Showcase Showdown

We've been waiting for this decision and, now, the line-up of designers ready to take on the challenge of glamming up the 2011 San Francisco Decorator Showcase at 2950 Vallejo Street has been announced.  Which room will be our new favorite?

And don't miss this intriguing spy story attached to the house.

Pantry/Nook
Brian Dittmar, Brian Dittmar Design, Inc.








 

Bedroom
Cathleen Gouveia, Cathleen Gouveia Design

 







 

Bedroom and Bath
Emily Taylor, Emily Taylor Interiors

 

Dining Room
Grant K. Gibson, Grant K. Gibson Interior Design


 

Bedroom
Jeff Schlarb, Green Couch Interior Design








 

Library
Heather Hilliard, Heather Hilliard Design LLC

Powder Room
JoAnn Hartley, Jo Ann Hartley Interior Design

 

Bedroom
Josephine Fisher, Josephine Fisher Interior Design

 

Wine Cellar
Alison Davin, Jute Interior Design

 

Hallway
Rob Delamater and Gaétan Caron, Lost Art Salon

 

Studio Craft Room
Jeannie Fraise, Lotus Bleu Home Décor & Interior Design

Wrap Room and Public Powder Room
Elan Evans and Charlotte Meyn, Sonoma Decorative Arts

 

Closet
Tinsley Hutson-Wiley, Tinsley Hutson-Wiley Interior Design
 
 

 Kitchen
Tish Key, Tish Key Interior Design

 

Master Bath
Val Fiscalini, Val Fiscalini Designs

 

Entry Hall
Willem Racké, Willem Racké Studio, Inc.
















Bath
Barbara Chambers,  Chambers + Chambers Architects 
and 
Nancy Hammonds, Nancy Hammonds Design


Front Garden
Christopher Yates, Christopher Yates Design Landscape Architecture

Entry Garden
Kate Michels, Kate Michels Landscape Design 

Bath
Mark Newman, Mark Newman Design
 
Master Bedroom

Matt Murphy, Matt Murphy Studio

Living Room
Kathleen Navarra, Navarra Design, Inc.

Gallery/Music
Marion Philpotts Miller and Jonathan Staub, Philpotts & Associates, Inc.

Bath 
Stephen Rice and Lynn De Tienne, Rice and De Tienne Designs

• The San Francisco Decorator Showcase • 

Tuesdays through Sundays and Monday, Memorial Day •  April 30 to May 30, 2011 • 

$30 general admission • $25 senior admission • 

Design Daze - January 2011

What have our favorite design bloggers been dishing up since the New Year? Let's peek!

Barclay Butera celebrates the grand opening of  his new store on La Cienega in West Hollywood with champagne and style.

Grant K. Gibson starts the year off with a good deed by directing a colorful - and complimentary -  bedroom makeover for a surviving twin teenager.  When the good get going, the going gets good!

Katie Denham, on her blog Katiedid, reviews Stealing Magnolias: Tales from a New Orleans Courtyard, a new book by Debra Shriver...and is giving one away to a lucky winner!

James Swan of 101 Things I Hate About Your House whips up creative controversy - and comment comedy - as he opens up discussion on the issues of scale and pattern. 








Holly Becker guest posts on designer Vicente Wolf's blog (he's in Bali) and encourages designers to hop aboard the social media train and .... on her own blog, Decor8, she lassos a lion's share of lighting.