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  wall decors galore…

  10.29.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The last few years in interior design have really gone overboard with wall decors. By way of i.d. magazine I found domestic.fr and I’m pretty amazed at the amount of wall decors they have produced as well as the cost; most seem to be under 100 euros. I want to put most of these in [...]

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  modern design auction at wright, chicago

  10.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A few years ago when I was living in Chicago, I attended a Wright auction. Wright is located in an nondescript warehouse, just southwest of the loop. I’m sure I stuck out like a sore thumb in the relatively small crowd but I enjoyed the auction nonetheless. It was pretty thrilling to see so many [...]

• all posts, architecture, resources, san francisco

  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 [...]

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  kids’ house by studiomama…

  09.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ll confess I saw this on Oheedoh (apartment therapy’s kids’ edition) but I had to highlight it as well. Studiomama a London-based designer named Nina Tolstrup designs furniture and spaces. I love the Kids’ House (show below). It includes a sleepy area, lego wall, and exterior blackboard wall. I built forts of all kinds as [...]

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  still very much in the design phase…

  07.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This is the answer we give to everyone who asks us about the house. We’ve been enjoying combing through our stack of 6 years worth of Dwell mags and just taking our time during this phase. Joe even slapped some post-it notes on the wall the other day to help us visualize what we’re thinking [...]

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  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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  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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houseandfig.com is Sarah & Joe Hebenstreit. Joe is a ‘Maker’ in all meanings of the word as well as a Product Design Lead. Sarah spends most of her time photographing very cute kids Sarah Wert Photography. We got hitched in July of 2007 and about a month later found ourselves tearing down walls in our new home. You could say we're newlyweds living in a construction zone.

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