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Posts tagged “glassware & ceramic”

Reclaimed Art: Terrariums from Fernseed

These wonderful terrariums are made of reclaimed/found bottles and containers. Kristine Dang, the founder of Fernseed, utilizes second-hand goods in the products that she sells in her store located in...

Recycled Tile Coasters at ReForm School

In our thrift store and flea market scouting, we frequently see vintage tiles that would be very cool in kitchen or bathroom tiling project. But we're renters, so such impulses are naturally stymied...

Carmel Bay Company

Carmel Bay Company has been around for as long as we can remember -- and it's always been a go-to place for great home furnishings and gifts. Every single time we set foot in the door we leave with...

Olio

It's not often that you come upon a shop that so boldly declares its raison d'etre over the door. And Olio is nothing if not fun. An old house full of "kitschy, eclectic, and cool stuff," stepping t...

FezQ

Tucked away in a little courtyard in downtown Carmel, Fez Q was like a little oasis when we stepped in out of the rain. We were greeted by bright colors, succulents and other plants, unusual floral a...

Janakos & Company

Yesterday we stopped in at one of our favorite Peninsula shops, Janakos & Company. The Burlingame store first drew our attention when ...

Bae

We admire the way Bae's co-owner, David Caler, describes himself: "a weird guy who likes weird things." One's own quirky taste is the most important guiding light you can have when taking on an aesthe...

Rare Device

Rare Device is one of our favorite stores. We were so excited when they opened last October. Rare Device carries beautiful and unique products, and the store is a wellspring of creative and inspirat...

Philippa Roberts

Philippa Roberts is our favorite home and gift store on Piedmont Ave. Philippa herself is a jewelry maker by trade, so you can also see her work at her shop. In addition to jewelry from both Philipp...

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...

La Petite Chaise

About a year ago, La Petite Chaise moved from Mountain View's Castro Street and set up shop in a funky little space right across Central Expressway. Until recently they held sales just one weekend a ...

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...

Room 4

We've been excited about Room 4 for some time now - each time we passed by it seemed there was something new in the window that we absolutely need to take home with us. Well it's now officially opened...

Rose and Radish

It's been over two years since we updated our Rose and Radish shop listing, so we took a trip there last week to give you the scoop on what's happening in one of our favorite Hayes Valley boutiques. ...

Modern Artifacts

Modern Artifacts is a postwar art & design shop located on Market Street in (or near) Hayes Valley. The store's owner has been collecting and refurbishing mostly mid-century modern vintage furniture,...

Scandinavian Details

Scandinavian Details is the first stop on our tour of the furniture and design stores in Hayes Valley. Many shop owners along Hayes Street in popular Hayes Valley will tell you how difficult it is to ...

Portland Modern

Just a few blocks from Portland's Pearl district is a hidden mid-century gem called Portland Modern......

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...

Perch

Up in the winding streets of Glen Park lies a new little oasis for lovers of all things lovely. Perch just opened about a month ago and has already created quite a buzz in the neighborhood......

Pimlico Place

Shopping at Pimlico Place is kind of what we imagine it would be like to shop at our great-aunt's house, if we had a glamorous great-aunt with excellent taste who had traveled extensively around the ...

The Gardener

It's no secret that we have a real humdinger of a crush on the Gardener. We've touted their wares more than once and bragged about the fact that we stalk the store on a regular basis. We've even fo...

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...

Beeline Mid-Century

Mid-century. San Francisco artists Ames Munden and Lisa Tyrrell's design studio and web boutique, Beeline Mid-Century, sells items to appeal to the lover of mid-century. If you're looking for one-o...