

DecorBook Classic : Christmas at Home, 2016
Seems like a sense of childhood fun and holiday cheer is in order this Christmas. Doing the house up in red and green with a generous...


Color Game : Orange Crush
Orange has to be the happiest color. This time of year, we see pumpkin orange everywhere. Have you considered it to be the perfect...


Color Game : Fall Color
Autumn snuck in last Thursday and there's a feeling of fall in the air here in Oakland, CA. Since it's my favorite season, I was ready...


DecorBook Classic : Stage Craft
Do you have theatrical moments in your rooms? Something that looks a little "out there" but makes you smile? This little bust ($20...


Places We Go : San Francisco's Japantown
Neighborhoods are a great place for design ideas and one of my favorites is Japantown in San Francisco. There's about 6 blocks filled...


Places We Go : The Ruth Bancroft Garden
If you were given three acres in which to "play in the dirt," what would you do? Back in 1971, Ruth Bancroft, in her 60s at the time,...


Places to Go : Outdoor Rooms
Have you noticed that the outdoors has become the extra room you didn't know you had? Why not create an outdoor "room" this summer? ...


Places We Go : San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2016 . Wallcoverings
The real star of this year's San Francisco Decorator Showcase are the walls. Glorious walls covered in Venetian plaster, cotton velvet,...


Places We Go : San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2016 . Gardens
Just above Fisherman's Wharf, the 2016 San Francisco Decorator's Showcase put me in sensory overload. Built in 1929 for $30,000, this...


Color Game : Think Pink
If a hot pink cuckoo clock makes you smile, how about mixing your rooms with a little blast of hot pink this spring? I hadn't thought of...
















