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click thumbnails for larger picsHouseboat-dwellers can often provide helpful inspiration for those of us dealing with unusual design challenges. Landscape designer Maria Finn, who recently moved...
click thumbnails for larger picsThe bedroom is a sanctuary - a place where you can escape the noise of life (minus your alarm clock, unfortunately) and focus on your own relaxation in peace. You...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe love plants, so seeing many of them in any house or an outdoor space is always a nice surprise. In this particular example the courtyard that appears to be the...
More artwork than clock, we loved this huge timepiece looming over the dining table in a house up for auction in Melbourne, Australia. Far from making us feel like we have to hurry up and finish eat...
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All of these great designs with a cow grazing on the lawn or a horse peering in the window are cracking us up. Something about the intermingling of modern homes ...
Shauna is looking for some ideas: We have a floating staircase in the home we just purchased. We actually like the open feeling it provides (a somewhat modern loft look in a dull mid-century home), bu...
If your landlord is flexible enough to let you hang pictures, then you can probably adapt this idea from Ikea Hacker. Dawn decided that her kitchen needed color, and instead of fretting over tile or...
Living in small spaces, or even larger spaces with small areas such as this hallway, it is often easy to let space go un- or under-utilized. Allison the Valiant, over at Flickr, has an image of this g...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe enjoy some of the traditions that go along with Easter: hunting eggs, decorating with spring flowers, eating Peeps. But unfortunately, like many holidays, East...
The Spring green we love so much is showing up all over the place, but one of our favorite bearers of the color is euphorbia. The plant, with its little green "alien eye"-looking flowers, seems to be ...
click thumbnails for larger picsA six month-old chocolate brown Cameron sofa from Room & Board is available in SOMA for $1000...
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We always look forward to the "sneak peeks" of designers' homes on Design*Sponge, but it's especially exciting when they feature San Franciscans. Recently, the blog showcased photographer Kimberley Au...
Oh, man! We've had "Please Forgive Me" stuck in our head since we read this article. Our first thought on seeing this Paris home was, "Bryan Adams... really?", but it seems music aside, our taste migh...
click thumbnails for larger picsAwhile back we did a post about Alissa Hunsaker Photography. We received multiple questions about the orange window curtains featured in the main photo. We came a...
Sad as it may seem, it is our dream to have a laundry room in our home. Right now we count ourselves among the denizens of the laundromat, but if one day we do have a dedicated room for laundry, it ...
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Transom windows always make us think of the doors in the turn-of-the-century building where we attended primary school. But you'll spot the feature in homes of t...
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Name: Pamela
Location: Toronto, Canada
Size: 630 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? I love the solid corian c...
It's not a custom built piece, but neither is this a standard shelf width one can expect to find for books and curios. To utilize those narrow strips of wall between doors that seem to abound in old...
Living in a small space we have often taken creative license with uses for different pieces of furniture. Our entertainment center became a bedside table/bookshelf/record player stand/electronics stor...
Many Bay Area residents seem to encounter the same frustrating situation in their outdoor space: A concrete slab where a garden ought to be. Breaking up all the concrete, having it removed, and so on ...
click thumbnails for larger picsIn case you haven't noticed, we're really in to Spring right now. Winter never seems all that bad (at least not in San Francisco) until the first blossoms start t...
click thumbnails for larger picsIn Emeryville, a "blueish-gray" Crate and Barrel Cannes sofa is available for $500 or best offer. See more good finds after the jump...
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click thumbnails for larger picsIf you haven't spent time exploring the web site of French designers Tsé & Tsé, consider this your warning: it's addictive. The experience feels like wandering ...
Aren't you just adoring the weather we've been having recently? Oh Spring, we love you. And we love your colors, too. Of course the bright, brilliant citron green that's been signaling new growth ever...
What first caught our attention in the pictures was the 18th-century cabinet. The amazing detail and the use of the serpents around the glass had us completely intrigued. But the incredible collection...
Etsy has put together another awesome gift guide, this one in honor of April Fools. Some of these made us laugh out loud, especially the crocheted toilet paper (it's a scarf). Luckily it's hanging t...
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The Cordell Shipping Container House, designed by Christopher Robertson, defies the dark, enclosed nature of shipping containers. In this home, the containers ha...
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Name: Panda66
Location: San Francisco, California
Size: 550 square feet
What is your one favorite element in your small, cool home? The built in ce...
Never mind the gorgeous sleigh bed in this Moroccan-inspired bedroom, we were taken by how this couple used a small nook created by the angled fireplace and the closet — as a little elevated dog b...
Yesterday, we featured the winning designs from the Elle Deco International Design Awards. While the prices for each item were not listed, and often times are only available via quote from the supplie...
click thumbnails for larger picsAs much as we adore the skinny fellow in the photo, it took us a while to get used to living with an animal. Not having grown up with pets, and being—well, ahem...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe hate to sound like a commercial for the Container Store, but must admit that a kitchen, bathroom, any room, looks much calmer and attractive when items are tak...
click thumbnails for larger picsIn Ingleside, a vintage Dazor floor lamp is selling for $120. Click below for other good finds (including an orange fiberglass sofa)......
Name: Samantha Martin-Evans
Location: San Francisco, CA
Size: 950 sq. ft., 2-bedroom Edwardian carriage house
Years lived in: 11, owned
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click thumbnails for larger picsOn a trip to Rome last year, my husband and I became obsessed with the rusty terracotta color of so many buildings there. As you can see, we took zillions of phot...
click thumbnails for larger picsInterior Designer Palmer Weiss jumped onto our radar when she was included in Domino's list of 10 designers to watch. Her featured rooms ranged from serene and st...
Today is the last day of our Kitchen and Bath month and we wanted to share with you this beautiful kitchen. We have never seen a circular kitchen island before. It not only looks great, but it also pr...
Okay, we're being a little facetious with this, but then so were the designers, in all probability. It does intrigue us, though, to think creatively about how such a common tool can be designed to m...
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We live in an apartment and stairs are something found only in the building's common areas. But if you live in a small home with stairs of your own, you might fi...
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Just in time for the last day of kitchen month, tickets are now available for the Architectural Heritage Center's 11th Annual Kitchen Revival Tour. In past year...
click thumbnails for larger picsThere are 24 international Elle Deco magazines, and each year all of the editors come together to name the best designer furnishings. This year there were some go...
Our Chicago site asked what you thought of layered rugs last month, and the responses were, well, mixed. We thought this grouping of rugs arranged by the ever stylish ones at Lost Art Salon might chan...
In Ingleside a vintage super shiny black table lamp is available for $70. Jump below for links to this and other good finds.
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click thumbnails for larger picsThese days it’s fairly common to see kitchens decked out in bright, cheery colors, or entirely in white and stainless steel for an airy, modern feel. But we als...
Our Kitchen and Bath month is coming to a close, but before it does we had to share these sumptuous kitchen cabinets from Sunset Magazine. Instead of using paint, veneer, or stain, the simple beauty o...
click thumbnails for larger picsCasa no Gerês has been featured quite a bit on architectural sites and magazines. It has also received multiple awards in recognition of its innovative design by...
Blue lines on a white ground with a single red rule crossing them — most of us would recognize this as notebook paper regardless of the context. This particular homage to schoolwork, above, is li...
BeforeOn our recent trip to Portland we fell in love with a little shop in the Alberta District called Digs. It was teeny-tiny, but filled with bright and beautiful accessories for both the home and o...
Would you believe this kitchen is in what was once an out-of-date split level? Says the owners' designer, Jessica Helgerson: “The house was such a dog,” [she] recalls with a guilty laugh. “It ...
This unique take on open kitchen shelving caught our eye, both for the ornate moulding and bright color as well as creative reuse of architectural salvage. The country-style door makes a nice frame ...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe have a bit of an obsession with letterpress artwork. We've always had a penchant for print materials, and lately there have been many fantastic print artists c...
Kanna writes: I have a question regarding the fireplace in my new apartment. It's a beautiful centerpiece for the livingroom, except that it's missing one tile! The tiles aren't like ordinary square t...
After spotting this beautiful "window treatment" the other day on Poppytalk, we couldn't stop thinking about how to do something similar for party we're planning in May. The designer, Gunnar Kaj, used...
click thumbnails for larger picsWe are starting to develop a small obsession for bar carts. Why? We're not big drinkers and it's not as though our paltry drink assortment demands to be showcased...
In the MIssion, a design staple: the Componibili Storage Unit in Silver by Kartell for $70. Jump below for links to this and other good finds:
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