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Name: Lise Location: Portland Every three months, I get an impending sense of doom when I go to the mailbox. Any day, I might open it and find the dreaded water bill. Sure, I wash my plates in an en...
Name: Lise Location: Portland Every three months, I get an impending sense of doom when I go to the mailbox. Any day, I might open it and find the dreaded water bill. Sure, I wash my plates in an en...
Hi AT:SF, Enclosed is a picture of our new kitchen/living room combo. We love the new cabinets, and are in a quandary, as we like the minimalist look and really don't want to put pulls on the doors o...
While we love a cleverly shaped knob as much as the next person, sometimes you want to go classic, either to fit with the period of your house, or to bring some old school glamour to a modern piece. ...
As renters, it's easy to get wistful about great building salvage — replacing sinks and molding can be out of the question in a lot of rentals. But this is a great way to showcase and repurpose ...
Little Green's so creative -- just take a look at some of her projects below the jump in our "related posts." We found these photos of her kitchen hardware made from old silverware in our SF Flickr a...
Rather than just grabbing whatever Home Depot has in stock, try experimenting with the selection of spouts, handles, and faucets at California Faucets' Virtual Faucet Creator, and come up with the c...
Utilitarian industrial chic. Sign us up for this cool Switch Box Cover with Lever Switch. Because it's weatherproof, it's perfect indoors or out. (Doesn't it just look like it belongs in Todd and...
It's the little things. When we visited Mia's houseboat a few weeks ago for our FSBO/House Tour: Mia's Floating Oasis, we were intrigued by the little touches. Like the bin pulls in her galley, wh...
Continuing the sea glass theme we started with the Oceana Seaglass Triangle Plates, we like these sea glass knobs from Carina Works. They'd look especially lovely in a bathroom. ...
Here's an especially fun addition to our top ten casters list: Mockett's Slim Plastic Casters with white or black tires (the white tires have that Air Jordan feel). Their oversize dimensions (5 3/16...
The couple who owns Glendale-based Atlas Homewares started out in the decorative hardware business after landing in an all-too familiar place: the crappy bathroom and kitchen of a rented apartment. ...
The sleekest bathroom and kitchen fixtures come from Europe, so we were pleasantly surprised to come across two modern lines from a California company called American Faucet and Coatings Corporation. ...
Modern Victorian. On a stroll through Fleurt in Inner Richmond last year, Jessica (now at Arkitektura) pointed at this antique French garden fountain that owner Jonathan Rachman had sourced from a Eu...
Last night we picked up February's Sunset, and as is our habit, flipped right to the Home pages. In an article about a colorful Moss Beach farmhouse designed for the Phillips family by Ellis A. Schoi...
New cabinet hardware is certainly not the only way to revive an old rental kitchen, but it's a good place to start. One of the high end finishes we keep seeing at open houses these days is kitchen d...
The other day I opened the dishwasher while everything inside was still hot because I'd run out of clean baby spoons. I plucked one from the utensil rack and ran it under the faucet to cool it down fo...
As promised in Monday's How To on making your space more flexible, here are our top ten caster choices. • Wood Wheels Swiveling Caster • Large Brass Caster with Hardwood Wheel • Solid...
It's true that most of the time a hook is obscured by the thing hanging on it, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't look good when it does make a show. In fact, a wall hook can be to the eyes what a mu...
House plants die. Fresh flowers get expensive. Trickling water fountains eventually drive you nuts. If you crave nature in the city and wish for something more primordial than plastic, how about drawe...