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Posts tagged “bedding & blankets”

Etsy Find: Bedding from Plumprettysugar

If you've always dreamed of a girly, ethereal bedroom, and find yourself drooling over the home goods at, say, Anthropologie, but prefer to buy handmade, then Plumprettysugar might be right up your al...

Egg & the Urban Mercantile

As egg & the Urban Mercantile say on their website, they are "one of San Francisco’s most unique purveyors of sublime and refined household goods." We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Every...

Tancredi & Morgen

Our favorite shop on the Monterey Peninsula is Tancredi & Morgen. Tucked away in a funky little shopping center in Carmel Valley, this jewel of a find is actually only a few minutes from downtown Car...

Relish

Years ago, a glance around Relish brought to mind one word – cramped. While the retailer had a good selection of modern housewares and a prime location in Portland’s tony Pearl District, the store...

Hayes Valley: Furniture and Design Shop Tour

San Francisco is completely saturated with furniture and design shops... and it can be a bit difficult to wade through it all. Because of this, we took the time to go to one of our favorite neighborh...

Lotus Bleu

Even at 250 square feet, Lotus Bleu packs a punch! Specializing in interior design and home decor from France and Vietnam, Lotus Bleu is your go-to spot for all things colorful & printed. Their in-h...

India Rose

We first heard about India Rose while checking out the annual Sample Sale at the American Industrial Building on Third Street. Their showroom was definitely one of the highlights of the day - a lovely...

Sue Fisher King

We were thrilled to revisit Sue Fisher King this weekend. It's not everyday that we're in the market for flatware in the $950 range. However, if we were... we'd spent it at Sue Fisher King. Opulenc...

Wallter Textiles

Lately we've been feeling a little frustrated by how, well, unkempt our bed looks. With a duvet, quilts, and featherbed, it looks a little bulky. These days we're drawn to the sleek, neat, modern ...

VivaTerra

VivaTerra seems quintessentially Northern Californian. Based in San Rafael, the online company is dedicated to living in harmony with nature. They carefully choose items that are well-designed and...

Branch

Good and green. San Francisco-based Branch believes that good design can be sustainable design. Everything they sell -- bedding, furniture, lighting, tabletop items -- is sustainable in some way or...

Relish

A selection as delicious as the word. We learned about this boutique in Portland’s Pearl District when we were looking for the elusive Wing Drop Leaf Table from this post on AT:LA. ...

Urchin

Sea urchins are cute, when you think about it. The symmetry of their spikes, the spherical shape that is just about palm size. We think this is the rationale behind, say, a Pokemon character or a ...

Eco Design Resources

While working as an interior designer, Alicia Peche developed allergies to nasty building materials. She then began seeking out healthy, non-toxic alternatives. At that time there were few resources...

Re:modern

With the proclamation "Design with Integrity," Bay Area-based Re:Modern announces their mission on their home page. Sustainability and good design are the driving forces behind everything they do, fro...

In-fusions

Portland-based in-fusions is the Pacific Northwest's player in the small world of modern bedding. Launched in 2004, the company's bed linens feature clean, simple designs. The combination of graphic...

Unison Home

In the small world of modern bedding, established players (like Dwell, Amenity, and Area) are few in number, but ubiquitous. That's why it's refreshing to see this world expand to include a smaller ...

Maison d'Etre

Maison d'Etre is one of our very favorite stores. After our latest visit (just yesterday), we were trying to pinpoint what makes shopping there -- or even merely browsing -- such a satisfying experie...

Nest

It's with huge restraint that we don't go into Nest every time we pass by. Once you enter the lovely Nest lair you'll know what we mean. At first, you feel like you're walking into a French flea ma...

Stumasa

Raw wooden furniture always seems to be screaming “creative opportunity.” That’s why Stumasa intrigues. A mom and pop neighbored furniture store with a DIY spin, Stumasa custom builds reasonably pri...

Fold Bedding

Bedspreads seems to have gone the way of Stretch Armstrong. But we miss them. They made it easy to make your bed quickly, without fussing too much on details. So we love Fold Bedding (oddly named, si...

Zonal Home

It's not every day that you find yourself walking past a red screen door in a hip city shopping district like Hayes Valley. The door, perhaps more than any other single piece inside this Hayes Valle...

Abode

To walk into Abode is to take in a satisfying eyeful of what the home furnishings world labels "transitional style," meaning somewhere between traditional and contemporary. What this label doesn't c...