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  2008 Architecture and the City Festival…

  09.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  If this isn’t on your radar already, perhaps it should be. The AIA Chapter of San Francisco is hosting the 5th annual Architecture and the City Festival. Lots of great programs have passed but there are still plenty to attend, including this weekend’s (hugely popular) home tours.
  Joe and I went last year and enjoyed it [...]

• all posts, home, resources

  GrassrootsModern, read it.

  09.10.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  For as long as we’ve had this house and probably even before that Joe and I have followed the Salt Lake City based blog, GrassrootsModern. It was created by Creede Fitch and his wife to document their modern house renovation (on a budget) as well as super-cool products for home and baby. We admired their [...]

• all posts, home, resources, san francisco

  stem.

  09.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Recently, I had the pleasure of photographing Maxine Siu’s store called Stem in the Mission District of San Francisco. Ruby, Maxine’s daughter was the perfect photo assistant, making the shoot easy and fun. Thanks, Ruby!
  If you’ve never been to Stem, go now. Maxine has an incredibly well designed store, with lovely and unique flower arrangements, [...]

• resources, san francisco

  mega-dwr sale, fort mason

  08.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I hate posting about dwr sales. It’s the ulimate yuppie embarrassment to get up early on a saturday morning, coffee-in-hand to wait in a long line full of other suckers. However, this looks like a colossal sale and probably worth attending. I don’t mind scratches at all, especially when it knocks $2K off the price [...]

• all posts, design, resources

  new Blu Dot catalog…

  07.10.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Here’s a fun video of the photo shoot for Minneapolis based design/furniture company, Blu Dot. A long lost friend Matthew Rezac designed the catalog and it proves he’s still a rock star designer. Having spent 4 years in Minneapolis, I really enjoyed seeing real Minnesota snow in the video as well as a few familiar [...]

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  thanks Sunset magazine!

  07.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Our wine box cabinet just got picked up on the Sunset magazine blog. Thanks so much for the mention, Allison! If Sunset’s blog isn’t already in your blog reader, it should be. It’s an excellent resource for all things home.
  See our mention here.

• all posts, garden, resources, san francisco

  farm fresh to you…organic produce home delivery

  07.08.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  So this isn’t quite renovation-worthy but it is a great Bay Area service that Joe and I just discovered. Since the days I lived in Chicago, I’ve wanted to sign up for a produce delivery service that comes straight from an organic farm. In those days though, I was living alone and would have had [...]

• all posts, art, design, resources

  decorating without walls

  12.03.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  As you may have noticed there hasn’t been much renovating going on at house & fig. Things are moving slowly here (believe me, we’re just as disappointed as you are)…

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  concrete alternative

  11.15.07 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  Concrete seems to be everywhere in home design from kitchen counter-tops to bathtubs, even living room floors. Joe and I are fans partly because it’s not granite and concrete can surprisingly have a beautiful subtle patina…

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  renovation porn at renovationvoyeur.com

  10.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Now that we’re knee-deep (literally) in our own renovation project, it’s inspiring to read about other’s in the same boat. And especially those who came out the other head with their sanity and marriages intact…

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