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Adorable Portable Fireplace

Before I tell you any more about Piet, let's lay it all out on the table: Sadly, this sweet little ethanol-burning fireplace is not available for sale. It's the master's thesis project of Fredrik Cava...

Bucket-of-Parts Modular Bench from All+

At long last, it's the Mr. Potatohead of furniture... the SITO bench, from Italian design firm All+, is available with a smattering of mix-and-match modular parts that allow you to customize your benc...

Five Custom Dining Tables by Meyer Wells

Oh, to have a dining table custom made for your home. If ever we did this, we would definitely consider taking the job to Meyer Wells, the Seattle-based furniture makers. These guys use salvaged woo...

Clever Furniture Designs from Dylan Gold

We recently came across the work of San Francisco furniture designer Dylan Gold, whose fabulous "cornered" table won Best in Show at DWR's M+D+F contest back in May. If you love the clever way the des...

Custom Furniture From Linden Street Designs

If you drink good coffee in San Francisco, chances are you've drunk it while sitting on (or at) a piece of furniture by Tad Longmaid of Linden Street Designs. Longmaid has created custom pieces for bo...

Furniture Re-Designs From Donna Walker

Furniture and object upcycling is one of the more intriguing new artistic media of our era. These days it seems there are so many artists and designers working in the spirit of sustainability, bringin...

Need a Great Gift? 70 Reasons to Buy Handmade
Poppytalk

Lately we've been trying to buy most of our gifts on Etsy, or from local businesses who carry handmade goods. Sometimes Etsy can be a bit overwhelming, though—despite its user-friendly design, there...

826 National Essentially Odd Design Catalog

If you've ever been to visit the pirate supply store down at 826 Valencia, you already know that there are some pretty amazing creative minds on their design team. Somehow the place genuinely feels li...

Varian Designs Launches New Rustic-Modern Collection

At this weekend's Dwell on Design convention, San Francisco-based Varian Designs will be exhibiting pieces from their new collection of gorgeous rustic-modern furniture. Here as in past collections, d...

Willow Branch Structures from Pescadero's Willow Farm

click thumbnails for larger picsOn a recent visit with our four-year-old nephews, we brought them to the Bay Area Discovery Museum and found ourselves enchanted by the giant maze and tunnel made from...

Outside Inside Print from Small Stump

Earlier today, just a few hours after our post about bringing the outside in, we stumbled upon this lovely handmade silkscreen print from Small Stump. Isn't it charming? We love the idea of blurring t...

Vintage Bohemian Fun: All the Luck in the World

click thumbnails for larger picsThose of you who love the feminine bohemian aesthetic of Anthropologie but prefer to spend your money with independent artists and craftspeople are sure to adore Dutch...

Ranger of the Lost Art: WPA National Park Posters

click thumbnails for larger picsAfter Lily's post last week about the WPA's wonderful old posters, reader Diana wrote to let us know about Doug Leen, a Seattle-based artist who dug up a rare collecti...

Hiih Gallery Handmade Paper Lights

click thumbnails for larger picsPutting together yesterday's Weekend Guide, we came across Portland-based Hiih Gallery's handmade paper lights for the first time and fell hard. Wow, these lights are ...

Elle Deco International Design Awards: Get the Look!

Yesterday, we featured the winning designs from the Elle Deco International Design Awards. While the prices for each item were not listed, and often times are only available via quote from the supplie...

Elle Deco International Design Awards
Elle Decor April 2009

click thumbnails for larger picsThere are 24 international Elle Deco magazines, and each year all of the editors come together to name the best designer furnishings. This year there were some gorgeou...

Prefab Homes and Furniture by Live Edge

Would you believe there's a Zen Buddhist monk creating furniture and prefabricated houses right at the foot of the Bay Bridge? Paul Driscoe combined his study of Buddhist temple design and constructio...

Minimalist Outdoor Shower From Atelier Tradewinds

Atelier Tradewinds is a small Belgian company that designs garden equipment and outdoor furnishings with minimalist appeal. Humdrum objects like wheelbarrows, sprinklers, and coolers take on aesthetic...

Camping Series by Jesper K. Thomsen

This table and chairs, designed by Jesper K. Thomsen for Normann Copenhagen, reminds me of the pool furniture at my grandmother’s apartment building… in a good way. I can almost smell those sunny ...

Jewelry for the Home: Marjorie Skouras Chandeliers

All the bling at the Oscars on Sunday (especially those amazing green earrings on Angelina Jolie—oh, and Amy Adams’ gem-studded bib) got us dreaming about jewelry for the home. A chandelier is a l...

Humor and Innovation from Reddish Studio

The new designs from Reddish Studio remind us how a dose of humor combined with innovation can yield truly stunning results. Naama Steinbock and Idan Friedman, the Israeli designers behind Reddish, ar...

McEwen Lighting Studio

Using the lines, shapes, and materials of industrial objects as his inspiration, local designer Michael McEwen, based in Emeryville, produces some seriously stunning fixtures. We’d love to bask in t...

Upper Playground Furniture Line

Chair by David Choe Early last year, Upper Playground released a line of furniture designed by artists like Jeremy Fish, Sam Flores, David Choe, and Tiffany Bozic. These custom-made, handcrafted furni...

Gulassa & Co.

Gulassa & Co takes an unconventional approach to furniture design — this collective of wood workers, metal workers, glass artists, upholsterers, architectural and graphic designers puts out cust...

Urban Hardwoods

Have you ever watched a big, beautiful tree come down in your neighborhood, due to anything from a storm to safety reasons to improving the view, and wondered what would happen to all that wood?...

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