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San Francisco shopping guide listing for “T”

The Shade Store

The Shade Store recently opened its first showroom outside New York City. The 1,690-square foot San Francisco window treatment design center offers onsite design consultation, measuring and installat...

The Sliding Door Company

Doors are no longer just doors with The Sliding Door Company, an innovative design company specializing in clean and contemporary clear, frosted, laminated or linen glass....

The Wooden Duck

While there are plenty of new green furniture resources popping up now, The Wooden Duck is still one of our favorites. The store has been outfitting homes with recycled wood furniture since 1995. Init...

The Wooden Window & Door Company

When we bought our house, the first words our dad spoke were, “Oh good. All the windows have already been replaced.” Sure, vinyl windows are great for saving on heating costs, but they also lack...

The Zentner Collection

Japanese Antique Screen Painting with Fans, $4400 The Zentner Collection is a little like San Francisco's Fumiki, a mix of contemporary and vintage Asian furnishings and art -- only bigger. Full of e...

The Northeast Portland Tool Library

We don't want to toot our own horn, but we're pretty sure we're one of AT's least handy writers. Put a hammer in our hand and we're bound to make a huge mess...don't even get us started on what damage...

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...

The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company

The 102-square foot Weebee House This is a true find. Sebastopol-based The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company was started by Jay Schafer around 1997 when he began pioneering the art of building and livin...

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...

The Gallery: Deborah Cushman

When we first wrote about Sonoma-based painter Deborah Cushman, we didn't know that she'd worked as a textile designer in New York, or that she studied under Elmer Bischoff and Joan Brown (of the Bay ...

The Urban Nest

Walk down 24th Street in Noe Valley and you are bound to see plenty of stores filled with gifts and tchochkes, but Urban Nest is a step above and beyond. Here you can find the perfect gift for a house...

Therapy

When we're feeling in the mood for a little retail pick me up but haven't got more than a couple bills to rub together, we always magically end up in front of Therapy. Like a good shrink that'll help ...

Trove

We're always keen on a good discount, especially if it's for something we've had our peepers on to begin with...that's why we walked away light-headed after our visit to Trove. So much treasure, so ...

Thrift Town

It's not the biggest secret 'round town, but it's often one of the more undervalued resources for surprisingly awesome steals....

The Ribbonerie

The Ribbonerie is every DIYer and crafter's dream - a whole store filled with every type and color of ribbon imaginable. While at first glance this may not seem like the most "home" related store we...

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...

The Beholder

Ian Dingman "A Less Than Dramatic Tide" The Beholder has long been one of our favorite places to browse for art. In the past they've worked much like a traditional gallery - representing a selected st...

Tokyo Fish Market & Gift Shop

We've been by more than a few times to pick up a quick, tasty lunch at the Tokyo Fish Market. And every time, we've walked out and stared at the "Yes, we're open" sign hanging on the gift shop entra...

The Curiosity Shoppe

One of our favorite online retailers has made the jump to brick-and-mortar. The Curiosity Shoppe officially opened their doors a week ago, and their new Mission-area location is just as charming as ...

Therapy

We can't believe it. How is it possible that we've gone this long without blogging about the Mission District's two Therapy stores? While one shop carries mostly clothing and gift items, the neigb...

The Delancey Street Moving Company

The Delancey Street Moving Company doesn't advertise. They don't need to. Word of mouth is that good. Part of the amazingly successful, inspiring Delancey Street Foundation, an alternative rehabili...

The Wooden Duck

While there are plenty of new green furniture resources popping up now, The Wooden Duck is still one of our favorites. The store has been outfitting homes with recycled wood furniture since 1995. In...

The Folding Sliding Door Company

Bring the outdoors in. Folding, accordion-style sliding doors often show up in British shelter mags like LivingEtc. Every time we've seen them we've wondered why we don't seem to have 'em here. I...

TAP Plastics

Who knew that a plastic store could actually be fun? We are always excited to make a trip to TAP Plastics because it usually means we've got some DIY project in the works. When it's time to create di...

The Stencil Library

If you have a steadier hand and more patience than we do, stencils offer another option -- other than vinyl graphics and wallpaper -- for your walls. And Britain's The Stencil Library is reportedly t...