Fantastico: One-Stop Shop for Kitschy Party Décor
Around here we’re big on simple, classy entertaining, with fresh flowers, good music, and a relaxed but elegant table. But there’s a time and place for another kind of party, one with loads of str...
Posts tagged “decorative accessories”
Trend Watch: Are Arrows the New Antlers?
For a few weeks this summer, vintage archery arrows were all the rage on some of our favorite design blogs, and with good reason. A group of these, with their vibrant colors and elegant forms, would l...
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...
Store-in-a-Store: Branch Home at Eco Citizen
We’ve never heard of an online-only retailer setting up a temporary in-the-flesh location, but for the month of April only, San Francisco-based sustainable design shop Branch Home has done it. Partn...
Passe Partout Photo Frame Clock at Dutch By Design
Twelve frames of various depths, dimensions and thicknesses make up the "numbers" on this clock. Pictured as it is with graphic artwork instead of photos makes it a standout wall feature, but it's e...
Minimal Candle Holder at Rockett St. George
This simple, elegant design harkens back to old-fashioned candle holders, the ones with a little loop for your finger. It would make an understated part of an evening tablescape, or romantic additio...
Review Mirrors by Boris Bally
Boris Bally is becoming widely known for repurposing retired traffic signs into furniture and home accessories, and this mirror is one of our favorites in his collection. The colors and design of th...
Roundup: White Accessories from Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters seems to always have a great accessory for almost any style. On our most recent visit to their online Apartment department, we couldn’t help but love some of their white ceramic and...
River Mirrors by Caryn Moberly
We were really inspired by the raw slab window bench in Jasmine's whole-home makeover. While these mirrors would be a wildly ambitious DIY project, they're quite unique, and perhaps not impossible t...
Champagne and Wine Cork Candles at Watson Kennedy
Candles melting all over wine bottles seems to have been a staple of romance movies of a certain time, but we haven't seen them recently. This throwback amused us, because the candle stuck into the ...
We Heart the Mission: Support Local Business (and Get Great Deals!)
Tomorrow from noon onwards, our favorite shops in San Francisco's Mission District will be participating in a “mid-winter stroll” to encourage support for local businesses at a time when—let’s...
Cheap Pete's
We get asked all the time about inexpensive ways to frame art. Our answers have run the gamut from super-cheap, cheap, inexpensive, and on and on. But, for some reason Cheap Pete's has never been pro...
Hollow
(Hello again to Susie who is trying out for the SF team. Her first post is here.) Interior designer Dawn LaMontagne has always been drawn to all things small. Even in home design, she prefers small-...
Etsy Find: Queen Pillows
We were lurking around the housewares section of Etsy and we stumbled upon these great Queen pillows from Etsy seller karenhiltondesigns....
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...
Beach House Style
We grew up by the beach, so it's a given that we're drawn to Marin's Beach House Style. Their website says, We’re all about a casual, affordable & happy-go-lucky lifestyle -- well, we'd like to t...
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 ...
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...
The Magazine
Before there was DWR, before there was Design Public, there was The Magazine. Founded in 1990 to supply its clients, both in the Bay Area and online, with the hottest modern furniture, rumor has it...
Peek Keep
When Heidi Nigen visited Copenhagen, she fell in love with the city, the people and the way they incorporate their cozy and modern aesthetic into everyday life. When she came home, she tried to r...
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 ...
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