Tag: Oakland | Apartment Therapy

Urban Indigo

There’s a shop in Oakland that we keep hearing about, and we finally got the full scoop! Fresh from a successful trunk show of Kat Geiger’s gorgeous terrariums, Urban Indigo is a great hot spot fo...

After 13 years of operating two brick-and-mortar store locations, Big Pagoda is now an online-only destination. The designs strive to stay true to the essence of traditional Chinese furniture: "the s...

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...

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. ...

Form Vintage Modern

Form Vintage Modern lies tucked amidst the cozy traditionalism of College Avenue in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood. Owned by husband-and-wife team Joe and Lindsay Kunis, the store showcases classic...

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,...

Pimlico Place

Shopping at Pimlico Place is kind of what we imagine it would be like to shop at our great-aunt's house, if we had a glamorous great-aunt with excellent taste who had traveled extensively around the ...

Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles

The perfect place to hunt for your next rehab project (to get a headstart for next year's January Jumpstart perhaps?) or find a hidden gem in already perfect condition, Uhuru Furniture and Collectibl...

Swallowtail

Can a store be coveted and admired? Can it be an idol of design and good taste to be worshipped? If so, Russian Hill's Swallowtail is definitely our latest idol. We have loved this shop from the da...

One Big Man & One Big Truck

Moving is often cited as one of the most stressful life events. One way to help alleviate some of that stress is to use a reliable mover. Fred Wallace started One Big Man & One Big Truck in 1983. A...

Form Vintage Modern

(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...

i+n design

We first contacted i+n design a couple of weeks ago because we'd seen their modern ambient lights for sale on Craigslist. We were intrigued by the handmade wood and glue designs. The amazing t...

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...

Natural Home Cleaning Professionals

Natural Home Cleaning Professionals is a worker-owned business that provides professional, environmentally safe residential and commercial cleaning services to the residents of the East Bay, from Oakl...