Award winning San Francisco designer duo, Vernon Applegate and Gioi Tran transformed an elongated wall in this Pacific Heights condo bedroom into a modern double-duty storage zone.  Flanked on both sides by a set of doors, the center section’s built in drawers [above] rise halfway up the wall leaving the lighted area above open for [...]

When the owner of this wonderfully fresh retro kitchen bought the 19th-century house, the shelves and cabinets were a mess. She knew the kitchen needed a transformation and that green would be the color as it reflected all her collectibles.

To establish a vintage feel, celadon green for the cabinets was mixed with mint-green for the [...]

A refinished antique ladies writing desk proves to be just the right size for displaying the homeowner’s dainty Limoges collection, giving those who round the corner an unsuspecting stop-in-your-tracks reason to study this charming array of French porcelain boxes.  Add in the re-upholstered chair in a lush fabric complimenting an exquisitely made and equally lush [...]

On a recent eBay listing I found a 3′ x 5′ Pakistani Bokhara rug placed in the 1900-1939 age heading. The description states and the pictures [above and below] clearly indicate there is a 3-inch section that has been damaged.  It also notes that the rug was cleaned three years ago and the seller was [...]

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Our friend Ivette lives near Washington, D.C. She has wonderful décor ideas and is a super DIY renovator who is amazing with a paintbrush. She and her husband, Joel, are currently hard at work creating a family room in their basement and adding a guest bath. Ivette also collects design books as a hobby [...]

For more than two years I have scoured auctions for a set of antique botanical prints for my bedroom, hoping to get some at a reasonable price.  Nineteenth century prints like these originally came in subscription books and were hand-colored by artists. Last month, I wrote about my successful auction bid — a group of [...]