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Revisiting a Classic: The Cherner Armchair

Never has plywood made me weak in the knees like the Cherner Armchair, designed by Norman Cherner in 1958. The popularity of the chairs has grown since 1999 when the Cherner Chair Company began usin...

Tolix A Chair

The steel Tolix A Chair is definitely not just for bistros anymore. Also known as the Marais AC Chaise, it’s one those timeless, versatile pieces that seem to work anywhere. It’s made for indoor ...

Inviting Color to the Table

We have been looking for exciting ways to add more color to our dining area. At first, we tried a bright tablecloth but that didn't show off our fabulous white lacquered tabletop. Then, we splurged ...

Making it Work: Slipcovered Dining Chairs

While slipcovered dining chairs are fairly common, we think they can be pretty tough to pull off. Except, perhaps, in an actual farmhouse, slipcovers can look very faux-farmhouse. Lately, though, we'v...

Before & After: Eddie Ross Loves Pattern & Color

We know that Eddie is killer creative and technically savvy with before & afters, and here's yet another great example. These Salvation Army chairs truly were salvaged with a little vision, some gre...

DIY Eclectic: How to Mix it Up With Matching Chairs

There's been a lot of talk about mismatched dining chairs around here, and it seems many of us agree that the challenge is actually putting the mismatched set together and making it work. But what if ...

More Bedside Not-Table Inspiration: Chairs With Drawers

Last week we were pondering bedside table alternatives, among them the very simple solution of placing a chair beside the bed. A chair provides a flat surface and even a place to hang a robe or extra ...

Powder-Coated Products by iacoli & mcallister

click thumbnails for larger picsWe have a deep fascination and love for powder-coating. It's like the bacon of the design world - throw some on anything and it's bound to be good. So when we saw thes...

4 Things We Like at Target's Red Hot Shop

Since there's no Target in the city, we usually troll around the website to get our fix of affordable finds. But locating all the cool stuff they carry amidst thousands of products can get tedious. Lu...

Doily Chair by Tara Murray

The Doily Chair is only a design as of now, but we wanted to share its lacy beauty with you here. Conceived by Tara Murray, an industrial designer based in Calgary, the chair was designed to combine...

Good Questions: What Chairs to Go With a Cherner Table?

AT:SF, What chairs to go with this [Cherner] table? I'm purchasing this table soon and need some ideas for the best chairs (4). My initial thought is the white eames eiffel or fiberglass modernica cha...

Good Questions: Chairs to Go with My Table?

Hello AT:SF, I have been looking everywhere for some nice, different, cool chairs to go with my new dining table which I got from pottery barn. It's a simple, black expandable table. Though it's not a...

Supernatural Chair at FiveTen Studio

We have a bit of an addiction to chartreuse - some might call it a problem. We've been trying to keep it in check lately, but when we saw this chair, we couldn't help but think how something wrong cou...

Form3 Design

When it comes to furnishings and home decor, we think antiquing when we visit Petaluma. With that said, what a pleasant surprise to find out about Form3 Design, a custom wood furniture design studio ...

Best Colorful Chairs from Antique Shops in San Francisco

We love to be inspired by the beautiful pieces of furniture throughout San Francisco's antique and vintage scene. However, we don't always get the opportunity to run around town and check out our fav...

Mechano Chair from Thorsten van Elten

We were inspired by the product styling for this chair: its industrial profile in a bright color set against a patterned textile is a recipe for a very alluring and eclectic setting, in our book. If...

Chairs at the Ann Getty House Collection

If you're at all familiar with San Francisco, you must know about the Gettys. But did you know Ann Getty has a residential interior design firm? And that in 2003, Ann Getty and Associates announced t...

Hot or Not?: Cushioned Louis Ghost Chairs on Gossip Girl

Cushioned Louis Ghost Chairs on Gossip Girl Jump below for linkage, and to vote!...

Kartell Lizz Chairs

When looking for an accent piece of furniture, we find we're always drawn to fun, bright, saturated color, which probably explains why our search usually leads us to Kartell. Never content to offer a ...

Look!: "Like a Snowflake...." Stickers on Our New Shell Chairs

We saved up and purchased these two shell chairs with eiffel bases, and were tickled by the sticker that came attached to them. Snowflakes, indeed....

Good Questions: What Chairs for this Table?

Hi AT SF, I just bought this dining room table for my new apartment, but don't like the chairs that they had to offer in the store. I would love to find chairs elsewhere that match, but I'm clueless ...

Roost "J Chair"

We first spotted this chair over at Velocity Art & Design's online shop and were surprised to learn that it's designed by Roost — a local company better known for its nature-inspired accessories...

Piero Fornasetti Chairs from Sultana

Wow. We're HUGE Piero Fornasetti fans. HUGE. We were so happy to find these two chairs at Sultana yesterday. The Ionic capital! The sunburst! We're in love. ...

Minnie Stool from PB Teen

Are we going crazy? Perhaps... but we're kind of seriously drawn to these stools. The colors - all wrong. The rug in the photo - we'll pass. But the lines of the stool - heaven help us, we like it. ...

SF Good Questions: Chairs To Go With This Table?

AT:SF, I bought my dining table at an antique store in Nebraska a few years ago - I fell in love with it instantly. But in all this time I've never been able to find chairs I like to go with it. We ...