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There's a little oasis out in the middle of the last place you'd expect it to be (Bayview), and it's wooing all sorts of gardeners - thumbs shades of green to, um, less so - to trek down and get inspi...
There's a little oasis out in the middle of the last place you'd expect it to be (Bayview), and it's wooing all sorts of gardeners - thumbs shades of green to, um, less so - to trek down and get inspi...
We were reading SF Weekly's "Best of 2008" last week and noticed that flipp had been named the best interior design store. Startled, we wondered why we hadn't heard of it. Shoot forward ten minutes ...
We certainly weren't expecting to find Floréal while walking up Taylor Street the other day. This quant and adorable boutique is situated on a rather strange block, as it's mostly surrounded by ap...
Flutter is what Anthropologie wishes it was: eclectic, tongue-in-cheek sweet, where everything looks like it was found in the attic of an adventurer from a bygone era. The store carries a selection...
Going away this holiday weekend? Whenever we're about to embark on a trip, we make i...
(Welcome again to Leah, one of the finalists in our Blogger search. She's writing from Oakland. Comment away!) To all AT:SF Blogger Tryout posts Tucked amidst the cozy traditionalism of College Aven...
Remodeling a bathroom can have its ups and downs. About two years ago, we were dealing with the renovation of both bathrooms in our house. What got us most excited about the project? The Fixtures n'...
(Welcome again to Martina, one of the finalists vying for a blogging position at the upcoming AT:Home Tech. Comment away.) Simply mention the word to any technologically inclined friend you know. Say...
Until recently we had no idea that Forgotten Shanghai was local, and a purveyor of furniture. We'd seen their opulent silk bags around town, but at the Gift Fair a few weeks ago we stumbled upon their...
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...
We first stumbled across Howard Street's foam superstore online, and slowly have discovered what a great resource it is. And we have to say we agree with their assertion that "Most people don't realiz...
A couple of years ago we moved into a duplex in a Victorian. We didn't realize until we were actually moving in that the paint was much worse than we'd thought. We started to paint it ourselves and t...
A few times every year, we wander into Fumiki hoping against hope that there'll be something in there we can afford. Fumiki specializes in high end 17th-20th century Asian furniture, art and accesso...
It was only a matter of time before someone figured out that framing is a service that can be fulfilled through the Internet. FrameCo's web site includes a neat little app called Smart Framer V2...
Fleurt is a fun place to shop. This little retail space in the Clement Street shopping dstrict is the very definition of eclectic style. Proprietors Betta Cattaneo and Jonathan Rachman seem to speci...
On a recent spring day, when the Bay Area was still being bucketed by rain, we wandered into Fiori. We felt the need for a sign that a real spring might actually happen, some color, some flowers...an...
If you're looking for home design magazines, Fog City News is the place to go. Located in the Financial District, Fog City News has more magazines than any other store in the Bay Area. Their for...