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Tabletop: Round Wood Trays from Canvas
Currently coveting: Round Wood Trays from Canvas, which work well individually or as a set. The trays are made of wood, with a walnut, black, or white finish and are available in a range of sizes...
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Kitchen: Pantry-Style Glass Storage Jars
Here's a roundup of some of favorite storage jars, inspired by today's Kitchen: Open Shelf Storage Roundup. Above: The German-made Weck Food Storage Jars feature retro-style metal clamps and are...
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Shopper's Diary: Toki no Kumo in Japan
Discovered via Lark About (and high on our must-visit list): Toki no Kumo, a gallery, shop, and café located in Nagahama, a city on Lake Biwa in the Shiga region of Japan.
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Architect Visit: AIA SF Architecture and the City Festival Preview
For those Bay Area architecture enthusiasts who didn't catch our first post, here's a reminder that this weekend is the AIA 2010 San Francisco Living Home Tour, with tours and events on both Saturday,...
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Hotels, Lodgings & Restaurants: Bar Agricole in San Francisco
I recently dropped by San Francisco's new (and feverishly anticipated) Bar Agricole, camera in hand. Located on an industrial block in SoMa, this venture of Thad Vogler (a Yale-educated,...
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Design Sleuth: Wood-Handled Flatware Roundup
Admired at Brot & Butter in Germany, the café/food shop located within the Berlin branch of Manufactum: straightforward, rustic wood-handled flatware. Here are some ideas for duplicating the look....
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Walls, Windows & Floors: Concrete Wallpaper from Norway
Achieve an instant urban warehouse vibe with concrete-printed wallpaper from Norwegian company Nordic Design. The wallpapers feature actual images of concrete walls, photographed by Norwegian...
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Design Sleuth: Chair Agricole by Sebastian Parker
The chairs in today's Hotels, Lodgings, and Restaurants: Bar Agricole in San Francisco were designed and fabricated by San Francisco furniture maker Sebastian Parker. Parker started as a student of...
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Kitchen: Salvaged Shop Sign as Decor
Established in 1999 by partners Tessa Cox and Oliver Bulleid, Cox Bulleid Architects in London recently completed the award-winning Shoreditch Prototype House; we especially like the rough-hewn,...
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Office Visit: Coburn Architecture in Brooklyn
Brendan Coburn of Brooklyn-based Coburn Architecture grew up in a 130-year-old brownstone, which his parents (his father is an architect) renovated over a three-year period. During his years of living...
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Architect Visit: 28th Street Carriage House by Christi Azevedo in SF
After graduating from UC Berkeley with a BA in architecture, Christi Azevedo started her career fabricating limited-edition wood and steel furniture. Over the years, her focus evolved into an...
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Tabletop: Wood-Handled Kitchen Knife Roundup
Spotted recently: kitchen knives with handsome wood handles for a rustic look. Knife enthusiasts would be well advised to pay a visit to Chef Knives to Go, a Madison, Wisconsin-based outfit....
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Kitchen: New Kitchen Island Collection from Henrybuilt
Here's a chance to incorporate an elegant piece of Henrybuilt furniture into an existing space without purchasing an entire kitchen system. Seattle-based Henrybuilt's new line of kitchen islands...
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Hardware: Canteen Hook and Knob at MoMA
We first admired the Canteen Hook in the award-wining London Canteen Restaurants, designed by Very Good and Proper (a UK design collaborative founded by Andre Klauser, Ed Carpenter, and Patrick...
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Storage: GLC Paper Towel and Kitchen Supplies Holder
When kitchen storage space is limited, consider custom-made countertop accessories of polished restaurant-grade stainless steel from GLC Industries, a Franklin Park, IL-based fabricator of stainless...
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Steal This Look: Compact Danish Bathroom
Spotted in Bolig Magazine: a simple, compact bathroom created by a DIY-loving Danish couple, who make clever use of a small space. A tiled unit, topped with a long shelf for toiletries, houses the...
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Bath: New Seersucker Shower Curtains from Coyuchi
New from Point Reyes, CA-based linens company Coyuchi: appealing shower curtains made from organic cotton. Above: Available in white or charcoal, the 72-by-70-inch Seersucker Shower Curtain is $122...
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Design Sleuth: French Enamel Buckets
This shelf of French enamel pails in Marrakesh sent us on a search for similar pastel-hued buckets; a few of our finds are shown below. Above: Photo via Natural History. Above L: Large Teal Pail; 10...
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Bathroom: Low-Tech Toilet Roll Holders
Lacking a toilet roll holder? Here are some creative, low-tech solutions to solve the loo paper placement conundrum. Above: Toilet paper suspended from a loop of rope, slung over a ladder. Above: A...
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Required Reading: The Perfect Bath by Barbara Sallick
Waterworks co-founder and bath historian Barbara Sallick is the grand dame of bathroom design (she's on the board of directors at the Institute of Classical Architecture); she and her husband, Robert,...
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