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San Francisco shopping guide listing for “M”

Maison d'Etre

Maison d'Etre is one of our very favorite stores. We were trying to pinpoint what makes shopping there (or merely browsing) such a satisfying experience: it's a domestic sensualist's delight. ...

Modwalls

Modwalls (formerly Mosaic Tile Market) is a Scotts Valley-based company that is strictly online, but their wall and floor tile products are colorful, stylish, and economical....

Melrose Metal Finishing & Painting

Our faux-Saarinen table base, before and after We recently had a vintage table base sandblasted and powdercoated at Melrose Metal Finishing and despite our desire to keep this great resource a secret,...

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,...

Maxine's Pickity Patch

When we visited Urbanweeds a couple of weeks ago, we also happened to be on the lookout for fresh cut flowers for our apartment — we felt like stepping up from the usual grocery store fare that da...

Martin

We're not sure just how to describe Martin. How often is it that you see a store's site where new products are categorized under "New Shite" and press is "Blah Blah Blah"? Interior designer and world...

Mickey's Monkey

Once inside Mickey's Monkey, one would assume that everyone in the city would know about it. It's that good. But alas, it is still a hidden gem where you can purchase way out there knicknacks, super...

Monticello Antique Marketplace

Monticello Antique Marketplace takes everything that makes a day spent browsing flea markets and thrift stores a great day, and puts it all together under one roof....

Mickey's Monkey

(Welcome again to Leah, one of the finalists in our San Francisco Blogger search.Comment away!) We all have our secret sources for furnishing our home. Walk into Mickey's Monkey in the Lower Haight...

Maude Decor

Patricia Baun started selling her signature hand-painted canvas rugs in 2002, and has continued designing collection after collection ever since. They've drawn the attention of Dwell, Elle Decor, I...

Mebel Furniture

Clean, modern lines. Solid wood, sustainably harvested. Multi-functional pieces. These things get us every time. Mebel Furniture's website says, "Modern life is about simplifying our surroundin...

Modern Cabana

If your budget and your backyard are big enough for a Modern Cabana, then consider us extremely jealous. According to the San Francisco company's website, the structures are designed "around the pre...

Mathmos Lights and Lava Lamps

Ever wonder what the inventor of the Lava Lamp is up to these days? Not unlike that other 60's British import, the Rolling Stones, Mathmos just won't quit -- and they've managed to keep the novelty li...

Made Studio

Edge with warmth. Portland-based Made Studio is a furniture and interior design studio specializing in handcrafted case goods, tables, and custom furniture, as well as cabinetry-based interiors. (The...

Mosaic Tile Market

If you don't have the time -- or the patience -- to go traipsing from tile showroom to tile showroom, check out Mosaic Tile Market. The Scotts Valley-based company is strictly online -- and to make t...

MediaMounts

We have a clever friend who's an inventor and a yogi. When he works he sits on the floor on a zafu cushion. He uses a low Japanese table for his laptop and hooks it up to a flat panel monitor. The ...

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...

MagScapes

When we were growing up, cork walls in kids' rooms were all the rage. Our folks glued huge sheets of thin cork onto a wall in our bedroom, painted it to blend in with the rest of the room, and set u...

modern digital canvas

The art you chose for your walls is highly personal and meaning-driven. Or is it? Lots of people chose art for aesthetic reasons only, which is what came to mind when we read md-canvas's manifesto: ...

Marin Outdoor Living

We met Michael Galica, the proprietor of Marin Outdoor Living, at -- you guessed it -- Dwell on Design. He was very enthusiastic about being able to share his eco-friendly products with us. The co...

Modern Bamboo

Modern Bamboo makes just a few products. But those few products are amazing in their simplicity and craftsmanship, as well as the fact that they're ecologically sound design. Anthony Marschak beca...

Maude Decor

Perhaps you're allergic to wool (like we are). Perhaps you have pets (like we do). So perhaps you're always looking for alternatives to wool rugs, but ones that are low maintenance. We bring you Ma...

Muzzy's Attic

After seeing the apartment we're featuring in next week's House Tour, we felt inspired. It reminded us that there are great finds in thrift and consignment shops, flea markets, even sometimes on the ...