sure how is it possible that we didn't know about Gudrun Sjoden until now. We discovered the store's website searching for inspiration on the web. Our first impression was that the style an...
Many of you might have heard about French Paper. They are a great source for paper goods, cards, napkins, wrapping paper etc. Recenlty we discovered that they also sell affordable art called Decor-a-b...
With colder days just around the corner, we have been looking at warm blankets and winter decor. Through our search we came across a story from the Domino archives about Tartan. The patterns can be ve...
So yes, this is the second time this week we've posted about Lotus Bleu. But when a friend let us know that the Hayes Valley boutique is now carrying pillows and tea towels by South African designer H...
Around our home, we tend to be hat fanatics. No matter how many organizational and storage ideas we look into, there doesn't seem to be anything truly ideal for storing them. While out antiquing t...
Recently we visited the beautiful Miette Confiserie in Hayes Valley, which is as much of a treat for a design lover as it is for a sweet tooth! The wallpaper and paint that adorn the candy shop walls ...
Oh, we've always wanted to do this! We don't have a collection of matchbooks like Shauna and Stephen from Something's Hiding in Here, but filling this lamp with Pez dispensers, plastic toys, or any sm...
On the heels of Apartment Therapy Chicago's post on 8 Ways To Label Your Bookshelves, this board game inspired idea stuck out to us this weekend. Thrifty, fun and 100% customizable... ...
Over the weekend a friend of ours built a bed for her son. We love the fact that she chose to do it herself vs. buying it from a store. It makes it so much more special. It also allowed her to choose ...
Remember my friend Rachel, who looked so cute posing next to all of the World's Largest Things? We marveled over her photos of the World's Largest landmarks, a collection of experiences rather than ob...
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...
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......
Recently paper art is all around us. Just the other day we posted about beautiful creations by Helen Musselwhite. Today we discovered these gorgeous paper cut maps of London and Paris made by a husban...
We always spot something in the window of Lower Haight's Xapno that catches our eye, whether it be one of their potted plants or anything from the well-edited selection of home accessories. This time,...
My friend Anne (remember her gorgeous home?) called me this weekend all aflutter about this beautiful lamp she found while trolling garage sales on Saturday. In fact, the lamp wasn't even a garage sal...
Walking in the Mission the other night, we suddenly found ourselves on a dance floor in the street! A neighbor had installed a small disco ball and lamp in the crook of a branch, and turned it on for ...
Amy Ruppel, a Portland based artist, recently released a new series of state animals paintings. We previously posted about her State Birds Series. Quite a few of her paintings have sold already, but t...
This past weekend we had a chance to check out Mignonne's new location in Berkeley. The old spot was near our house and with its great selection of home goods, gifts, and furnture it quickly became on...
Last night, while waiting for a table at Nopalito in the Western Addition, we spotted this adorable little succulent garden tucked between a row of tables and the glass wall of their enclosed patio. A...
We got a kick out of seeing an oversize load truck hauling this prefab house designed by San Francisco architect Christopher Deam. It's so cool to see it straight from delivery to the finished inter...
David Coote and his wife Atlanta Barlett have set up a new online boutique called Pale & Interesting. The items in the store are designed or chosen by both of them. If you are already familiar with...
Have you noticed the new plantings on the Guerrero Street median lately? The median between 20th and 24th, which was planted last December, is just going crazy with purple blooms from this gorgeous, p...
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