San Francisco Decorator Showcase:Last Call

Make this Memorial Day weekend memorable.  

Treat your special out-of-town house guests to a few hours of stylish design to go with that trip to Alcatraz, clam chowder at Fisherman's Wharf and t-shirt from Pier 39.  

 • Formal Terrace •

 Davis Dalbok of Living Green

  Images courtesy of 

Living Green

• The Living Room •
Suzanne Tucker of Tucker Marks

Images by 

Matthew Millman

•  The Kitchen •

 Jennifer Hershon and Jennifer Hartley of Hershon Hartley Design, Inc.

 Images by

Margot Hartford Photography

• Narcissus Powder Room • 

Matthew MacCaul Turner of MacCaul Turner Design

Image courtesy of 

MacCaul Turner Design

• The Master Bedroom Suite •

Shelby de Quesada of Shelby de Quesada Interior Design 

and 

Jorge de Quesada of De Quesada Architects

Images by 
Margot Hartford Photography

• Sitting Room •

Charles de Lisle of The Charles De Lisle Workshop

Image courtesy of 

The Charles de Lisle Workshop

• Triplets Nursery •

Stephanie Marsh Fillbrandt of Marsh & Clark Design

Image by 

Elisabeth Fall

• Ivory Tower: A Room for Thought •

Cecilie Starin of Cecilie Starin Design Inc.

Image by 

Margot Hartford Photography

• The Aerie •

Benjamin Dhong of Benjamin Dhong Interior Design

Image courtesy of 

Benjamin Dhong Interior Design

• Ebony and Ivory Guest Bath •

Val Fiscalini of Val Fiscalini Designs

Image by 

Will Chubb Photography

San Francisco Decorator Showcase

Saturday May 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday May 31 and Memorial Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

$25 - $30

3450 Washington Street • San Francisco • 415- 447-3115

The Big Reveal: Winner of Inverness Garden Club Tour Announced

How does DesignSwirl conduct official DesignSwirl contests?  Well, it's technical, but...

First, we jot down the names of each of our fabulous DesignSwirl.net blog or Facebook followers in pink ink on ivory paper, separate each smartly with sharp scissors, heap the slips of paper in our cupped hands, close our eyes tightly and then, swirling the slips of paper, let them escape and lightly float to the floor. All of them except one.

The last one.   The one lucky slip that out-clings the other ones.  The bold hanger-on.

And, today that lucky slip belongs to one Margaret Farley who follows DesignSwirl on Facebook and who has now won a pair of tickets to the Inverness Garden Club's tour, A Sense of Place, this Sunday, courtesy of The Inverness Garden Club.

We want you to go, too.   Tickets are only $40 here.  Here's your sneak preview:

Blogging around town: May 19

 And what are our favorite bloggers blogging about?

   James Bacchi of Art Haus invites art lovers to see colorful pieces from his gallery displayed at Kendall Wilkinson Design + Home on Sacramento St. in SF tomorrow.  Have you RSVP'ed?

  Beryn Hammil revels in her follow-up visit to the SF Showcase.  Read her account here.

   Designer Cecilie Starin says yes! to a crackled linen ceiling, Fortuny fabrics and a quirky chandelier in her dreamy SF Decorator space. Take a look!

   Over at Hershon Hartley Design, Jennifer and JoAnn go through photo albums of their masterly spaces in both the SF and the Marin Showcase homes. Have you been yet?

  Dan Jewett welcomes the classic cars of the Sonoma Marin Concours d'Elegance at the Marin Civic Center this past weekend. Did he feature Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche or the Marin Independent delivery Olds?



And what are you blogging about?  Please share!

Going to the Inverness Garden Tour? Win tickets!

 

The countryside beckons us almost every day but most especially on the return of the Inverness Garden Club's A Sense of Place tour.  

Stroll with me through six cultivated gardens carved out of the wilds and set against a backdrop of natural beauty all within walking distance of each other. 

We'll leave our sassy new sandals home and just bring our precious selves in comfy shoes, sensible sunblock and pretty layered clothing letting club members tempt us along the way with light refreshments and lemonade stands.  It'll be sort of like Bay to Breakers without all that running.

Except that B2B is a contest, isnt' it?

Well, then,  our very favorite fans, you must have a contest, too. One pair of tickets, compliments of the Inverness Garden Club, will be randomly selected from DesignSwirl.net followers and DesignSwirl Facebook fans.  Sign up now and check back here on Thursday, May 20 for the announcement of the winner.

Sunday, May 23 • 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. •  Complimentary shuttle service optional from Kehoe Meadows off Pine Hill Drive in Inverness •  Not handicapped-accessible • invernessgardens.org •

Stark Sale

 Outdoor Fabrics • San Remo Fragola • 2 yards $69

 Interior Fabrics • Cupido Beige Cotton  • 2 yards $49

Sisal Rugs • Jack Gold •  $299 (3 x 12) to $899 (8.6  x 11.6)

Traditional Rugs • Myra Romanian Wool • 10 x 14 • $3599

Contemporary Rugs • Noor Umber Wool and Silk • 10 x 14 • $3999

How would we make anyone's abode look more sensational?  We'd point them in the direction of One Kings Lane for a super sale on Stark fabric, wallpaper, paints, rugs... but not before we got there first.  Online sale ends May 9.