Latest in: Issue 5
Designer Jeff Schlarb taps into Telegraph Hill lore When interior designer Jeff Schlarb’s client moved to San Francisco five years ago, he sought out a home that epitomized the City by the Bay — …
From the outside, a 1905 Victorian in Pacific Heights, recently remodeled by David Armour of Armour Architecture, deliberately appears unchanged. Painted in subtle shades of gray and accented with a minimum of gilding, it …
Noz Nozawa’s lighting fixtures are quite literally jewelry for interiors. Noz Nozawa, 38, always wanted to be a designer—“even before I knew it was a thing,” she says. But guided by her pragmatic Japanese …
The Green Room: Designed to bring out the child in you A leafy roost for multi-tasking diners Architect EB Min of Min Design entered a competition—sponsored by Mission Rock Partners, who transformed land leased …
New: At The Hall in SF, cue up some fun. Designer Craige Walters — known for countless successful San Francisco nightclubs, including Black Cat in the Tenderloin — has in recent years been working …
Its creators took some heat. Then, the plunge. Floating quietly in Richardson Bay, Fjord reimagines the Scandinavian sauna. The minimalist retreat — two aspen-lined steam rooms perched on a concrete barge — offers warmth …
Designer Alexa Wyman gives pet furniture a fun, sophisticated makeover. In East Bay designer Alexa Wyman’s world, Fido doesn’t share the couch — he has one expressly made for him. “When I was at Douglas …
Local Firms Stack Up Design Cred The Swivel Counter stool by San Francisco’s Josh Duthie, echoes mid-century metal factory and office stools. Made to order of warm laminated poplar and walnut, it costs $850 …
San Francisco’s Walker Warner architects embraced light and shade in sybaritic Kauai The cedar and oak horizontal slat fence separating this nearly 4,000-square-foot U-shaped home from the road seems almost incidental. Even with two gates that …
A restored classic gets a second chance. After years of idyllic getaways in the Bay Area, a Michigan couple began dreaming of making Northern California a more permanent part of their lives. Their first step was …