California Home & Design
Open House Alert! See a Mid-Century Gem by R. G. Watanabe This Sunday
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
Where: 121 Edgehill Way, Forest Hill
When: Sunday, February 10 from 2 to 4 pm
A Former Factory Morphs Into a Badass Sonoma Home
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
When interior designer Ann Jones purchased a house just a few blocks off the Sonoma Plaza, she was buying potential. "It had been a wood planing mill at the turn of the last century, and then it was a furniture factory," she says.
Nextdoor's Colorful Office Space Channels Neighborly Charm
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
Social networking site Nextdoor's lively new San Francisco's Rincon Center office reflects the aim of the company: bringing back a sense of community to the neighborhood.
Three Things to Do in Wine Country in February
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
Christopher Hill Gallery grand opening in Healdsburg Plaza
Mingle with 21 local and international artists at the grand opening of Christopher Hill Gallery in Healdsburg at the Plaza.
SF Agenda: Design and Arts Events in the Bay Area
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
If you haven’t had time to make it out to the Crown Point Press at 50 exhibition at the de Young’s Anderson Gallery of Graphic Art, it’s worth a visit before the show’s close on February 17. Celebrating the press house’s 50th anniversary, dozens of prints by 15 internationally famed artists are on view, including Robert Bechtle, Wayne Theibaud, and Kiki Smith.
A Twisted Victorian in San Francisco
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
At their first meeting, the owners of this 1,500-square-foot flat in San Francisco made it a point to tell architect Karen Curtiss that what they wanted to do to their home didn't make financial sense. "They knew they could buy a house with the money they planned to spend on the condo," Curtiss says. "However, they didn't want to move. They love their neighbors, the coffee shop on the corner and urban life. They wanted to stay put."
Inside Nespresso Coffee's New Boutique Bar on Grant Avenue
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
Coffee culture in San Francisco is known to combine premium coffee with beautiful space (a la Sightglass and Four Barrel). Now, the local coffee grinders have a new kid on the block to contend with as European brand Nespresso ups the ante with its gorgeous Boutique Bar in Union Square.
Photographer Beth Yarnelle Edwards Stalks Reality at Oakland Museum of California
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
There’s something meta about Beth Yarnelle Edwards photographs. In them, she re-creates scenarios from people’s daily suburban lives and the actors she casts play themselves in their own homes. The scenes hinge between authentic and artificial – and all are completely compelling.
Inside Zendesk's Tranquil Mid-Market Office Space
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
In 2011, Zendesk moved into a 42,000+ square foot office on mid-Market and took over multiple floors to support their growing business. The culture is very informal and relaxed, so the space needed to be something that reflects and enables the same. The three co-founders, chief creative director, and O&A designers envisioned a humble, uncomplicated, airy, and charming space where people could breathe, thus the use of white space, high ceilings and calm colors.
Design Events in the Bay Area: Sculptures Made Out of Candy Wrappers, Historic Quilts, and More
Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com
You have two more weeks to catch the insatiable Eye Candy designs courtesy of Bay Area artist Charlotte Kruk. Using discarded candy wrappers and cake mix boxes, among other indulgent materials, Kruk created wearable, gluttonous sculptures influenced by a consumer’s inclination to purchase based on flashy packaging, only to discard their initial allure to garbage later.
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